By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama baseball team (4-13) defeated West Central Valley (5-12-1) at home on Tuesday, June 24 in a close contest, 4-1. No runs were scored in the game until Panorama scored three in the bottom of the fourth inning to take the lead. West Central Valley would answer back with one run in the top of the fifth inning, but Panorama stopped any comeback efforts.

RBIs were by Joel Cooper with two and Cruz Crandall with one. Crandall’s double was the team’s only extra-base hit. Parker Cary was dominant on the mound. In his six and one-third innings pitched, Cary struck out nine batters, allowing one earned run.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panther softball team (6-15) battled ACGC (2-16) in a close, back-and-forth game but came up a run short in the 10-9 loss Wednesday, June 25, at home.

Bats were hot from the beginning with both teams scoring three runs in the first inning. Panorama took a 5-3 lead, which held until the fourth inning when ACGC plated three runs to go on top 6-5. The Panthers answered with two runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth for a 7-6 lead. ACGC bounced back with three runs in the sixth to lead and another in the seventh to take a lead the Panthers couldn’t overcome. 

Emma Walker, Lexi Galvan and Leah Kastner scored twice, and Bridgete White, Ava Thompson and Ines Gimeno-Perez each added a run. Galvan hit a home run. Andrea Knode led in RBIs with three, with Galvan adding two and Leah Kastner and Arilyan Steenblock adding one apiece. Knode and Galvan split time on the mound.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama softball team (5-14) defeated West Central Valley (11-10) at home on Tuesday, June 24, 13-12. This was a back-and-forth game from the beginning.

“What a win tonight for this Panther softball team. We battled all the way to the end, keeping our composure even after giving up a six-run lead,” Head Coach Ismael Galvan said. “These girls stayed mentally tough and kept pushing forward and never faltered. Andrea Knode came up with the big hit of the night, roping a three-run homerun to take the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning. We then were able to shut it down in the top of the seventh with the tying run at third to get the victory. What a fun and exciting game that we were able to come out on top at the end and look forward to keeping the momentum going tomorrow night.”

Leah Kastner was dominant at the plate as well. She had three hits for a team-high four RBIs. Knode had three RBIs, and Bridgete White had two. Lexi Galvan and Ava Thompson contributed one RBI apiece.

Photos by Betty Cooper

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