West Ottawa Softball Defeats Jenison Two Times at Home

Thursday evening....The West Ottawa Varsity Softball Panthers (19-7; 6-6 in the OK Red) beat state ranked honorable mention Jenison two times at home in a conference make-up double header. Hannah Goble pitched both victories going the distance in each game. In game #1 the final score was 7-5 and in game #2 Goble pitched her 9th shutout of the season winning the game 1-0. Offensively, Elaine Whitbeck had a huge day at the plate batting 5 for 7 with 4 singles and one triple. Nicole Artz had 4 hits on the day with 3 singles and a double and laid down a perfect squeeze bunt in the 3rd inning of game # 2 to score Amber Kobylski for the only run of the game. Collecting two hits a piece were Taylor Dean, Heather Essenburg (single and double), and Amy VanderStoep.