HJ Sports Blog

Happy Earth Day and Severe Weather Awareness Week everyone! At least to me, it seems that the Earth should receive a week too. Oh well.

I got my first look at both the DC softball and baseball teams last week, so I thought I would share my thoughts.

In the game I saw Friday, a 4-0 loss, the Chargers did not play that bad. They were victimized by a good pitcher and some very solid clutch hitting from just one batter. Annandale’s Hayley Vogt picked up all 4 RBIs on two-out extra-base hits. Other than that, it looks like pitcher Kaitlin Hartkopf is back in form.

One good thing to take away from the game is the Chargers are solid in the field. They made every play they should have, and Julie Munson made a very nice leaping catch at short stop late in the game. Now if they can just get those bats going…

The baseball team is off to a nice start at 3-1. The biggest thing that stands out is that they do all of the little things that are important. How nice is it that virtually anybody in the lineup can bunt? The team used the squeeze play several times last week, and in all sorts of situations.

The pitching staff is off to a great start. Tyler Zweibohmer and Jordan Flick have had little trouble so far, and it appears the team will be able to ride them to a lot of victories. Lucas Larson got roughed up in Hutchinson, but those games will happen, especially when the defense struggles like they did.