The varsity softball team took two from St Johns in non league double header last night. In the
first game Portland defeated the Redwings by the score of 10 - 3. The Raiders scored the 10
runs on 15 hits and committed 2 errors. Sophia Novara went 3 for 4 with a homerun blast in the
fourth inning. Emma Selden hit her second dinger of the season with 2 on in the bottom of the
fifth. Jada Walton, Natalie Linebaugh and Allison Summers also had three hits in the game.
Adrianna Novara picked up her 5th win of the season giving up 5 hits walking one and striking
out 12 batters.
The Raiders took the nightcap from the Redwings 11 - 10 in a wild 21 run game. Portland was
trailing St Johns 10 - 6 after six innings when they exploded for 5 runs in the top of the 7th
featuring back to back home runs by Jada Walton and Natalie Linebaugh with two outs. Sophia
Novara led all hitters going 4 for 5 with two RBI’s. Other multiple hitters were Jada Walton 3 - 4,
Natalie Linebaugh 2 - 4, Brooke Seal 2 - 4 and Maria Krause 2 - 4. Sophia Novara picked up the
win in relief with a gutsy 3 inning performance and striking out the last two batters with a one run
lead.
Portland is now 12 -6 for the season and will travel to Ann Arbor for tournament on Saturday.