Last Saturday, the Hoosick Falls girls JV and Varsity softball teams competed in games at the Mudville Tournament located in Herkimer, NY. The unique setting hosts the longest running softball tournament and nation’s second largest high school tournament. It’s like backyard ball, fences are made out of chicken wire and benches are set on cinder blocks. Teams come back year after year, this year the grounds hosted 142 teams and over 3,000 players, the largest tournament in the state. Games are played on five fields, no field is the same shape as another. Most entry money is donated.
The varsity Panthers did well, they won both their games, the JV won one and lost one. Good ole’ fashioned sandlot softball.
Hoosick Falls 0 0 3 1 1 11 7 11 1
Lansing 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
4/12. Played on the Mudville Fields in Herkimer, NY. Hoosick Falls. Sophie Estes had three hits, Olivia Brownell, Melissa Landry, and Lily Abbott each had two and Abby Philpott and MacKenna Roberson each had one hit. Landry, Philpott, Brownell, Estes and Abbott each had a double. Pitcher Abby Philpott gave up two hits and struck out eight batters. Philpott was named MVP.
Unatego 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0
Hoosick Falls 0 0 0 4 1 0 X 5 4 0
4/12. Played on the Mudville Fields Tournament in Herkimer, NY. Hoosick Falls scored four in the fourth to overcome a two run deficit and grab a lead they would not give up. Olivia Brownell had a double and Melissa Landry, Abby Philpott, Brianna Jones and Lily Abbott each had a single. Abby Philpott pitched the seven innings, giving up three hits and striking out eight.
Hoosick Falls 0 0 0 0 3 0 X 3 5 7
Greenwich 1 0 10 0 0 4 X 15 7 3
4/12. Played at Greenwich HS. Greenwich exploded for ten runs in the third inning and went on to a ten-run rule win. Melissa Landry went 2 of 3 and scored once and Olivia Brownell had a double. Sophie Estes batted in two of the three runs.
Hoosick Falls 4 1 1 3 0 1 2 12 10 2
Stillwater 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 2 4 7
4/11. Played at Stillwater HS. Abby Philpott and Lily Abbott each rapped out two hits to lead the Panthers. Philpott had a double and Abbott had four RBIs. Philpott pitched the entire game, giving up four hits and striking out six.
Cambridge 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 4
New Leb-Berlin 0 0 0 1 2 7 X 10 6 3
4/11. Played at New Lebanon High School. New Lebanon -Berlin pitcher Bailey Catlin led the way on offense and defense in this game. Catlin struck out 14 batters and went 3 of 4 at the plate, rapping out a single and a double. NL-B’s Mikayla Corsey went 2 of 4, including a triple. Cambridge’s Sydney Benson struck out five and was on base in two of four at bats. Benson’s teammate Jordan Griffith was a baserunner in three of four at bats.
Greenwich 0 4 0 0 5 5 X 14 9 1
New Leb-Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 8 6
4/10. Played at New Lebanon High School.