Windham Little League softball cruises by Freeport in fall opener

By Matt Pascarella

Windham's Evelyn Anderson smashes an inside-
the-park home run during the fourth inning of
a Windham Little League softball game against
Freeport at Arlington Field on Tuesday, Sept. 14.
PHOTO BY MATT PASCARELLA

Windham Little League’s softball major division team played Freeport on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at

Arlington Field during the start of Windham’s Fall Ball season and they came away a winner, 15-8.

Windham took an early lead and raced to victory with runs scored in every inning. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Evelyn Anderson swatted a ball flying into the outfield, and didn’t stop running until her cleats touched home plate for a home run.

“I usually don’t hit it (that) far and I wanted to make it home,” said Anderson.

She went on to say it felt good to get such a great hit.

While Windham scored in every inning they played, it was the fifth inning where they showed they know how to really swing the bats. Leah Storey and Kaylee Napolitano got base hits and they both scored. Yani Kostopoulos crushed the ball for a double, Ava Cole got a base hit and Kostopoulos scored. Then following another double, Cole scored. Windham also pushed across another run before the inning was through.

“We have been working on having selective short-term memory loss,” said Windham Coach Stephen Napolitano. “We learn from our mistakes but don't carry being down into the next plays. We still made some errors tonight, but our girls never got shaken.”

Windham certainly wasn’t shaken as they came out ready to put runs on the board in the bottom of the first inning. Kaylee Napolitano bunted for a base hit. Kostopoulos also got a base hit and scored and Napolitano scored and Cole doubled.

In the second inning, Windham’s Chloe Delewski walked and later scored. Anderson got a base hit, and

she scored. And in the third inning, hits from Storey, Napolitano and Kostopoulos boosted Windham’s lead to 6-1 over Freeport.

Windham’s defense was great against Freeport too. Windham made several solid plays where they got the ball quickly to first base or threw a runner out on their way around the diamond. <