Page County won three of three softball games this week by three different means. The victories were over Strasburg 1-0 in a pitcher’s duel, 14 – 11 over East Rock 🪨 in a back and forth offensive explosion, and finally, one that landed somewhere in between.
After dropping two games against defending State Champs 🏆, Broadway and one to neighboring East Rock, the team is now back at .500 with a 3-3 mark.
April 15th at Madison County is the next time the Lady Panthers will take to the Diamond 💎.
The first time around for Coach Knight and Company against neighboring East Rock created the question of how many times in 45 years has PCHS been on the wrong end of a run rule shortened game ?
East Rock 🪨 scored early and often on its way to a lopsided 17-2 victory at Alan Knight Field just a few weeks ago. Yesterday proved to be a different story as the Lady Panthers jumped out to a big lead and held on for a thrilling 14-11 road victory.
The home team trimmed the lead to 12-11 with a big rally in the bottom of the sixth before Page County answered with two insurance runs 🏃♀️ in the seventh to secure its second victory of the week.
No rest, though, as Rappahannock High is the opponent today as Page County looks for a three game sweep of the week !
Earlier in the week, PCHS won a pitchers duel against Strasburg 1-0. The Lady Panthers only scratched out two hits against the Rams 🐏 but fortunately, one of them cleared the fence for the games only run !
Stay tuned !
This will not be the first time that these two perinatal Class 2 Softball powers have met in the Virginia High School League Post season. Both schools have continued to shine over the years and this season was no different.
The advantage always goes to the team not making the long Bus trip but once a team makes the Elite Eight of State there are no easy games.
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