Lady ‘Dawgs Drop 2 to Asotin, 1 to River View

ASOTIN - The Lady 'Dawgs dropped two in their first league game of the sea­son - a double header against Asotin on Saturday, March 29.

Lexus Ward pitched and Madison Mings caught through both games. Dayton scored one run in the first in­ning of game one but failed to make a second run. The Lady 'Dawgs had four hits and five errors in game one, and left the field with a score of 9-1. Asotin had nine hits and zero errors for the game. "Asotin hit the ball very well with several extra base hits," said Assistant Coach Desirae Jones. "We needed to have solid defense in order to stay competitive and we did not do that."

Dayton narrowed the gap in game two, dropping the game 6-4. Dayton scored consistently throughout the game, with a total of nine hits and four errors. Asotin scored two runs in innings one three and five, with a to­tal of seven hits and one error.

"Our bats showed up in the second game and we had a chance to stay with them, but we fell short. Torry John­son was three for three in the second game and Sarah Phil­lips had four hits for the day with her career first home run. Lexus pitched well - she had seven strikeouts and just two walks for the day," said Jones.

Phillips made two hits in game one, with Ward and Samii Bledsoe making one each. In game two, Johnson made three hits, Phillips made two (one HR), and Madison Mings, Ward and Courtney Mings made one each.

River View 16,Dayton 6

FINLEY - The Lady 'Dawgs fell 16-6 to the River View Panthers at an away game Wednesday, March 26. The Panthers took an early lead with a score of 8-0 go­ing into inning three. The 'Dawgs scored two runs each in innings three, five and six, but River View made seven runs in their final at bat, se­curing their ten point lead.

The Lady 'Dawgs pitched three different girls, all mak­ing their first varsity ap­pearance. Madison Mings, Sarah Phillips (6) and Megan Robins (6) pitched with Taylor Frame and Madison Mings (6) catching. Dayton had nine hits to River View's eight, but lost on walks. Day­ton played a zero error game.

"River View had two big innings that buried us and we allowed too many walks to stay in it," said Assistant Coach Desirae Jones. "The girls came back from be­ing down 0-8 and scored six runs. I was very proud of them for bouncing back like that. The game left Day­ton standing at 1-2 overall, with their first league game scheduled against Asotin on March 29.

Madison Mings and Lex­ie Ramirez made two hits each. Sarah Phillips, Torry Johnson, Courtney Mings, Hanna Becker and Samii Bledsoe each made one.

DAYTON SOFTBALL BOX SCORES

Wednesday, March 26

RiverView 16, Dayton 6

Dayton 002 022 - 6 9 0 RiverView 170 017 - 16 8 1

Madison Mings, Sarah Phillips, Megan Robins and Tay­lor Frame, Madison Mings. Kaylee Lozier and Kylie Sakota Hits - Dayton: Phillips, Johnson, M. Mings (2), C. Mings, Ramirez (2), Becker, Bledsoe; RiverView: Vasquez (2), Lozier (2), Burrus (3), O'Hair.

Saturday, March 29 (double-header)

Asotin 9, Dayton 1

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