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By Teresa Simpson
Whitman County Gazette 

Garfield-Palouse girls sweep Tekoa-Rosalia

Vikings girls win 15-4 and 17-7 on the road in Rosalia

 

TeAire Baier| Special to The Gazette

A Garfield-Palouse batter swings at a pitch in the second game against the Timberwolves on Monday, May 9.

ROSALIA - The Garfield-Palouse Vikings girls fastpitch softball team finished off its season May 9, winning a doubleheader against the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves.

The Vikings (9-8 overall, 6-6 league) took the first game, 15-4, and the second, 17-7.

The game was the last for both the Vikings and the Timberwolves, as both teams fell short of making the cut to get into the District tournament.

For Garfield-Palouse, Kenzi Pederson pitched the first game with 12 strike outs, 3 walks, and 1 hit.

"I've been with the seniors since they were in T-ball, and it was a great way to finish out for them," Coach Rochelle Pederson said Tuesday.

Her team finished fourth in the league.

TeAire Baier| Special to The Gazette

On May 3, the Viking girls split with the DeSales Fighting Irish, losing their 3 p.m. game, 17-13, and winning the second 13-8 in their doubleheader at Walla Walla.

The girls executed a triple play in their second game, Pederson said.

In the second game, right fielder Morgan Lentz made a catch, and gunned out the runner on first.

Maci Brantner, at first, threw the ball to second where shortstop Denni Fealy got the runner.

"It was a super proud moment for me, because I have been emphasizing communication and the success of that series of plays showed that coming together and talking makes all the difference," Pedersen said.

The coach noted that Madison Cloniger hit a solo homerun out of the park in the second game, and Kenzi Pedersen had a great day of hitting.

 

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