Softball Recap: Dakota Valley Wins High-Profile Matchup Against Castlewood

Panthers

Margin (Wins)

05/12/25 vs Centerville	18
05/17/25 @ Avon	12
05/13/25 @ Lennox	11
05/02/25 @ Pierre T.F. Riggs	9
05/24/25 @ Castlewood	8

Dakota Valley faced Castlewood in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. The Panthers put the hurt on the Warriors with a sharp 9-1 victory. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won seven matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.

The win (which was Dakota Valley's third in a row) raised their record to 14-6. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Castlewood, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-5.

Dakota Valley has already played their next game (against Avon), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Castlewood, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Redfield on Tuesday. The Pheasants have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 8.79 runs per game on average), something the Warriors will no doubt try to take advantage of.