Chelsea Prescott, seen here making a throw from second in an earlier game, whiffed 10 while pitching Tuesday. (John Fisken photos)
The Venom will play their season finale at home Thursday.
They are a run-scoring machine, and a well-oiled one at that.
Pounding the ball to a merry tune Tuesday night, the Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball squad rolled to a 10-5 win at Anacortes.
It was the fourth straight win, and eighth in their last nine games for the Venom, who sit at a tidy 9-3 heading into their season finale.
That will be home on the prairie, at the CHS softball diamond, 6 PM Thursday against Anacortes, whom they’ve now beaten twice.
The secret of Central Whidbey’s success this season hasn’t exactly been a secret — the Venom score runs, a lot of them, swinging big bats and running their rivals into the ground.
They’ve now topped double digits in 10 of 12 games (with nine runs apiece in the other two games) and have outscored their foes 175-85.
The damage would be worse, far worse, but other teams have failed to take the field three times this season due to lack of players.
So, give the Venom forfeit wins (if the league does that) and they’re actually 12-3.
Having finally solved Anacortes the last time the two teams played, after Central absorbed three narrow losses to the big city girls, the Venom put Tuesday’s game away with ease.
Chelsea Prescott, one of two seventh graders on the Whidbey squad, took the start in the pitcher’s circle and was flat-out nasty, whiffing 10 in a complete-game win.
She also helped her cause, recording four assists in the field and going a perfect 4-4 at the plate.
Maya Toomey-Stout and Scout Smith joined her with four hits apiece (one of Smith’s base knocks was a resounding double) while Mollie Bailey recorded three hits, including a scorching two-run triple.
Venom coach Charlotte Young praised Willow Vick for trying a new position, and Hannah Davidson for an especially adept defensive play.
“Willow made her debut at second base and did an awesome job,” Young said. “Hannah had an awesome play at first, as well.
“There was a short throw to first and it made her come off the bag to get it, but she dove back to tag the base just in time.”
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