Arizona High School Softball - Hamilton gets by Horizon
April 17, 2012: Scottsdale, AZ 85254 Spectators at Tuesday's non-league match between the Hamilton Huskies (Chandler, AZ) and the host Horizon Huskies (Scottsdale, AZ), witnessed Hamilton's softball squad tip Horizon by a count of 8-7.
The Huskies now sport a 1-0 record. They play next when they travel to Perry for a non-league match on Thursday, April 19.
With the loss, Horizon moves to 10-4 on the season. The Huskies travel to North Canyon (Phoenix, AZ) to meet the Rattlers in a match on Friday, April 20. The Rattlers go into the match with a record of 0-2.
Game Summary
Horizon executed their best defensive game of the year as Coach Gault made a few shifts if the line up that seemed to work well. Unfortunately, the Huskies lost to visiting Hamilton by one. The girls have a great "don't quit attitude" said Gault, and bounced back time after time in this well played game. Avery Denekamp pitched 7 strong innings in some heat, and great defensive plays by a re-vamped infield kept Horizon close all game.
A number of well ranged plays by Carbajal at 3rd, a one hop throw to the plate by Kemppainen and sweep tag by Casey, and a bang bang play by Uriarte and Wehr to pick a runner off at first highlighted the defensive effort.
Sydney Melotik singled home two runs in the bottom of the 8th, but the Husky comeback fell a little short. With a 10-4 record so far, the girls have a great season going. Especially when you consider two of their losses came to larger conference teams.
