Staff Report
After opening its three-game series against Dayton with a narrow 1-0 loss on March 31, the Churchill County High School varsity girls softball team responded in emphatic fashion.
The Lady Greenwave bounced back the next day and swept Dayton in dominant style, winning both games by identical 18-4 scores. Kanani Mauga continued her standout season by blasting her 11th home run, while Sutton Yost added her first of the year. The girls’ offense has become one of its biggest strengths, as the team has now recorded 10 wins by 14 runs or more this season.
Churchill County then traveled to Reno for the Reed Tournament, where the Lady Greenwave faced a challenging slate of opponents.
The tournament opened Friday with a matchup against Spanish Springs, one of the top teams in the state. The Greenwave fell 14-2 but still had six different players record hits. Kalaya Downs led the effort by going 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Churchill County dropped two more games Friday, falling 7-5 to Newark Memorial and 14-0 to Damonte Ranch. Despite the tough start, the Lady Greenwave showed resilience on Saturday.
The team bounced back with a 7-2 win over Chico behind a strong all-around offensive performance. Audrey Fruzza went a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBIs, one run and a double, marking her best hitting performance in her last 11 games. Mauga added another strong outing, finishing 2-for-4 with two RBIs, one run and a double. As a team, Churchill County posted a .379 batting average against Chico while holding the Panthers to just .167.
In the tournament finale, the Lady Greenwave battled McQueen in a tight 9-6 loss. Nine Churchill County players recorded hits in the game. Mauga again delivered at the plate, reaching base four times and finishing with a home run, three runs scored and three RBIs. Miley Pimentel also turned in a big performance, going 3-for-5 with three runs and a stolen base.
Peyton Prinz added a strong showing in the loss, going 2-for-2 with two runs, one RBI and her first stolen base of the season. Pimentel also added a triple and a run scored as part of the team’s offensive effort.
Most recently, Churchill County traveled back to Reed on Monday, April 6, for a non-conference matchup, where the Raiders handed the Lady Greenwave a 15-0 loss in four innings. Reed scored seven runs in the first and finished with 12 hits while committing no errors. Churchill County was held without a hit and recorded five errors in the field.
Churchill County now sits at 13-8 on the season and will finally return home after spending the opening stretch of the schedule on the road. The Lady Greenwave will host Elko on Thursday at 3 p.m. and Friday at 10 a.m. and noon.
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