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The Chronicle has partnered with our five area high schools: Cottage Grove, Creswell, Pleasant Hill, Springfield, and Thurston, to create the first hyper-local volleyball jamboree. While details are still being…
The Chronicle has partnered with our five area high schools: Cottage Grove, Creswell, Pleasant Hill, Springfield, and Thurston, to create the first hyper-local volleyball jamboree. While details are still being…
THE MAIN EVENT: SOFTBALL #4 COTTAGE GROVE (6-2)AT #13 MARSHFIELD (6-5)тЦа Leading off: The Lions begin Sky-Em League play at Marshfield in a doubleheader this Friday. Marshfield is the defending…
THE MAIN EVENT: SOFTBALL #4 COTTAGE GROVE (6-2)AT #13 MARSHFIELD (6-5)тЦа Leading off: The Lions begin Sky-Em League play at Marshfield in a doubleheader this Friday. Marshfield is the defending…
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Billies softball returns plenty of firepower to defend MVC
PIERRE WEIL / CHRONICLE PHOTO. Pleasant Hill assistant coach Ryan Black (left) celebrates with senior Karley Bloxham after one of Bloxham’s 3 hits during Pleasant Hill’s 10-0 win over Harrisburg last week. Bloxham finished the game with 7 Ks, 3 hits, 2 runs, and 4 RBI.
PLEASANT HILL – The Pleasant Hill Billies softball team is off to a fast start this season after opening Mountain Valley Conference (MVC) play with a 10-0, six-inning mercy rule win over Harrisburg last Tuesday. The win was a major one despite how early in the season it is for one key reason: Pleasant Hill or Harrisburg have been the MVC champions each of the past four seasons, so getting a leg up on Harrisburg gives the Billies some early season momentum.
“We want to win league, you know, we want to go in as the No. 1 seed from our league, get a home game, and get a bye,” Pleasant Hill coach Steve Williams said. “They’re a good, quality club, with good coaching and good players. So it’s weird having them this early, but it’s also good for us, because now we have all this confidence.”
The Billies, ranked No. 4 in the preseason poll, took down preseason No. 7 Harrisburg behind 8 runs in the first two innings. Senior Karley Bloxham led the way with 6 innings pitched, 7 Ks, and 1 hit allowed on the mound, while also adding 3 hits, 2 runs and 4 RBI on offense.
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