Game Details - Softball

Maple Mountain struggled in its first game at the 5A state tournament with a 13-3 loss to Box Elder. However, the Golden Eagles regrouped and found a way into day two with a 9-5 win over Hunter. “We had graduation to start the first game, and we came out really slow,” said Maple Mountain head coach Avery Leckie. “I told the girls that they needed to get their energy and string their base hits together and they did that. I thought they did really well at coming in and just not letting that first game affect them and just going out and saying we're going to win.” Brinley Cherrington led offensively with a home run and three RBIs. Chelsie Carter and Daphnee Pagano each added two. Maple Mountain took a strong 9-3 lead in the fourth inning and never let it go. “Offensively, it was just stringing base hits together,” Leckie said. “That's the biggest thing for them. We weren't having a ton of big hits like we usually do, but just the little base hits.” Hunter started to mount a comeback in the seventh as it scored two runs and loaded the bases. However, Maple Mountain got out of it with the 9-5 win.