The Dalles Riverhawks combined timely hitting and taking advantage of numerous Henley mistakes to rout the Hornets 16-0 in the Oregon Class 4A high school softball championship in Eugene and grab the school’s second state title in the sport.
The Riverhawks blew the game open with a seven-run third inning, as Jeilane Stewart’s three-run homer followed an error and a walk to start the inning. Run-scoring doubles by Despina Seufaulemua and Madalynn Sagapolutele helped take advantage of two walks and three wild pitches by the Hornets.
Zoe LeBreton singled home two runs in the fourth, followed by another RBI double by Seufaulemua to make the score 11-0.
And the Riverhawks tacked on five more in the fifth, with a two-run single from Seufaulemua.
Kennedy Abbas gave up only one hit and struck out five in the game stopped after five innings by the ten-run rule.
The Riverhawks had previously won a state high school softball championship in 1994.