It’s not often you hear a coach praise his team after a 13-0 loss but that’s what Wolverine softball coach Gordon Campbell did after the May 4 game with visiting Telstar High School.

“I told them they played their best game of the season and I really meant it,” the coach said. “The Telstar coach said to me afterwards my girls showed a lot of spirit and made some really outstanding plays on the field and I shared that with my team.”

Third baseman Stephanie Jones pulled off a double play during the game to end an inning. After she gloved a fly ball, she stepped on third before the runner could get back to the bag and then very alertly threw the ball to second to get another base runner. “It would’ve been a triple play if there hadn’t already been one out,” the coach added.

“Grace Webber made a couple of really nice catches in center field for us today and Maeve Blodgett played a good game for us at second base,” added Campbell.

Freshman Sydney Thayer pitched for the Wolverines, who are 1-4 in the Mountain Valley Conference. The team will play Dirigo away Friday, May 6 but be back on its home diamond Monday, May 9 hosting Hall-Dale.

“You can’t always judge a game by what’s on the scoreboard,” Coach Campbell added. “We’re improving every game, we just need to be a little more aggressive when we’re batting and the runs will come.”

Carrabec wins big

At North Anson on Tuesday, May 2 Carrabec shut out WMHS 18-0.

August Moore had the only hit for Wiscasset. The Cobras scored a run in the first, four in the second before adding six runs in the third and seven in the fourth inning.

Campbell shines

Wiscasset’s Corey Campbell drove in a pair of runs and scored a run but visiting St. Dom’s prevailed 15-3 Friday, April 29.

The Wolverines scored two runs in the second, making it a 4-2 ballgame. Their other run came in the fifth inning.

St. Dom’s scored three runs in the first, one in the second, seven in the fourth and four in the fifth.

Blodgett, Jones, Webber and Leah Potter all had base hits for WMHS.