Softball Recap: De Kalb's Victory on Friday Extends Winning Streak to Five

Bears

Margin (Wins)

03/03/25 @ Liberty-Eylau	22
03/07/25 @ Atlanta	15
02/07/25 vs Prairiland	15
03/01/25 @ Sam Rayburn	14
02/14/25 vs Prairiland	11

De Kalb came tearing into Friday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.8 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Atlanta Rabbits as they made off with a 16-1 victory. Considering the Bears have won ten matches by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Kaydee Brown made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Those ten strikeouts gave her a new career-high. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs.

In other batting news, Addison Starrett was incredible, scoring four runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in runs. Kailyn Betts also deserves some recognition as she hit her first triple of the season.

De Kalb was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .414. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .414 or higher in three consecutive contests.

De Kalb's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-3. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 13.2 runs. As for Atlanta, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-5-1.

De Kalb and Atlanta should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings. De Kalb will square off against New Boston at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday up 488 places (194 vs. 682). De Kalb's pitching crew has only allowed 2.2 runs per game this season, so Atlanta's hitters will have their work cut out for them. Meanwhile, Atlanta (ranked 380th) will meet Queen City (ranked 848th) at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.