Prep softball: Warriors, Knights hit Interior

May 20, 2007

FARIBANKS - Wasilla senior Anne Wesser struck out 17 hitters to help the Warriors salvage a 1-2 record on their Fairbanks road trip over the weekend with a 4-3 win over West Valley on Saturday.

North Pole beat Wasilla 11-3, and Lathrop knocked off the Warriors 5-3.

Wesser fell one shy of her career high against the Wolfpack. She also notched double digits in strikeouts with 15 in a 5-3 loss to Lathrop.

&#8220Anne pitched well for us,” Wasilla coach Sue Allen said.Allen said Wesser was a workhorse for the Warriors, starting all three games over the weekend.

&#8220She pitched three full games in almost 24 hours,” Allen said.

Allen said she was happy to get a win against West Valley, but said she was disappointed the Warriors couldn't leave Fairbanks with a winning record.

&#8220We'd have been real happy with two wins,” she said.

Wasilla is currently in third place in the Railbelt Conference. With the top four teams in the conference advancing to the state tournament, Allen said the Warriors' final games of the season next weekend against Palmer and Kodiak.

&#8220They're games we've gotta take,” she said.

Knights go 1-2 up north

Colony rallied for five runs in the fifth inning to defeat the West Valley Wolfpack 6-4 Friday in Fairbanks.

Cleanup hitter Kelsey Stein had 3 RBI and scored the go-ahead run for the Knights in the inning. Freshman pitcher Reanna Stewart picked up the win for the Knights.

The win was the only one for the Knights on their three-game Fairbanks road trip. Colony also dropped decisions to Railbelt Conference foes Lathrop (14-2) on Friday and North Pole (4-1) on Saturday.

- Matt Tunseth