Softball Recap: Highland Wins High-Profile Match Against Red Mountain

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Previous Games

05/08/25 - Away	3-2 W
03/05/24 - Home	1-6 L
02/24/24 - Away	1-6 L
03/07/23 - Away	2-3 L
03/20/18 - Home	3-20 L
+ 3 more games

Highland faced Red Mountain in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Hawks came out on top in a nail-biter against the Mountain Lions, sneaking past 3-2. For the Hawks, this counts as revenge for the 6-1 win the Mountain Lions walked away with the last time they faced one another back in March of 2024.

Kennedie Nelson looked comfortable as she tossed 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't given up more than two walks in 17 consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Highland's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Alena Mascarenas, who went 1-for-3 with one triple.

Highland is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-10 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Red Mountain, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 19-6-1.

Highland wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next matchup, a 1-0 victory against Hamilton on the 10th. As for Red Mountain, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Mountain View on the 30th. The Mountain Lions' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Toros have averaged an impressive 8.5 runs per game this season.