The Emery Spartan softball team took to the field once again on Friday to face the Delta Rabbits.Coming off a 15-10 win over 4A Uintah on Thursday in a back and forth battle, the Spartans continued their offensive barrage taking care of Delta 11-0 in six innings.
Up next for the Spartans they will face Grand County on Tuesday.
Below is a recap of both games:
March 11- Uintah- Win 15-10
Under cloudy skies and cold temperatures the Emery Spartans welcomed the Uintah Utes to Castle Dale on Thursday. Through the wind and intermittent flurries Emery held on and walked away with a 15-10 win.
The game started out innocently enough with the Utes taking a 4-1 lead in to the fourth inning. It was the bottom of the fifth when Emery would start to make things interesting going home run, double and then back to back home runs scoring five runs in the inning. And then not to be out done, Emery would score another six runs in the sixth inning taking the win.
Cambrie Jensen,Tylee Norton, Taleigh Price and Bralin Wilde all registered home runs in the game with the quartet driving in nine runs.
On the mound Kaejha Johnson gets the win going four innings with five earned runs and striking out three. Cambrie Jensen went three giving up four runs, two earned and struck out two.
March 12- Delta- Win 11-0
On Friday the Spartans would welcome the Delta Rabbits to town to close out the opening week of the 2021 season. The Spartans continued their offensive out out from the day before when they faced Uintah, claiming victory 11-0.
The first couple of innings were relatively quiet but, in the bottom of the third the Spartans bats woke up scoring seven runs. After another set of scoreless innings Emery scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth claiming victory in the contest.
Madison Childs would lead the way for the Spartans with six RBI’s on just two hits, including a home run and a double. Brynlei Luke, Taeleigh Price and Tylee Norton each registered one RBI.
Childs also gets the complete game shut-out, striking out 11 and walking one.