Sockman’s home run sparks Lady Bucks offense in 16-1 win

By Bees O’Brien

SHNGLEHOUSE, PA- It took the Bucktail softball team just 50 minutes to defeat Oswayo Valley 15-0 last week in Farwell. This time around it was the Lady Bucks turn to hit the road on Wednesday. The host Lady Green Wave kept things interesting early on and then Eva Sockman would take over with one swing of the bat.

Bucktail jumped on Oswayo Valley 4-0 after one inning and would add a single run in the top of the second inning to hold the 5-0 lead. The home team would score a run in the bottom of the third inning to narrow Bucktail’s lead to 5-1.

Sockman would connect on a 2-run home run in the top of the fourth inning, which would be part of an 11-run inning for Bucktail and would set the 16-1 final.

Sockman’s home run was one of her 4 hits in the contest. She would connect on a pair of singles and a double, while racking up 5 RBI’s. Fellow freshman Makenna Stone would also go 4 for 4 on the day, with a double and scoring three runs. Mak Wagner would go 2 for 3 with a triple. Lola English would collect two hits for the Lady Bucks, one of which would be a triple. English also knocked in 3 runs. Kendall Wagner added a pair of singles.

Haley Burrows, Alexis Lowery and Matti Mason also had hits for Bucktail. The Lady Bucks had 17 hits total against the Green Wave, who managed just 2 base hits of their own.

Mak Wagner would be lethal in the circle, striking out 9 Oswayo Valley batters in 4 innings of work, while allowing no walks.

Oswayo Valley’s season came to an end at 5-8 on the season.

Bucktail, now 13-4 has all but secured the top seed in next week’s District IV 1A playoffs and can cement their top seed with a victory against playoff bound St. John Neumann (10-7) in Farwell Thursday afternoon.