Softball Game Preview: Rancho Cotate Cougars vs. Vintage Crushers

The Rancho Cotate Cougars will square off against the Vintage Crushers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Vintage took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Rancho Cotate, who comes in off a win.

Having struggled with four defeats in a row dating back to last season, Rancho Cotate turned things around against Everett Alvarez on Saturday. They had just enough and edged out the Eagles 7-6.

Izabella Harumi

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/08/25 vs Everett Alvarez	3
04/18/24 vs Cardinal Newman	2
04/12/24 @ Maria Carrillo	2
03/22/24 vs Del Norte	2
03/16/24 vs Antioch	2

The team relied heavily on Izabella Harumi, who scored a run while going 1-for-4. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in RBI (three). Another player making a difference was Jessica Wilmes, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.

Meanwhile, Vintage didn't have quite enough to beat Granada on Tuesday and fell 4-3. The Crushers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Vintage saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ella Gomez, who went 1-for-3 with one double and one RBI.

The victory got Rancho Cotate back to even at 1-1. As for Vintage, they now have a losing record of 1-2.