Natalie Noyes had a pair of RBI singles and scored two runs. Aliya Farmer walked, hit two doubles, drove in three runs and scored two runs. Wilkinson scored three runs as she walked, singled, doubled and drove in two runs. Three runs scored on passed balls and there were three errors.Įvery Terrier chipped in with the scoring in the second inning. Losing pitcher Alexis Secoy walked four, hit one batter, and gave up 10 hits in the inning. Bellows Falls sent 21 batters to the plate and scored 17 runs. However, the Terriers took care of business, and then some, in the bottom half of the second. The BF lead was cut to 7-4 in the second inning as the Terriers committed a a pair of fielding errors. BF responded in the bottom half of the inning with seven runs that came on a pair of passed balls, a throwing error, and a pair of fielding errors. Mill River had a 2-0 lead after one inning when Karina Mozzer walked and Alexis Wilson singled. The game was stopped after three innings when Mill River coach Mary Colvin decided it was best for her players to withdraw and fight another day. 400 last season, and the trio keyed a 29-4 demolition of Mill River in the Terriers’ home opener on April 16. Wilkinson, Sylvester, and Dolloph all hit above.
They dealt with the loss of Jada Spaulding, who died in an auto accident last April, and finished 7-10.īut it is a new season for the Terriers, and while coach Donald Laurendeau has a team full of ninth- and 10th-graders, senior captains Grace Wilkinson and Savannah Sylvester and junior catcher Jenna Dolloph will provide the leadership needed to be a contender. Bellows Falls had a rough season last year.The 1-0 Colonels will have a tougher test on April 20 when they take on Keene, N.H. “I thought Jack pitched well, but we didn’t play well enough on defense to back him up. “Five of the nine guys I had on the field were playing their first varsity game,” he said. Thurber, Alex Carpenter, and Bingham each had an RBI single, and after pinch-hitter Aaron Slade drew a walk, Jolie Glidden sent everyone home with a two-run double just as a light rain turned into a steady shower.įor BF coach Bob Lockerby, it was a frustrating loss. Jess Derrell, Jamison Nystrom and Eli Allbee all pitched in relief of Cravinho, but the Colonels put an early end to the proceedings with five runs in the sixth inning. Emery later scored on a wild pitch, and a Zinabu McNiece groundout scored another run to make a 6-1 game. A throwing error on a bunt by Jackson Emery scored Bingham, who reached on an error, and Tucker Sargent, who was hit by a pitch. Then the Colonels scored four runs in the fourth inning, aided by a pair of BF errors.
Brattleboro got a run in the first on an infield hit by Willem Thurber, and scored another in the third on a three-base error on a ball hit by Reed Sargent. Losing pitcher Jack Cravinho went 4 1/3 innings with six walks and two strikeouts and two hit batters. “He pitched very well for us,"īingham needed his good stuff, because the Terriers kept the game close for the first three innings. “Alex had great command,” said Colonels coach Chris Groeger. Bingham also got a solid effort from his defense, with BF’s only run coming on a throwing error in the fourth inning. A sunny and warm afternoon gave way to a quick moving thunderstorm which then gave way to light rain and a cold wind by game’s end.īut while the weather was less than optimal, the Colonels were unfazed by an hourlong weather delay or having to play the game under the lights as they shut down the Terriers, 11-1, in a game stopped in the bottom of the sixth inning by the 10-run mercy rule.Īlex “Moose” Bingham threw a no-hitter, with eight strikeouts, two walks, and one batter hit by a pitch. We may be a month into calendar spring, but an April afternoon in Vermont can range from 70 degrees with blue skies and sunshine, to the mid-30s with snow flurries and a cold north wind, to a foot or two of snow and sleet.įor the baseball opener between Bellows Falls and Brattleboro at Tenney Field on April 14, we missed the blizzard, but had a combination of the other two extremes.