Softball Game Preview: Norton Panthers vs. Coventry Comets

Panthers

Runs

05/05/25 vs Springfield	3
04/29/25 vs Woodridge	12
04/28/25 @ Cloverleaf	19
04/24/25 @ Streetsboro	7
04/23/25 @ Woodridge	15
+ 11 more games

The Norton Panthers will venture away from home to take on the Coventry Comets at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Norton is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.

Springfield hit Norton with a six-run seventh inning on Monday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Panthers fell 8-3 to the Spartans. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Spartans recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.

Norton saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chloe Womble, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one double.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Coventry, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Monday. They won by a run and slipped past Cuyahoga Falls 13-12. The Comets' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.

Coventry's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-6. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.2 runs over those games. As for Norton, they now have a losing record of 7-8-1.

Norton beat Coventry 14-9 in their previous meeting back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Panthers since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.