TWIN VALLEY – Eighth-seeded Twin Valley held off the Craftsbury Academy (CA) softball team in a Division IV playdown slugfest last week.
Sara Dix belted a double, triple and earned the win in the circle to help Twin Valley survive at home last Tuesday 13-11. The Lady Chargers knocked around Dix for 16 hits and three free passes but couldn’t hold down the Lady Cat offense. Elizabeth Barber was a perfect 4-4 at the plate with a pair of doubles for Twin Valley. Her teammate Aliyah Walker added a pair of doubles of her own, scoring four times. Senior Savanah Boyce led CA’s offense with three hits, including an RBI double, while taking the loss in the circle, walking seven and striking out 13. Serenity Leach added an RBI double, and Linsey Allen went 2-4 on the day with a pair of RBI in the loss. Hazen Union’s Libby Bowley joins Boyce as losses to graduation for the 1-13 Lady Chargers later this spring.
Twin Valley fell to top seeded West Rutland in the quarterfinals 34-2.
