CAMDEN – With all the snow melted away the Cicero-North Syracuse softball team got to work late in March in its quest to unseat archrival Liverpool as the area’s top large-school program.
Weather permitting, the Northstars and Warriors are set to meet this Thursday before C-NS heads down to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for a week of games during the spring break.
Two games were scheduled for late last week, and while rain kept the Northstars from facing Fayetteville-Manlius it did travel last Friday to Camden to face the reigning sectional Class A champion Blue Devils.
Right away, C-NS unveiled a powerful lineup that produced two big early-game rallies, giving the visitors plenty of room to withstand a late Camden charge and prevail by a score of 19-12.
Down 1-0 going to the top of the second inning, the Northstars batted around and produced eight runs. Then it did so again in the third inning scoring six times after the Blue Devils got three runs in the bottom of the second.
Sydney Rockwell and Aubrey Coyle both hit home runs, combining for five RBIs as Coyle added a triple. Erica Hibbard went four-for-five with a double and a team-best five RBIs, with Mia Farone getting a triple and three Rbis. Mila Owens drove in a pair of runs and single RBIs went to Marisa Leone and Payton Bach.
Camden’s potent lineup would produce 12 hits against C-NS pitchers Kiyara Bembry and Lillian Hotaling, with Bembry going five innings overall as she and Hotaling recorded seven strikeouts.
