Bonney Lake High’s fastpitch softball team took the No. 3 seed for the West Central District III 3A fastpitch tournament after losing to Enumclaw High on Saturday. It was their second defeat to Enumclaw that week.
The Panthers defeated Lakes High May 8, before being narrowly defeated by Enumclaw High May 9 in the last game of the regular season.
The 10-5 victory over Lakes came in a spread of runs, with the Panthers achieving runs in every inning but the fifth.
Bailey Ahem, Rendi Johnson, Kali Patterson and Kayla Wells all performed well at-bat.
Ahem achieved two hits and one run out of four at-bats.
Johnson achieved two hits, one run and a 2-RBI over five at-bats.
Patterson had three hits, one run and 3-RBI out of four at-bats.
Wells had three hits, a whopping four runs and 2-RBI out of five at-bats.
The scraping 10-9 loss to Enumclaw came as a seventh inning upset. The Panthers had frontloaded their nine runs in the first five innings, climbing six runs ahead of the Hornets. But the Hornets bounced back to achieve five runs in the top of the sixth, then cinched their W with two runs in the seventh.
Christian McKone had three hits, three runs and 1-RBI out of five at-bats. She stole two bases.
Patterson had three hits out of three at-bats, with 2-RBI. She hit a double and a triple.
Wells had three hits, one run and 2-RBI out of five at-bats.
On the pitching mound, Johnson pitched seven innings, allowing 11 hits and 10 runs. She struck out four opponents and walked one.
