Orangeville loses its first of the season, Eastland and Le-Win look strong

Orangeville started off pretty well to start the season on a 4-0 streak.

That ended tonight in a 5-2 loss to likely the best team in our area -- East Dubuque. The Warriors won the regional last year and appear to be just as strong this year.

That was a loss that could hurt their chances early in the NUIC-East.

Milledgeville/Polo and Dakota right now still appear to be the favorites.

But, wow, what a game from both Eastland and Lena-Winslow!

Brian McCabe had a grand slam in a 13-4 drubbing against Rockford Lutheran. It appears the Panthers' hitting could be a threat if they play more games like that.

Eastland also lit up the scoreboard in a 13-1 win.

Three players had multiple hits.

It'll be interesting to see who comes out of the NUIC-West this year.

Rubbish

Highland softball doubleheader ... not too great.

Honestly, if these girls plan on doing anything remotely close to winning conference, or anything else, they'll have to field, hit and pitch better -- other than Heather Jurs.

With what Highland coach Beth Groshans told me, the conference will be wide open this year.

But there's nothing like opening a gap like playing bad softball to start the season.

It's Jurs or nothing right now until someone on the team can do more than make errors defensively.