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Softball team
not firing on all cylinders
By Jay Turner
Citizen Staff
A
frustrating season continued last week for the CHS varsity
softball team, as the girls played well, but not well enough to
win, losing three more games to fall to 1-10 overall.
 Although the
scores in all three games were relatively close, the Bulldogs
seemed to continue a trend where they perform well in at least
one area — whether it be pitching, hitting or fielding — but
struggle in another.
On Friday,
the problem was fielding, as the team allowed 10 runs in the
first three innings against Stoughton before settling down and
shutting out the Black Knights throughout the remainder of the
game. Canton did manage to cut at the deficit and for most of
the second half played like the better team, but Stoughton
ultimately prevailed, 10-3.
In spite of
the Bulldogs’ shaky start, freshman Olivia Kenyon had an
outstanding day both on the mound and at the plate. The only
ninth-grader on the varsity squad, Kenyon gave up just five hits
while striking out seven, and finished with three hits herself,
including a two-run homer.
Claire
Grogan had the team’s other RBI, driving home a run in the
bottom of the second with a triple.
Commenting
on the Bulldogs’ fielding woes after the game, head coach
Danielle McNamara noted that, “the girls are having some trouble
in the field the first few innings.”
“If we can
hold our opponents from scoring runs early, we can possibly win
some more games in the next two weeks,” she said.
On Thursday,
the Bulldogs hosted a one-win Foxborough team in a game that had
originally been scheduled for Monday; and despite getting four
runs off hits from Brianna Whelan, Brianna Trabucco, and Allie
Jones, they were handed their ninth loss of the season, 8-4.
In
Wednesday’s loss at Mansfield, pitcher Chrissy Murray allowed
just three earned runs in a solid performance against the
third-place Hornets, but Canton was held scoreless until the
final inning, when sophomore Allie Jones hit a double to knock
in two runs.
The team was
scheduled to take on Oliver Ames in Easton on Monday, followed
by a home game on Wednesday against first-place King Philip.
Canton now has four games remaining on the season, including
tomorrow afternoon at North Attleboro.
May
8, 2008
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