The wins keep piling up for the Rage, Drumheller’s bantam girls softball team.
In their last three games, the Rage have gone 3-0 and are currently in second place in their league, behind West Valley, who are currently in first with a 4-0 record.
On May 13, the Rage took on Airdrie and came away with a huge 19-1 win. Two days later, the Rage followed up with another 13-2 blowout. The team then had a week off, but came out strong with a 17-4 victory over SBR 1.
After the three games, the Rage have an impressive 49 runs for and only 7 runs against.
Shae-Lynn Skytt throws a heater. The Drumheller Rage are riding a three game winning streak, defeating Airdrie, Nosecreek, and SBR 1 19-1, 13-2, and 17-4, respectively. The Rage are hungry for some tougher games and will be in Stettler this weekend to face some of the toughest teams in the province.
The Rage are waiting to play West Valley in June to settle who is the top team in the league.
“In league, there is probably just the one team that’s going to be competition for us. We have a double header in the middle of June against them,” said Shari Fournier, who coaches the Rage.
The Rage are setting their sights on provincial gold and the easy wins aren’t making it easy to prepare.
“It’s been tough. We’ve been trying to increase our intensity and work really hard in practices, so when we head to provincials and this tournament, we will bring our game. League hasn’t been offering that competition, so we’re trying to self-impose some harder training,” said Fournier.
The Rage will be heading to Stettler this weekend to test themselves against some tougher opponents.
“We have a tournament this coming weekend where we’ll by playing some pretty tough competition. There are a few teams in the tournament that I recognize. I’m confident there will be some good games,” said Fournier. “That will be our true test leading up to provincials.”
One of the teams will be from Czar, whom the Rage defeated at semifinals in last year’s provincial tournament.
The Rage will have a chance to show their stuff in front of a home crowd early in June. On June 8, at 10 a.m., the Rage will take on the Calgary bantam boys team at the Newcastle diamonds. A second game will follow at 1 p.m.
