Page County High 6, Clarke County 1
Opening game of the Durham Regional :
Duke University 10, Howard 1
Out of town Softball scoreboard shows victories for both Page County and Duke University !
Category: Page County High School
Alan Knight and his Lady Panthers earn a ” W ” over in Quicksburg on Tuesday night 🌙, now have to regular season games remaining.
Let’s call 📞 this one : Why is May 28th circled on the calendar 📅?
Thursday, May 28th is the date for the Region 2B Softball tournament quarterfinals. Alan Knight and his Lady Panthers team are currently holding down the #4 spot.
That day, #3 will host #6 & #4 will host #5, meaning if things stay the same, Page County High School Softball would host Fort Defiance at Alan Knight Field.
To say that I want to make that drive 🚗 and announce that game for Alan and his team is an understatement. But there is a great deal of ball that has to be played between now and then. We need to keep in mind that the Region only takes the top 6 teams, so the spot is far from guaranteed. Today, the team is scheduled to play the Class 3 runner-up from last season, Turner – Ashby, and that game is pending the weather.
Fingers crossed 🤞!
Alan Knight and his Lady Panthers traveled north to Strasburg, knocking off the Regions #1 seed to complete the season sweep !
Story #7 of 9 involves Alan Knight and his Lady Panthers Softball program facing the defending Class 2 Champs in a doubleheader at their place
Earlier this season, Page County High School Softball team was in need of a postponement of a home game against Central – Woodstock due to a number of players battling illnesses.
Sadly, the only agreement that could be reached was to move the game to Central High School and play it as part of a doubleheader.
Thursday afternoon, long-time friend and even longer time Coach, Alan spent some time with me and both my brother Wayne and son, Chris in New Market.
When the conversation turned to Softball for a few minutes, we addressed the pending matchup with the Falcons.
PCHS started out 0-3 for the first time since indoor plumbing, but it’s worth noting that two of the three losses were to the Class 3 defending State Champs, Broadway.
The team returned to healthy and managed to string together six straight victories heading into last night.
” I don’t have enough pitching left to play them twice, not after the game against Clarke County two days ago,” was the line from Coach.
When Dennis Z reached out with the two final scores, I had to laugh to myself. After almost half a century of coaching, it shouldn’t have surprised me one bit that Alan knows his roster inside and out.
The Lady Panthers went toe 2 toe in the opening game before falling 4-3 in a back and forth affair. Game 2 went to the homestanding Falcons by a score of 8-0.
Page County now sits at 6-5 with four if the setbacks coming at the hands ✋️of teams with Championship rings 💍 from last year. The team will get back at it next week.
