Starting pitcher Sharon Delancey and the Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School softball team won a pair of games last week that raised her record to 7-5 and the team’s record to 9-7 overall (5-2 Mayflower Athletic Conference Small) heading into a May 14 Senior Day game against South Shore.
In a 24-3 victory against Cape Cod Tech on May 13, Delancey got the win with two innings of work, allowing no runs, no hits and striking out five batters. Paige Borges pitched three innings, allowing a run on 2 hits while fanning five. Offensively, senior Patty Spillane went 3-for-3 with a double while scoring 3 runs, knocking in 4 runs and stealing two bases. Leah Robitaille went 2-for-2 with a double, scoring 2 runs and knocking home 4, while Madison Caton hit a 2-run triple in her only at-bat, scoring 3 runs, and Maeve Hunter (1-for-1) scored 3 times and had 2 RBI’s. Freshman Braylee Bettencourt got her first varsity hit.
In a 21-14 win on May 12 at Norfolk Aggie, Delancey went 4-1/3 innings, allowing five earned runs on 3-hit ball while striking out two batters. Kayleigh DeSousa had a monster performance to lead the Old Colony offense, going 5-for-6 at the plate, hitting a 2-run home run and a double, while scoring 5 runs, knocking in four and stealing a base. Delancey pitched in at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a double, 2 runs and 2 RBI’s, while Emma Yelle went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles, 2 runs scored and a run batted in, Laila Servis went 2-for-5 with 2 runs scored and 3 RBI’s, and Caton went 2-for-4 with a double, 3 runs scored and a stolen base. In the game, Spillane got her 100th career hit and 100th career RBI.
Girls Lacrosse
Old Colony defeated Bristol Aggie, 17-4, on May 13 with goals by Maddie Burnham, Ella Harkins, Addie Tyler, Lauren LeBeau, Logan Crook, Maddie Caulkins and Lilah White. Annabella Putignano had 2 assists.
Old Colony RVTHS Sports Roundup
By Nic Giokas