Webster (14) Lights Up Chargers (5)

I don’t know that “Wednesday Night Lights” has the ring to make it a TV series or movie, but there were some “Must See” moments as we took on Cor Jesu under the lights at Affton Athletic as we followed the varsity contest against the same team. 

Taylor Knapp racked up her 21^st JV victory to break Olivia Collins old 2-season mark of 20; it was also TK’s 12^th win of the year as she led the JV into Friday’s Kirkwood game with a 12-1 mark. We were thankful for a challenge as we expect the Pioneers to be a tough team as we finish out our week. Join us at Plymouth Field as we take on our rivals.

Heady, aggressive baserunning put pressure on the CJ defense and Myah King put pressure on the limited number of softballs the Chargers brought to the party by powering two (yes, count ‘em, two) over the fence. We may have been the visitors but we ended up contributing a couple balls to the cause – and were happy to do so. The Cor Jesu coach decided she was convinced and called for intentional walks for Myah’s last two ABs. But Marko foiled that strategy in the seventh as she drove in two with a line single, then scored herself.

In the field, Myah also helped turn one of the two double plays (Nicola Rikand got the other) that blunted both threats Cor Jesu mounted. Venus Moran (2 hits) made another great catch and Taylor Smith (3 hits) snared a couple liners.

Their team featured their JV plus a couple back-end varsity bench players, including their second pitcher, from their varsity squad. However, they approached the game the right way and didn’t try to sneak in a regular position player, but that we handled them with a minimum of drama speaks well to our team’s abilities and preparation. Once again, all eleven available players contributed to a well-deserved team victory.

TK shows the form that has helped her set a new JV Career Wins Record, 21, breaking Olivia Collins' old mark.

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Shortstop Nicola Rikand takes a strong throw but the CJ base thief just beats Marko's peg.

Catcher Nora Marcinkiewicz catches one of TK's five strikeouts on the way to a 14-5 win.

We teach "Find the fence" and third sacker Myah King did a good job of that. Unfortunately, the fence found the ball before she could make the play.

When you have three players (Myah King, Nicola Rikand, and Emmy Gary) all converging on a short pop up, the out will be recorded more often than not. This one was.

No chance for the Charger runner to beat the throw to first.