Westfield – Wednesday’s game was not the first time that Turners Falls Softball and Hoosac Valley met at the Western Massachusetts Class D class championship.
In 2022, the first year of the team’s current seniors, the Hurricanes won a close victory of 5-4.
Since then, the Thunder has not yet been found in the end of the final round. As successful seasons continued, Turners Falls won his third consecutive title WMASS with a 12-1 victory over the Hoosac Valley on Wednesday afternoon at the Westfield State University.
For the senior players, Madison Liimatainen, Marilyn Abarua and Mia Marigliano, was a suitable ending for his time competing in the tournaments of Western Mass.
“I remember hearing this loss and being like,” I never want to feel again. “, Said Liimatainen.” So we can come back here and get a victory, nothing is one, and when we come here and we act … Really pay the hard work we have done. “
The Thunder was successful in Bat, with 11 of the total of 12 runs in the first three entrances.
To begin things in Turners Falls, Liimatainen went out to his first batter of the party and sent a house home in the woods behind.
In the semifinal round, Liimatainen had been intentionally walked three times and did not sound.
“I was really waiting for this game to have a couple of bat and that first bat, my swings felt very well,” said Liimatainen. “And to be able to enter -and get a success to feel so well.”
Following the statement of the Senior Declaration, the blow shot the rest of the team and started the streak. Abarua rounded the foundations of a fly ball to mark once again before the first entry was over.
In the second entrance and with two exits, the floods opened for the thunder. In three consecutive hits, four players scored. Two RBI went to Liimatainen, with Abarua and Janelle Massey too.
This impulse continued to the third and, again, with two outings, Turners Falls scored five more runs.
Marigliano’s double success brought two runners at home and Abarua sang in a line to give enough time to two other runners to round off the bases. Then a success of Autumn Thorton helped Abarua return home.
“We hit the ball strongly, most of our successes were not cheap, they were line units,” said Gary Mullins, Turners Falls coach. “But when the ball is in the belt … and when you touch the ball like that, you will have fun.”
Throughout the stacked races of the thunder, the hurricanes had been kept without score. The Hoosac Valley did not break the drought until the sixth post when Rachael Wnuk scored before the entrance finished.
The lack of production of hurricanes can be a credit to Liimatainen in the Circle by Turners Falls. Liimatainen only allowed three times and one of the non -experienced race while walking to zero players and achieving 14.
To prepare for a pitcher like Liimatainen, Hoosac Valley coach Mike Ameen took Maddie Pupolo to practice, a former hurricane player, to mimic Liimatainen’s quick throws and prepare his players the day earlier.
However, Liimatainen still had the advantage over most of the Hoosac Valley bathers.
For his own batters, the senior reached three RBIs, twice and one race. Liimatainen’s performance was honored with a MVP trophy at the end of the game, his third time winning the foster care.
“Liimatainen, for us, is a model,” said Abarua. “Somehow finds a way to do it -and I am very proud of her because without her, we would not be here.”
Abarua also scored three RBIs, with three runs and three times. Marigliano had two rbis with one career and hit -. Massey overcome three times and two RBI.
For the hurricanes, the three successes were accredited to Wnuk, who also won the Lone Run, Izabela Tart and Ashlyn Lamke.
In the mound of Hoosac Valley there was Gracelyn Wright, who launched the six entries for the hurricanes. It allowed 12 times and 12 runs (six won), as well as four walks and seven attacks.
“We were here, we played in the last game of the Western Mass Championship, it is a realization and we continue,” said Ameen. “We have a good group of children and we will return.”
With Wednesday victory, Turners Falls improved until 17-4 in the season, while Hoosac Valley moved to 16-3. But neither team is done yet.
Both teams have already solidified places in the Division V And now he will look at his future competition.
The thunder is proposed at number 1 general, while hurricanes sit at number 6. Both teams received a week goodbye for the preliminary round and will wait to see what their opponents will be in the 32 round.
“Nothing is determined, and we know that when we do it one more day, every day we are the best team …”, said Liimatainen. “We are just looking to return it and until then we will work hard.”