Softball Game Preview: North Sanpete Hawks vs. Emery Spartans

The North Sanpete Hawks will challenge the Emery Spartans at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

North Sanpete is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Juab with a sharp 17-1 win on Friday. The victory continues a trend for the Hawks in their matchups with the Wasps: they've now won six in a row.

North Sanpete got a massive performance out of Autumn Oldroyd, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. Those three RBI gave Oldroyd a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaecee Johnson, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, three runs, and three RBI.

North Sanpete was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .565. They are a perfect 4-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Meanwhile, Emery won against Manti on Thursday with ten runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. Emery never let Delta get on the board and left with a 10-0 win. With that victory, the Spartans brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.

Kallee Lake made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). That's the first time she hasn't allowed a single hit since back in May of 2024. She was also solid in the batter's box, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one double.

In other batting news, Elly Stilson was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3. Bailey Luke was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one triple and one RBI.

The win (which was Emery's third in a row) raised their record to 5-5. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to strikeouts: they averaged an imposing 7.33 strikeouts in those games compared to only 3.71 in the others. As for North Sanpete, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-4.