Softball Recap: Shepard Drops Season-High Score on Thornton Fractional North

Astros

Margin (Wins)

05/08/25 @ Thornton Fractional North	17
04/29/25 @ Blue Island Eisenhower	15
05/01/25 @ Bremen	14
04/10/25 vs Thornton Fractional South	14
04/22/25 @ Hillcrest	13

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Shepard). Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Thornton Fractional North Meteors a 17-0 shutout on Thursday. The Astros might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 15 matchups by six runs or more this season.

Shepard is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.5 runs over those games. As for Thornton Fractional North, they are on a 15-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-18.

Shepard wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next game, a 3-2 loss against Lyons on the 10th. As for Thornton Fractional North, they have also already played their next match, a 16-1 defeat against Oak Lawn on the 12th.