Story and Photo courtesy Kellsie McLain.

On Tuesday April 3rd the Flashes Varsity and JV Softball teams traveled to Thousand Oaks High School to take on the Lancers. The Varsity Lancers took an early 1-0 lead, but the Flashes rallied, bringing in 2 runs in the 4th and 1 in the 5th to make the score 3-1 in favor of Fillmore. The Lancers kept fighting and tied the game 3-3 in the bottom of the 5th inning. The Flashes bats answered back in the top of the 6th to retake the lead 5-3. Refusing to stay down, Thousand Oaks also continued to score, putting up a run in the bottom of the 6th to cut the Flashes lead to 1 run. Pitcher Sydnee Isom was backed by solid Flashes defense and shut down the Lancers in the 7th, ending the game with a 5-4 Flashes victory. The Flashes JV squad also defeated the Lancers with a final score of 6-5. Highlights for Fillmore: Sydnee Isom threw a complete game with 7Ks. Audrey Clay went 2 for 4 with 2 singles and 2 RBIs. Maiah Lopez had 2 RBIs and Lindsey Brown hit a double.