Softball Recap: Make It Three in a Row for Central Heights

Central Heights waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They blew past the Erie Red Devils 10-0. With that victory, the Vikings brought their scoring average up to 6.6 runs per game.

Aracely Crump

Batters Struck Out

05/04/26 @ Lyndon	4
04/09/26 @ Uniontown	6
04/09/26 @ Uniontown	10
05/04/26 @ Lyndon	10
05/07/26 vs Erie	12

Not much got past Aracely Crump, who gave up just two hits and racked up 12 Ks to keep Erie off the board. Those 12 strikeouts set a new season-high mark for Crump.

At the plate, Central Heights let Lillea Clayton and Lyla Hamblin run wild. Clayton went 3-for-4 with two runs, two doubles, and one stolen base, while Hamblin went 3-for-4 with three doubles, three RBI, and two runs. Clayton has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Macy Cubit, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with three runs.

Central Heights was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .515. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Central Heights now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Erie, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 5-4 record.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Central Heights beat the Red Devils by a score of 13-4 later that day.