Flashes batter #13 Janeah Castro as she bats against Lakeview’s pitcher in their game last Saturday. Photo courtesy Heidi Hinklin.

Submitted by Assistant Coach Liz Hinklin

On Tuesday, March 20th the FLASHES Varsity Softball team played their first home game of the 2018 season against Calabasas H.S. Fillmore' s Kasey Crawford started the first inning with a hit, followed by a sac bunt by Cali Wyand to move Crawford to scoring position. Maiah Lopez got on with a walk, and then Lindsey Brown cleared the bases with a double. Destiny Menjuga then drove in Brown for the 3rd run of the inning. Calabasas chipped at the deficit by scoring 1 run in the 3rd inning, and 3 runs in the top of the 4th to take the lead 4-3. The FLASHES bats came alive again in the bottom of the 4th inning with hits from Tori Villages, Lindsey Brown, Destiny Menjuga and Kasey Crawford, to put 5 runs across and retake the lead 8-4. Calabasas would not give up, scoring another 2 runs. Fillmore held on to their lead making the final score Fillmore 8 - Calabasas 6. The Flashes JV squad also defeated Calabasas that day.

On Saturday, March 24th the Fillmore FLASHES Varsity Softball team travelled to Verdugo Hills H.S. to play in the Lincoln Classic tournament. Fillmore faced Verdugo Hills H.S. for the first game, making a statement with a final score of Fillmore 14 - Verdugo Hills H.S. 0. Kasey Crawford went 2-3 with 2 singles, Maiah Lopez and Jazmine Zavala each had hits, and Cali Wyand and Tori Villegas each had doubles.

For the second game of the day Fillmore faced Lakeview Charter. The Flashes of Fillmore High would dominate, putting 10 runs up in the first inning with hits from Tori Villegas, Destiny Menjuga, Janeah Castro, Kasey Crawford, Maiah Lopez and doubles by Cali Wyand (2), Villegas, Sydnee Isom and Ebony Venegas. Keeping the bats hot, Fillmore would score another 4 runs with a solo homerun by Freshman left fielder Ebony Venegas, and hits from Wyand, Lopez, and Lindsey Brown to make the score FHS 14- Lakeview 0 going in to the top of the 3rd. Castro and Wyand would rake up doubles in the 3rd along with singles by Brown and Menjuga in the 4th to end the game with a final score of 16-0 in favor of the Flashes.