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Softball team
reaches D3 tourney
By Jay Turner
Citizen Staff
After
struggling throughout much of the season against bigger schools
in higher divisions, the CHS varsity softball team went out last
week and won the one game that mattered most, beating Foxborough,
9-7, in an extra-innings thriller on Monday to secure a spot in
the Division III postseason tournament.
 While other
Hockomock teams belong to division two or higher, both Canton
and Foxborough have smaller school populations and are therefore
classified as division three. Since the Bulldogs lost the first
meeting against the Warriors, 8-4, they needed just a win on
Monday in their season finale to finish at .500 and reach the
playoffs for the first time since 2006.
The game
certainly had plenty of excitement, as the two teams traded runs
for the better part of the afternoon before Canton came through
with two in the eighth to break a 7-7 tie, and then held on in
the bottom of the inning to preserve the win.
It was an
excellent offensive effort for the Bulldogs, who all together
belted ten hits and scored nine runs, including four in the
seventh inning. Juniors Ali Zanetas and Brianna Trabucco led the
team with three hits each, and Zanetas also knocked in three
runs.
Other key
contributors included Brianna Whelan, who went 2 for 2, and
Chrissy Murray, who went 2 for 4 with two runs scored.
All around,
it was an exciting and well played softball game, said head
coach Danielle McNamara, who was especially impressed with the
way her team ran the bases.
[Canton
players] placed the bunts down when they needed to move runners,
stole bases and took advantage of passed balls, she said.
Every baserunner played very aggressive today and it was a big
part of the win.
In
earlier action:
Canton
dropped two games last week one a blowout loss to Sharon on
Wednesday, and the other a tough 3-0 loss to Franklin on Friday.
In the
Franklin game, Murray pitched one of her best games of the
season, giving up just four hits and striking out five batters.
The team also collected six hits five singles and a triple
but was unable to get a runner past third base.
May
22, 2008
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