Valley Sports ReportBINGHAMTON — Eighth-grader Taylin Gonzalez tossed four shutout innings, and hit one of three Waverly home runs to lead the Wolverines to a 17-6 win over Chenango Forks here Friday afternoon in STAC softball action.
Gonzalez allowed three hits and struck out six in four innings to earn the win.
"Taylin Gonzalez threw a beautiful four innings for us tonight, without a walk," said Waverly coach Brent Doane. "She also supported us on the offensive side with a huge home run.
"We had a lot of contributors on offense tonight with Paige Bubniak and Lecksie Douglas also hitting a home run each," he noted. "And, Hannah Carpenter absolutely tore the cover off the ball.
"Defensively, we played error free for the first time, which I am very proud of," added Doane.
After two scoreless innings, sophomore Hannah Carpenter stroked a two-run single, Gonzalez belted a two-RBI triple, and 7th-grader Paige Bubniak hit her first varsity home run — a two-run shot — to cap a seven-run rally in the top of the third inning.
Senior Brinn Cooney, junior Maddie Cron, and Carpenter smacked back-to-back-to-back doubles in the fourth inning to make it 9-0.
Sophomore Lecksie Douglas hit an RBI double, and junior Delaney Wheeler stroked a two-run single in the sixth inning to extend the lead to 12-0.
Forks got on the board with three runs in the home half of the sixth, but Waverly continued its onslaught with five more runs in the seventh inning in a rally that featured a two-run double by Carpenter, a two-run homer by Gonzalez, and a solo home run by Douglas
Gonzalez homered, tripled, and doubled, scored three runs, and had four RBI, while Carpenter had three hits, including two doubles, scored two runs, and had five RBI, and Bubniak homered and singled, scored two runs, and drove in two runs to pace Waverly's 16-hit attack.
Douglas homered and singled, scored two runs, and knocked in two runs in the win, while Cron doubled and singled, scored three runs, and drove in two runs, and Cooney doubled and scored three runs.
Delaney Wheeler singled and drove in two runs for the Wolverines, while senior Makayla Esau singled, senior Meghan Apgar singled and scored one run, and sophomore Kaiya Horton scored one run.
Eighth-grader Ayla Wheeler earned a save for the Wolverines. She allowed six runs on six hits, while striking out four and walking three in three innings of relief.
Waverly, now 4-1, returns to action Monday at Chenango Valley.
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IN PHOTO: Waverly's Taylin Gonzalez. ... VSR STOCK PHOTO.
