Rain or shine, snow or wind, the Lady Dragons play softball.  While Mother Nature did her best to try to disrupt their plans, the Malad softball team hosted their annual Scott Ray Softball Tournament.  The MHS team had an incredibly successful weekend as the Varsity and JV teams combined for a perfect 8-0 record.

Friday morning saw the Lady Dragons take on the Marsing Huskies in what ended in a 14-0 victory.  The game started off in a big way as Riglee Peterson posted a triple to center field on the first pitch of the game.  Hadlee Summers batted her in on the following play as she hit a double line drive to left field.  Aubrey Shulz hit another triple bagger for Malad, punching in Summers to make it an early 2-0 lead for the Lady Dragons.  Taking advantage of a wild pitch, Shulz finished her way around the bases for another MHS run.

Logan Maroney followed on base with a single line drive to shortstop.  Down the lineup four batters, Brylee Oglesbee battled at the plate to punch in a final run for the inning as she bounced another hit to shortstop as Maroney made the score 4-0.

In the top of the second inning, the Lady Dragons added 2 more runs to their score, with 1 more in the third.  After going scoreless in the fourth, Malad ended the game early after adding 7 runs in the fifth to make it 14-0.

Liddia Gonzalez led the Malad defense in a nearly perfect game.  The hurler had zero runs on 2 hits, walking zero while striking out 12 opponents at the plate.  Gonzalez was backed up by a ready and able infield as they picked up a number of hits to hold the Huskies to only 2 hits.  In the final inning of the game, Marsing managed a base hit but their aggressive runner was thwarted as she attempted to steal second base.  Seeing her take the chance, catcher Maroney threw the ball to second, covered by Peterson at shortstop, beating the runner to get the out.

The Lady Dragons ran up the score in the opening inning against Salmon in their second game of the day, tallying up 10 runs in the opening inning before collecting three outs.  They added 2 more in the second inning and 5 in the third, signaling an end to the game as they were up 17-0.

It was a combined effort to keep Salmon run-less throughout the three inning game.  Tylee Venable at first base had a number of putouts, snagging a pop fly, then forcing the out with the assist from Teagan Daniels on third base.  Brylee Oglesbee at second base was ready to get the out in the second inning at second base as Peterson grabbed the bunt hit, passing the ball in time to beat the runner coming off first.  Bostyn Combs forced the final out of the game as she caught a fly ball to center field.

West Jefferson was the first opponent the Lady Dragons matched up against on their second day of the tournament.  Once again Malad opened the game with a stellar first inning, ending only after they scored 9 runs, largely thanks to Oglesbee.  

With the bases loaded, the senior hitter only took one pitch before sending the hit over the fence for the home run, batting in the three runners ahead of her.  Oglesbee sent a runner across the plate in the second and third innings, tallying up 6 RBIs to lead the team.  In total she had 2 runs on 3 hits on 3 at bats, with 6 RBIs.

West Jefferson managed a single run in the final inning of the game before the Lady Dragons forced a third at, catching the runner at second before stealing the base to end the game 16-1.

Malad’s last game of the tournament Saturday afternoon was against the North Fremont Huskies, their second matchup of the season.  The game proved to be their most challenging of the weekend as they played a full seven innings before the Lady Dragons claimed the win, 8-3.

Peterson opened the first inning with a triple line drive to center field.  Waiting and watching on third base, Peterson finished her lap around the bases as the third basemen committed an error on a pickoff attempt.  Taking advantage of the fielder running for the dropped ball, Peterson ran in across home for the first run of the game.

Adding to the score proved to be more difficult, the MHS stacking up three outs before another run.  North Fremont responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the first to tie the score at 1.  

In the second inning, Daniels and Combs put up runs as Venable hit a single to center field, putting the score 3-1.  Both teams remained scoreless until the fifth inning, the Lady Dragons adding 2 runs by Shulz and Maroney before the Huskies added a run themselves.  Venable added a sixth run in the game, responded in kind by North Fremont.  Going into the seventh inning with the score at 6-3, the Lady Dragons had one final push as they scored 2 more runs by Daniels and Combs to end the game 8-3.

More notable than the game, the Lady Dragons and the Huskies celebrated their combined efforts over the weekend to bring awareness and donations to childhood cancer and the Weston Wayne’s Warriors.  Commenting on the weekend, the Lady Dragons shared, “It was such a great weekend! We hosted our home tournament and the girls played so hard going 8-0 (jv included) over the span of 2 days.  

“But even better than that was the fields lined with balloons, parents bringing in goods for bake sales, girls selling those baked goods, making and handing out bows to nearly every girl, the tournament and raffles happening all in raising awareness for childhood cancer.

“Life is so much bigger than this game and it’s important for girls to be a part of bigger causes.”

The Malad softball team will next play away as they take on the Wendell Trojans on Friday, April 25 and the Declo Hornets the following day. 

Malad vs Marsing

Scott Ray Tournament

Friday, April 18, 2025

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H

Malad  4 2 1 0 7 - - 14 11

Marsing 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 2

Lineup AB R H RBI BB

Riglee Peterson 4 3 4 2 0

Hadlee Summers 2 2 1 1 1

Aubrey Shulz 2 3 1 1 2

Logan Maroney 4 2 2 2 0

Liddia Gonzalez 3 0 0 0 1

Bostyn Combs 3 0 0 0 1

Teagan Daniels 3 2 1 1 0

Brylee Oglesbee 2 1 2 1 1

Tylee Venable 1 2 0 0 1

TEAM TOTALS  25 14 11 8 7

Pitching IP H R BB SO

Liddia Gonzalez 5.0 2 0 0 12

Malad vs Salmon

Scott Ray Tournament

Friday, April 18, 2025

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H

Malad  10 2 5 - - - - 17 16

Salmon 0 0 0 - - - - 0 0

Lineup AB R H RBI BB

Riglee Peterson 3 2 2 3 0

Marinn Brown 1 1 0 0 0

Hadlee Summers 3 3 2 0 0

Aubrey Shulz 2 2 2 2 0

Logan Maroney 3 0 1 1 0

Liddia Gonzalez 2 2 1 2 0

Bostyn Combs 3 2 2 1 0

Teagan Daniels 3 1 1 2 0

Tylee Venable 3 1 2 1 0

TEAM TOTALS  26 17 16 14 0

Pitching IP H R BB SO

Riglee Peterson 3.0 0 0 0 5

Malad vs West Jefferson

Scott Ray Tournament

Saturday, April 19, 2025

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H

Malad  9 2 5 - - - - 16 9

W Jefferson  0 0 1 - - - - 1 2

Lineup AB R H RBI BB

Riglee Peterson 3 2 0 0 1

Hadlee Summers 3 2 1 1 0

Aubrey Shulz 3 2 1 0 0

Logan Maroney 3 0 1 1 0

Liddia Gonzalez 3 2 1 1 0

Bostyn Combs 2 2 1 1 1

Teagan Daniels 1 3 0 0 2

Brylee Oglesbee 3 2 3 6 0

Tylee Venable 1 1 1 1 0

Marinn Brown 1 0 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS  23 16 9 11 4

Pitching IP H R BB SO

Riglee Peterson 3.0 2 1 0 7

Malad vs North Fremont

Scott Ray Tournament

Saturday, April 19, 2025

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H

Malad  1 2 0 0 2 1 2 8 12

N Fremont  1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 5

Lineup AB R H RBI BB

Riglee Peterson 4 1 2 0 0

Hadlee Summers 4 0 0 0 0

Aubrey Shulz 4 1 2 1 0

Logan Maroney 4 1 1 0 0

Liddia Gonzalez 4 0 1 1 0

Bostyn Combs 3 2 2 0 1

Teagan Daniels 2 2 1 0 2

Brylee Oglesbee 3 0 1 2 1

Tylee Venable 4 1 2 2 0

TEAM TOTALS  32 8 12 6 4

Pitching IP H R BB SO

Liddia Gonzalez 7.0 5 3 0 7

Malad @ Soda Springs

Monday, April 21, 2025

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H

Malad  0 2 3 2 6 - - 13 15

S Springs  0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 1

Lineup AB R H RBI BB

Riglee Peterson 4 1 0 0 0

Hadlee Summers 4 1 0 0 0

Aubrey Shulz 3 3 2 1 1

Logan Maroney 4 0 1 1 0

Liddia Gonzalez 4 2 4 4 0

Bostyn Combs 4 1 2 2 0

Teagan Daniels 4 2 1 0 0

Brylee Oglesbee 3 0 1 1 0

Tylee Venable 3 1 3 1 0

TEAM TOTALS  33 13 15 11 1

Pitching IP H R BB SO

Riglee Peterson 5.0 1 0 0 13