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Softball round wrap

Things are heating up in the Casey Softball Association with round five producing some classic contests.

Wednesday evening saw the Ladies A Grade face off under lights; beginning with Emerald against Casey Red.

The pitchers held strong early but Casey scored eight in the last three innings for a comfortable 8-1 win.

A home run to Melissa Spencer, meanwhile, helped break the game Doveton Dragons’ way in a 12-6 win after an even start in their bout with Young Guns.

Comets flew out of the blocks for a big 10-run first innings against Cobras.

However, Cobras kept chipping away, to take out a thrilling 13-11 win.

Penguins White and Berwick Chickasaw played an entertaining game, both scoring four in the first innings.

Chickasaw held an 8-4 lead at the bottom of the third, but Penguins never gave up, scoring five, highlighted by a home run to right field by Ros Cook to take out a thrilling 9-8 win.

Consistent batting, and strong pitching from Geronimo’s Sandra Whalley, saw them have a comfortable 9-2 win over MVPs.

B Grade women were up next with Cobras taking on Penguins Black, a seven-run third innings helping the former to a 14-8 win.

In the second Women’s B-Grade game Goldstars started strong against MVP with a 10-run first innings and never looked back, with a comfortable 19-7 win.

Rounding off the day was the men’s competition.

There was an arm wrestle on diamond one between Cobras Grey and MVP.

With the lead changing a couple of times Cobras won an entertaining game 10-8.

Cobras Maroon and Apache both started strong in their game, with the score 1-1 heading into the third innings.

Home-runs to Apache’s Kane Bell and Nathan Mackey, and doubles for Justin Teohaere and Joshua Dallas saw them to a comfortable 10-1 win.

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