Softball Season Ends Soon

Sat., July 11, 1998

Spokane Valley Softball will complete its season early next week and begin tournament play on the weekend.

Standings are beginning to sort themselves out after a series of first-place showdowns.

16U League: Evergreen Physical Therapy remained undefeated with a makeup 9-5 victory over Valley Blue.

The team led the Giants going into Wednesday’s games with three games still to play.

The Giants had a pair of games when every player hit safely, including Adreanne Yasber who was 4-for-4 and scored four runs, Molly Cheney who went 5-for-5 and Melissa McGlasson who drove in six runs in one game.

14U League: Insulation Specialist opened a two-game lead on a pack of four teams in this hotly contested league.

During wins last week Amanda Norwood went 4-for-4 with two doubles, Kayla and Lacy McComas who subbed for her sister, combined for five successive hits, two of them doubles.

Runnerup American Linen got a five RBI game from Brandi Williams and Arin Martinez hit a triple and home run among three hits.

Teammates Kristie Pritchard and Trisha Donner each drove in three runs.

Athletics player Alisha Miller hit three triples.

12U League: A pair of edge-of-yourseat one run victories left Dr. Benage alone in the American Division.

Included was a 12-11 win over previously perfect Perfection Tire on a run in the last inning.

Perfection had gone into the game unbeaten on Heather Webb’s 8-strikeout pitching effort in an earlier game.

Impact Services Jamie Zink hit a 3-run home run during a win last week.

In the National Division, Les Schwab became the only unbeaten team and took a two-game lead when Ponti Vet Hospital lost twice.

Kaelyn Pavlischak hit a home run and drove in five runs and Jessic Pluid tripled and drove in four runs as Valley Garbage edged Ponti 23-21.

10U League: This league remains a five-team battle.

White Elephant’s Sabrina Mallah hit multiple home runs in one game and Alex Marquard went 4-for-4 with three doubles in another.

Elsewhere, Double Dans stayed close as Leah Archibald hit a grand slam home run.

Tan Lines won for the sixth straight time. Katy Pinnock hit a two-run double and Rachel Flambouras struck out five batters in two innings of one win. Katie McCollum had three hits, including a double and Flambouras tripled and singled in another.

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