Kittatinny tops Wallkill Valley in softball
| 15 May 2017 | 04:03
Kittatinny batter Brooke Webber swings the bat towards an incoming ball late in the game.
After the ball is hit into the outfield Kittatinny runner Kelly Insalaco rounds third base on the way to home plate to score in the sixth inning. Kittatinny Regional High School defeated Wallkill Valley Regional High School in varsity softball on Thursday, May 11, 2017. The final score was 3-1. The game took place at Kittatinny Regional High School in Hampton Township, New Jersey.
Wallkill Valley pitcher Sara Miceli in throw motion.
As her teammates watch, Kittatinny batter Allison Westra hits the ball.
Wallkill Valley shortstop Jade Deaver throws the ball towards first base in the sixth inning.
HAMPTON — Kittatinny Regional High School defeated Wallkill Valley Regional High School in varsity softball, 3-1, on Thursday, May 11.
Kittatinny's Nellie Choma scored the first run of the game in the fifth inning. Wallkill Valley tied the game in the sixth inning after Ariel Milligan drove in Janecia Cabrera with a single.
Alexis Cooke hit an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth to give Kittatinny a two-run lead. Cooke earned the win in the circle, allowing only one unearned run in seven innings of work, while allowing a walk and three hits and striking out nine.
Kittatinny improved to 10-10, while Wallkill Valley fell to 7-11.
— Photos by George Leroy Hunter