Lady Bucks Back on Road Thursday

FARWELL – The Bucktail softball team will be looking for its sixth straight win when the Lady Bucks travel to Laporte on Thursday to take on the Lady Griffins (2-1). The contest is scheduled for a 4:30 p.m. start. Earlier schedules had listed the game as home for Bucktail, but it will be on the road. Also Saturday’s game at St. John Neumann (1-2) in Williamsport has been switched to an 11 a.m. start.

The Lady Bucks were on the road Wednesday, traveling to Shinglehouse and returning home with yet another mercy rule win, rolling over Oswayo Valley by a 13-0 score in five innings.

The win put the Lady Bucks at 5-0, all terminated in less than the regulation seven innings. This time it was junior Myka Poorman in the circle and she responded with a 5-inning, two-hit shutout, striking out six and walking none.

Bucktail took advantage of 9 walks, every player drawing at least one and helped their cause with 16 stolen bases. Emily Cross paced the offense with three hits, including a homerun and two singles and piled up four steals. Jordan Burrows also stole four bases and contributed two singles. Emma Poorman helped out with three singles. The Lady Bucks were held scoreless in the top of the first but put across runs in each succeeding inning.

The latest MaxPrep rankings have Bucktail as the number seven ranked Class A team in the state. The Lady Bucks have out-scored their five opponents by a 75-7 clip to this point.