Softball roundup: Dixie can’t catch Tooele; Lady Reds win two

Written by Andy Griffin
March 14, 2015
Dixie vs. Oaks Christian, CA, St. George, Utah, Mar. 14, 2015 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News

ST. GEORGE — Region 9 softball teams haven’t really competed with the northern Utah power squads for quite some time. But it seems the gap is closing.

Michaela DeKorver runs down a pop fly in the outfield, Dixie vs. Oaks Christian, CA, St. George, Utah, Mar. 14, 2015 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Michaela DeKorver runs down a pop fly in the outfield, Dixie vs. Oaks Christian, CA, St. George, Utah, Mar. 14, 2015 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News

Dixie’s softball team gave a valiant effort against one the 3A softball powerhouses in Tooele Saturday in one of the final games of the SUNROC Invitational at DHS and Dixie State. But the Lady Buffs were just too much in a 13-9 affair.

Earlier in the day, Dixie dropped a game to Oak Christian out of California.

Against Tooele, Dixie led 5-2 before getting shelled for 11 runs in the fifth inning. The Flyers comeback attempt ended a few runs short despite a couple of late-inning rallies.

Dixie, 4-3, got a two-run double from Summer Simkins and Aubri Challis and Stacia Gelter also made plays for DHS, which begins region play Friday with a home game vs. Cedar.

Cedar 18, Juan Diego 8
Cedar 12, Hunter 10

After starting the season 1-3, the Lady Reds have now won three straight.

They opened Saturday with a 10-run mercy killing of Juan Diego, then beat 5A Hunter despite committing five errors. Cedar is averaging 8.8 run per game this preseason.

The Lady Reds host Pine View Tuesday, then are at Dixie Friday. Both games are scheduled for 4 p.m.

No other scores were reported.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andy Griffin has been in sports media since 1989 and has covered BYU, Utah State and the Utah Jazz as well as all sports in southern Utah. A journalism graduate of USU, Andy has carried on a dual career as both a sports writer and a sports broadcaster and has been heard around the country. He has also been published in USA Today, Sport magazine, The Sporting News, Fairways magazine, the Los Angeles Times and locally in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Spectrum. Andy was “The Voice of Region 9 sports,” for many years. He also hosted a daily sports talk show for three years called AG in the a.m. Andy has been married to his college sweetheart Shelly for 28 years and has five children ages 13 to 25.

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