Perfect weather greeted players at the Casey Softball Association for the last round of the home and away season for 2021/22.
The under-16 fully loaded teams kicked off proceedings with the first up game between the Cobras Maroons and Doveton Rebels.
Both teams started slowly but the Cobras soon clicked into second gear with 11 runs in the second innings.
Rebels tried hard to come back, but Cobras held them off having a comfortable 21-6 win.
Best for Cobras was Brooklyn Maloney and for Rebels Amelia Bacic.
The second game in the double header was Cobras U16D taking on Doveton Rebels.
A very even game saw Cobras defeat Rebels 16-11.
Best for Cobras was Abbie Berkelmans and for Cobras Shelby Evers.
Social Women games were up next with Berwick Geronimo taking on Narre Warren Penguins in a top-of-the-table clash that didn’t disappoint.
Geronimo started strong with five runs to 0 in the first innings.
Penguins didn’t get their first run until the third innings, but also defended well to keep Geronimo scoreless for the next two innings.
Final score saw Geronimo hold on to a thrilling 6-5 win.
Best for Geronimo was pitcher Sandra Whalley and for Penguins catcher Jess George.
Doveton Renegades then played the Comets.
The first innings saw Comets score five while keeping Renegades scoreless.
Renegades fought back in the next, scoring two and four in the next two innings giving them a 6-5 lead.
Comets then came back strong in the next innings scoring 5-0 and winning the game 10-6.
Best for Comets was Coleen Sullivan and for Renegades Pamela Joynson.
Last game of the round saw Cobras play against Berwick Chickasaw.
Chickasaw jumped out of the blocks with an 11-run first innings and never looked back.
Cobras couldn’t get their batting game going, managing only two runs.
Chickasaw was comfortable 22-2 winners.
Best on ground was pitcher Kaisha Stacey.
Open Women Fully Loaded was an all-Berwick affair between Cheyenne and Comanche…and was a cracker of a game, with both teams evenly matched and batting superbly!
Comanche came from behind to clinch a thrilling 24-22 win.
Best for Cheyenne was Amanda ‘Moo’ Clunes, and for Comanche Andrea ‘Guppy’ Gartside.
The Men’s competition has begun a three-game finals series which started on Saturday, with Cobras taking on Meteors.
Cobras started off strong, leading at the bottom of the second innings 6-0, with Meteors Dale Fraser and Jeff Wynne taking some great catches to finish out the innings.
Cobras Tristan Little pitched well for the first two innings only giving up one hit. Meteors then came out to bat and took a 10-6 lead.
Cobras levelled the game 10-10…seeing the game end in a thrilling draw.
Best for Cobras was Tristan Little and for the Comets Dale Fraser.
This sets up a thrilling second game in the finals series this Saturday.
Finals for Under-16, Social Women and Open Women begin this Saturday.
Another exciting season in the Casey Softball Association (CSA) may be drawing to a close, but that isn’t stopping the CSA from continuing to roll out the fun.
The association is thrilled to be hosting the Inaugural ‘CSA Men’s Masters Invitational’ on the number-one diamond at Sweeney Reserve at 7pm this Saturday 26 March.
“The game is all about having a bit of fun at the end of the season, but also to help promote the sport of softball locally,” the CSA said.
“But most importantly we are hoping to raise funds for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. It’s a great cause and one that we are delighted to support and hope to do so long into the future.”
“It would be great if we could get a big crowd to come along, to enjoy the atmosphere and watch a great game of softball but to also do something good for the community.”
The two teams will be chock full of talent and will be coached by Alex Chapman and Ethan Chavasse.
The teams will be made up of current Masters (Over 35) players and past Masters players who have been invited back for the event.
Players will be fined for strike outs and easy dropped catches, but all in the name of a good cause.
There will also be a raffle…with the canteen and bar also open.
-Joanne Haines-
