The White River High fastpitch team looked like a world beater in its only game last week, beating the struggling Sumner High softball squad 10-0 in five innings.
Enumclaw High squeezed in a makeup game March 31 at Auburn Mountainview, a contest that saw the Lions’ Brandon Williams matching pitches with Enumclaw junior Marcus Madden.
White River High’s fastpitch crew played one game against Bonney Lake, which was an undefeated 7-0 in South Puget Sound League 3A play.
The Enumclaw High fastpitch team’s sole contest was a makeup game at Auburn Mountainview. The game was originally slated for March 29 but was moved to March 31.
In its only outing, White River High’s baseball squad refused to lose an old-fashioned, April Fool’s Day donnybrook against visiting Bonney Lake.
Enumclaw High fastpitch’s lumber awoke Friday as Clover Park’s pitcher gave up nine bases on balls and 11 hits to a suddenly healed Enumclaw group which won the shortened affair 16-4.
Enumclaw High has won big this season, compiling a South Puget Sound League 3A record of 3-1.
Good teams, opposed to their mediocre counterparts, continuously find ways to win the close ones.
The White River High fastpitch squad had a full dance card as it played a half-dozen contests in eight days.
Enumclaw High’s baseball squad raised a few eyebrows when it traveled to Bonney Lake Thursday and thrashed the Panther nine 17-3.
White River fastpitch coach Joe Sprouse convinced the schedule makers to shuffle a tandem of South Puget Sound League 3A contests from last week to this week.
White River High School started the prep baseball season white hot, winning five straight games and recording double digit runs in each of those outings.
Enumclaw’s fastpitch squad defeated Decatur 8-2 in a nonleague meeting March 15 to get the season off to a robust start, then split in its initial pair of South Puget Sound League 3A contests.
