Softball Recap: Make It Eight in a Row for River Ridge

Hawks

Margin (Wins)

04/25/25 @ Lakes	26
05/02/25 @ North Thurston	19
03/27/25 vs Lakes	18
03/20/25 @ Lincoln	16
03/17/25 vs Mount Tahoma	16

River Ridge waltzed into their matchup on Friday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They put the hurt on the North Thurston Rams with a sharp 21-2 win. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by seven runs or more this season.

Jaylah Sok Vandergriff was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in seven consecutive appearances. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-5 with four RBI, one run, and one double. That's the most RBI she has posted since back in April.

In other batting news, Eva Lynch and Raylie Birklid did most of the damage at the plate: Lynch went 3-for-4 with three runs, two RBI, and one double, while Birklid went 3-for-4 with three runs, one double, and one RBI. Those three runs gave Lynch a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Sophia Rodriguez, who went 2-for-4 with three runs and one RBI.

River Ridge kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in eight consecutive contests.

River Ridge pushed their record up to 14-6 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for North Thurston, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-9.

River Ridge does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for North Thurston, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 7-3 defeat against Central Kitsap on the 3rd.