Softball Recap: Strawberry Crest Sets Scoring Season-High Against Sickles

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Strawberry Crest). Everything went their way against the Sickles Gryphons on Tuesday as Strawberry Crest made off with a 20-14 victory. For the Chargers, this counts as revenge for the 14-4 win the Gryphons walked away with the last time they faced one another back in March of 2023.

Katelyn Watts was a major factor no matter where she played. She struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits (and not a single walk). She has been consistent : she hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. That stolen base marked the first that she snagged this season.

Kennedy Shea

Runs (Career)

03/25/25 @ Sickles	4
02/26/25 vs Alonso	3
02/25/25 vs Armwood	3
04/29/24 vs Haines City	3
04/23/24 @ Lennard	3

In other batting news, Strawberry Crest got a massive performance out of Kennedy Shea, who scored four runs while getting on base in five of her six plate appearances. Those four runs gave Shea a new career-high. Jazlynn Jirau also deserves some recognition as she snagged her first stolen bases of the season.

The victory made it two in a row for Strawberry Crest and bumps their season record up to 4-6. It's not like the team was facing easy opposition over that stretch either, as it included 6-2 Tampa Bay Tech (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 55.4% over those games). As for Sickles, their loss dropped their record down to 5-9.

Coming up, Strawberry Crest will be playing at home against Steinbrenner at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Sickles, they will head out to face off against Tampa Bay Tech at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Sickles' pitchers better be ready for this one: Tampa Bay Tech has averaged an impressive 16.2 runs per game this season.