Softball

by Lauren Mulkern
The Pembroke High School varsity softball team is off to a rocky start. After ending the season last year with a 5-15 record, all they could do was look forward to the next year. Unfortunately, they lost the first two games to start the season. This included Martha’s Vineyard, and Hingham.
Martha’s Vineyard was a tough season opener seeing how the team had to travel in a bus and ferry just to reach the field. They had to wipe off some extra dust that had accumulated during the off season and this was portrayed while playing. After a tough loss, the girls arrived on the Hingham field. Hoping to get a win out of the game, the girls were very excited. However, the first inning was the toughest and they gave up five runs. This was a large amount of runs to try to beat. Luckily, the team did not let the first inning get to them and they followed it with six solid innings. The only thing that hurt them was the five runs in the first inning. Around five people hit doubles throughout the game at very necessary times. When the runs were counted up in the end, Pembroke Titans came short by one run.
Coach Pina encourages the team by telling them that they have a great chance at making the tournament. Coach Pina believes “this is the strongest infield Pembroke High has had”. This is a pretty big thing to say because it means that the infield must be pretty solid.