The East Webster slow-pitch softball team started out the season by winning their first four games.
The Lady Wolverines beat Houlka 10-2 and then beat Calhoun City 11-6. They also beat Columbus 6-1 and Booneville 18-0 to finish out the week.
“I thought we had a pretty good week,” East Webster coach Lee Berryhill said. “We are still young and have a long way to go. We are trying to find our role and we we can succeed at. With these new balls, you have to be able to hit and you can’t rely on the long ball. You have to be able to produce runs. We have to make the routine plays and we have been able to do that so far. You can’t walk people and make errors. Hitting is a premium now and you can’t give anybody anything.”
In the 10-0 win against Houlka, East Webster used an eight-run third inning to take the win. East Webster had 10 hits as Whitney Winter and Reagan Plunkett each had two hits apiece.
In the 11-6 win over Calhoun city, East Webster had a pair of three-run innings to take the win. The Lady Wolverines scored three in the third and seventh and four in the fifth. East outhit Calhoun City 15-6 in the contest. Peyton Flora, Abby Williams and Whitney Winter each had two hits apiece while Emma Jennings was 4-for-5 with a home run and a double.
Against Columbus, the Lady Wolverines took a hard-fought five-run win. The Lady Wolverines scored three in the first and two in the second to take the win. East Webster had five hits as Katelee Box had two hits.
In a blowout win over Booneville, East Webster scored nine runs in the first, two in the second and seven in the third inning. East Webster had 19 hits as Abby Williams and Emma Jennings each had three hits apiece with a double.
