By Johnny Sanders, Sports Editor
TRUSSVILLE – Like a freight train going downhill, the Hewitt-Trussville Husky softball team is gaining more and more momentum as the season goes on and the top team in all of 5A softball, the Springville Tigers, were the next victims in line.
After dominating some of the top teams in 7A softball in the state, the Huskies welcomed the Tigers to Goldie Paine for a game on Thursday night in a game that would see Hewitt beat Springville 10-0.
The Huskies would get two runs as Corey Goguts hit a home run to get things started on the first at-bat of the game for Hewitt. Zaylen Tucker was walked and then Ahkeela Honeycut drove her in on a base hit and error by the Tigers.
Goguts would drive in a waiting Sara Phillips and Peyton Hull in the second followed by a single by Honeycut that brought home Goguts to make it 5-0 after two innings.
Chaney Peters would take the first pitch of the third over the right field wall to make it 6-0 Huskies, followed by a double by…you guessed it…Goguts who brought home Phillips and Ryleight Wood to make it 8-0 heading into the fourth inning.
The Huskies would get another run in the fourth when Lexie Kelly hit a single that brought Sarah Beth Golden home for the 9-0 lead.
Goguts would finish off her fantastic night at the plate by hitting her second home run of the game in the fifth to finish off the 10-0 win over the Springville Tigers.
Springville’s Leah Bowden and Shelby Hathcock each had a hit in the game.
As you could probably guess, Corey Goguts led at the plate. She went four of four with six RBI and two homeruns for the Huskies. On the mound was Sara Phillips, who got the complete-game shutout, allowing two hits and striking out six in her five innings.
Hewitt-Trussville head coach Taylor Burt said, “We did a great job of being aggressive but smart in the box last night. We hit the ball as hard as we have all season, which I was really proud of. Sara is always going to give us a chance in every game, but she got it done on both sides last night, along with Corey (Goguts), who had a monster night with four hits (2 HR) and six RBI. Overall, we hit it well from top to bottom of the lineup which we have not done a lot this season.”
Burt continued, “I feel good about where we are as a team right now. We have a lot of season left, but we are improving in some way every time we step on the field, which is all you can ask for. Hopefully we will continue to do that and be playing out best ball at the end of April and into May.”
The Huskies will welcome area foes Oak Mountain (Tuesday) and Chelsea (Thursday) this week.
Springville looks to bounce back as they head to Hayden on Tuesday and host Pell City on Thursday after Friday’s Terry Vest Tournament in Gadsden.
