Monroe County Region varsity high school sports roundup for May 5-6
SMCC softball team sweeps doubleheader at Monroe; Summerfield girls, Erie Mason boys capture Tri-County Conference track and field titles.
MONROE – Playing against Monroe High was special for St. Mary Catholic Central softball coach Dani Emery was special for a lot of reasons. She used to teach at Monroe.
Monroe coach Mickey Moody was her coach in high school at Jefferson and she was an assistant coach to Moody at Dundee, including the state championship season of 2013. So, watching her team sweep a doubleheader 7-0 and 12-1 felt pretty good to Emery. More: Monroe County Region high school sports roundup for Wednesday, May 6 Most important of all to the coach was that her team continued its strong play of late to improve to 14-9.
“We’re doing a good job of stepping up the intensity and putting the pieces together,” she said. Olivia Piepsney tossed a 1-hitter in the first game and homered in the second. Hayden Southerland also homered.
“We played really well today,” Emery said. “Both pitchers threw well. They were really spinning the ball.
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