Colts softball team ‘found the mix’

PIERRE WEIL / CHRONICLE PHOTO. After a fist bump with coach Jeff Litle (far left), Thurston’s Bailey Tovey (18) celebrates a home run as her Colts teammates await at home base. Tovey hit two home runs in Thurston’s 11-1 win over North Eugene last Tuesday, and hit two more across the rest of the series.

SPRINGFIELD – On March 26, the Thurston Colts softball team lost two games at the North Medford Spring Break Tournament and fell to 2-6 on the season. Since that day, the Colts have won six straight, allowing only 14 runs and winning those six games by a combined run margin of +68.

“It started on Saturday down at Ashland. We kind of got ourselves on track, and we changed our approach. We had some long…

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