Softball Recap: Wellston Turns Things Around After Road Loss

Golden Rockets

Margin (Wins)

04/01/25 @ Oak Hill	23
04/19/25 vs Northwestern	17
04/11/25 @ Nelsonville-York	17
04/23/25 vs Alexander	16
04/21/25 @ River Valley	16

There's no place like home for Wellston, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Nelsonville-York Buckeyes a 10-0 shutout on Wednesday. The Golden Rockets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 12 contests by six runs or more this season.

Maddie Childers was a standout: she went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run and two doubles. The team also got some help courtesy of Karly Rinehart, who went 2-for-3 with one home run and two RBI.

Wellston's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-2. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Nelsonville-York, they moved to 12-6 with that defeat, which also ended their eight-game winning streak.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Wellston is set to take on their familiar foe Alexander at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Nelsonville-York will face off against rival Vinton County at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.