Juanita picks up three league wins, beating rival Bellevue | Prep softball

Published 2:18 pm Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The Juanita fastpitch team added three league wins to their results this season, including a big win over league rival Bellevue.

Against Bellevue, a team contending with the Rebels for the top league spot, the game was scoreless through four innings of play, until Molly Steck was able to cross home plate in the top of the fifth for the Rebels.

The Rebels had four hits during the game, while Bellevue had three. Steck was 1-2 during the match-up and Rachel O’Neill was 1-3 with a triple and Lexy Faist was 1-3 with 1 RBI.

Against Mercer Island on March 22, Juanita started the game off with 6 runs in the first, followed by nine in the second and three in the third and one in the fourth for a 19-0 win.

Monday, March 28 the Rebels beat Sammamish in a 10-0 bout. Juanita got up early with a 1-0 lead at the end of the first and pounded off nine runs in the third to take the game in five innings.

Dani Faist was 2-3 with a run and a double, while sister Lexy Faist was 3-3 at bat with two runs, 2 RBI and a double. Teammate Abbie Oswald was 1-1 during the game with a double of her own.

Lake Washington picks up win over Mercer Island

After opening the season against some of the top KingCo team in the league, the Lake Washington fastpitch team picked up a win on March 28 over Mercer Island.

The Lady Kangs had two in the first, for a 2-1 game against the Islanders, but they kept scoring, while keeping the Islanders away from home plate.

Savanna Brady was 1-3 during the game, with a run and a single. Dorothy Kong was 3-3 with a run and 2 RBI, while Maury Swain was 1-2 with an RBI and four singles.

The week before Interlake powered past the Lake Washington fastpitch team on March 22 for a 10-7 win.

After the first inning ended with a 1-1 tie, Lake Washington took the lead in the second for a 7-1 game. But the Kangs couldn’t get past the Saints defense later in the game as Interlake went on to score nine more hits in the game. Lake Washington had seven hits with five errors, while the Saints had 12 hits and five errors.

Bethany Bacon was 2-4 against the Saints, with 2 RBI, two doubles and a single. Teammate Whitney Dunlap was 1-4 with 2 RBI and a double.

On March 24 the Kangs lost 10-5 to Mount Si, and suffered a defeat from Woodinville on March 25 with a 11-1 score.