Fillmore Flashes Softball Takes on Foothill Tech & St. Bonaventure

On Thursday, May 3rd, Fillmore Flashes varsity hosted Foothill Tech. In the bottom of the first inning Kasey Crawford led off for Flashes with a walk, followed by Cali Wyand, Maiah Lopez and Janeah Castro all contributing hits with an RBI by Lopez. Going into the bottom of the second inning Crawford got the 2 out rally going with a single followed by Wyand with a double scoring Crawford. Lopez came up with a hit but was left on base. The Flashes Defense held Foothill Tech to just 2 hits in the first 3 innings of play. Fillmore rallied again in the bottom of the 5th inning scoring 3 runs on hits by Wyand and Ebony Venegas. With a strong Flashes Defense on the field, Foothill Tech struggled to get runners on base. With strong bats the Flashes scored one more run in the bottom of the 6th inning making the final score Fillmore Flashes 8, Foothill Tech 0. Sydnee Isom pitched a complete game holding Foothill to just 3 hits and 4 strike-outs.

On Monday, May 7th, the Flashes traveled to Ventura College to play against Saint Bonaventure. In the top of the first inning Kasey Crawford started the game with a single, followed by Maiah Lopez and Cali Wyand with a double scoring Crawford. The Seraphs answered back with 4 hits scoring 2 runs. Going into the bottom of the second inning with a score of 2-1 in favor of the Seraphs, they added 4 runs on 4 hits. Fillmore's bats stayed cold until the top of the 6th inning down by 5. Destiny Menjuga started the inning getting on base by a fielding error. Crawford got on base with a Fielder's Choice followed by a walk from Cali Wyand. Lopez continued the rally getting on base from an error by the pitcher. With one out and bases loaded Janeah Castro came up to the plate for the Flashes, smashing a ball over center field for a grandslam. The Flashes held the Seraphs in the 6th inning. Going into Fillmore’s last at bat down by 1 Fillmore went down 1-2-3 to end the game with a score of Fillmore Flashes 5, St Bonaventure 6. This put both teams tied for 3rd place. If the Flashes win at Home on Wednesday, May 9th, against Santa Clara and S.t Bonaventure beats Foothill Tech, the Flashes and Seraphs will play against each other on Thursday, May 10th at Santa Paula (neutral location) at 3:30pm.