First year head Coach Scott Baker has his new Lady Roadrunner softball team off to a good start with a 4-2 overall mark. The ladies opened the season at home on Wednesday last week hosting the Spartans from Northland Prep.
Players on the varsity roster at this point include seniors, Kallee Reidhead, Carla Plumb, Makenzi Thompson, Destany Begay, Kendra Monroe, Alexys Beltran, Rayanna Yellowhair and Aiyana Gary. Juniors are, Hailey Guttery, Sydney Plumb, Canela Queiruga and Jovon Boling. Sophomores include, Jelena Despain and Madison Chappell.
Both teams started well with each scoring twice in the first inning. From that point on the game belonged to Holbrook. A scoreless second moved to the third where Holbrook extended the lead with two runs. They added five more to that total in the fourth, then closed the game out under the 10 run rule with three runs in the fifth game to get the 12-2 win.
Holbrook finished with 14 total hits in the game. Gary went 2 for 2 with an RBI and scored once. Plumb was 2 for 2 with a homer and 3 RBIs. Begay went 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs and scored twice. Plumb went 2 for 3 with an RBI and scored once. Reidhead was 1 for 1 with an RBI and scored a run. Yellowhair went 1 for 2 with an RBI scoring twice. Chappell went 1 for 1 and scored twice. Boling was 1 for 2. Thompson went 1 for 2 with a double, had 2 RBIs and scored twice. Monroe was 1 for 3 scoring once.
Begay pitched all five innings in the circle facing 19 Spartan batters. She gave up two runs on five hits with four strikeouts and walked none.
Holbrook competed in the 11th Annual Krystin Diehl Softball Tournament held in Maricopa over the weekend where they posted a 3-2 overall record.
On Friday, Holbrook defeated La Joya Community 13-9 and Peoria 10-9 and fell to Higley, 7-13. Saturday they split their two games with a 9-1 win over McClintock and a 9-0 loss to Peoria.
After playing at Chinle on Wednesday they will make the short trip to Joseph City on Saturday.
