Softball Game Preview: Octorara Area Braves vs. Garden Spot Spartans

The Octorara Area Braves will venture away from home to square off against the Garden Spot Spartans at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Octorara Area has five straight wins, Garden Spot has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

On Monday, Octorara Area made easy work of Pequea Valley and carried off a 16-1 victory. Octorara Area might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by six runs or more this season.

Alivia Romero was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit over four innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with three RBI.

Delaney Amole

Hits (Career)

04/14/25 vs Pequea Valley	3
04/09/25 @ Lancaster Catholic	2
04/04/25 vs Daniel Boone	2
04/10/25 @ Columbia	1
03/21/25 @ Ephrata	1

In other batting news, Delaney Amole was a standout: she scored three runs while going 3-for-3. Those three hits gave her a new career-high. Campbell King was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.

Octorara Area kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 4.1 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 matches they've averaged 8.8.

Meanwhile, Garden Spot came up short against Donegal on Monday, falling 16-1.

Octorara Area pushed their record up to 8-5 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Garden Spot, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.

Everything went Octorara Area's way against Garden Spot in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, as Octorara Area made off with a 26-0 win. Will the Braves repeat their success, or do the Spartans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.