Panthers go 2-1 in shortened 14U Hillsboro Invite

The Panthers traveled to Hillsboro stadium on Saturday to play in another 14U tourney. With the high school softball season over, the competition was expected to be much stiffer than previous tourneys, as the older 14's come back to their ASA teams. Mother nature pounded the rain onto NW Oregon all week long, but stopped on Friday afternoon just in time to get things dried out for an on-time start Saturday morning.

The Panthers opened up with the Gresham Eliminators 14U. As has been the recipe all year, the ladies mixed good pitching, defense, and hitting into a 5-1 win. Next up with the Tsunami 14U. The Panthers came out on fire, scoring 5 runs in the first inning, then kept the hammer down, resulting in a 11-1 win. Next up was the Scorpions 14U. The girls came out clicking with a 4-1 lead after 2, then for the first time all year the defensive wheels came off, with uncharacteristic errors, resulting in a 7-5 loss. This placed the Panthers in the Silver bracket.
Then Mother Nature came back again with heavy rain overnight, washing out Sunday's games.