Softball Recap: Viola Has No Trouble Against Jasper

Longhorns

Margin (Wins)

03/17/26 vs Omaha	30
04/14/26 @ Jasper	15
03/31/26 vs Jasper	15
03/28/26 vs Highland	7
03/10/26 vs Izard County	6

Viola had lost three games on the road, but after bumping their record up to 7-5 on Tuesday that streak is in the rearview. They blew past the Jasper Pirates 20-5. The Longhorns might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by six runs or more this season.

As for Jasper, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-13. Those defeats can't be blamed on the team's hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs over those games.

For Jasper's part, Chloe Hodge made the most of her time in the batter's box despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. Hodge has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Camber Shrum, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases and one run.

Coming up, Viola will venture away from home to square off against Melbourne at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Bearkatz's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so the Longhorns' hitters will have their work cut out for them. Jasper has already played their next matchup (against Yellville-Summit), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.