Softball Preview: Conotton Valley Rockets vs. Ridgewood Generals
The Conotton Valley Rockets will head out on the road to challenge the Ridgewood Generals at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Conotton Valley has four straight victories, Ridgewood has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Conotton Valley stacked a fourth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Everything went their way against East Canton as Conotton Valley made off with an 11-3 win.
Madison Kelley was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 14 over 6.2 innings pitched. Kelley has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Kelley was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with a home run and two RBI.
In other batting news, Arionna Spano and Gretchin Rolli did most of the damage at the plate: Spano went 1-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs, while Rolli scored two runs and stole four bases while going 2-for-2. Jenica Frutig was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a triple and a run.
Meanwhile, Ridgewood came up short against Harrison Central on Saturday and fell 7-4. That's two games in a row now that Ridgewood has lost by exactly three runs.
Conotton Valley pushed their record up to 9-3 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Ridgewood, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Everything went Conotton Valley's way against Ridgewood in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as Conotton Valley made off with a 10-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Conotton Valley since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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