Local teams deal with weather on the diamonds
Spring Break is supposed to be nice, warm weather that allows high school and college kids to celebrate their time off from school. Unfortunately for local softball teams, the weather determined their fate this week. With Seaside High School set to host a two-day softball tournament featuring eight teams spanning from 3A to 4A, excitement was in the air.
Local fans were hoping to get their first looks at the Seaside and Warrenton softball teams on Monday and Tuesday, but as it so often does, Mother Nature said not so fast. Monday was perfect weather for both softball and baseball. Host team Seaside got things going against Rainier at 9 a.
m. The Seagulls played as well as they have in the last few years in their 12-0 victory. Seaside has been plagued by errors over the last couple of seasons and they were hoping this year would be the year when the young girls started to get comfortable on a softball field.
After being undone by errors in their opening game against Banks, the Seagulls played perfectly. They made zero errors on Monday and soared to victory behind the Corder sisters. Senior Carly Corder pitched four innings of shutout ball and struck out eight, while her younger sister Allie Corder brought out the big stick en route to a 2-3 day.
The pair combined for four of the Seagulls six hits and seven of the 12 runs batted in. After an RBI ground out in the first inning, Allie hit a home run to left field in the second inning, then had a two run single in the third, while Carly had two runs batted in. Other Seagulls to get in the hit column were Mack Haag and Olyvia Morse.
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