Woodland Softball Focused On earning Region Championship

Billy Baker • April 16, 2025

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Dorchester-The Woodland Wolverines softball remained undefeated in region play with a dramatic walk-off 4-3 win over Andrews, after the Wolverines trailed 3-1 going into the bottom of the 7^th inning as the HSSR was going to press.

Prior to the Andrews game, veteran head coach Kim Reeves told the HSSR, “Right now we are 5-2 and 4-0 in the region, and we need to beat Andrew tonight and Timberland next week to become region champions and that is our goal,” said Coach Reeves. “I feel like our pitching has been very consistent this season.

“I also feel like our defense is vastly improved over last season,” said Coach Reeves. “We have worked hard on becoming a stronger unit on defense. Weare still in a spot starting a 7^th, an 8^th, plus a 9^th grader. We us took over the program the challenge was to change the culture of the program and build a winning atmosphere and we have done that.

“I think once we win region and get a good seeding for the play-offs the sky is the limit,” said Coach Reeves. “We hope to make a deep run in the ply-offs. We were even younger last year and our players have matured a lot over the past season.”

The team is being led in hitting by Alyssa McClellan at .582 with six RBI’s. Next, Dallas LaChance, Katey Westbury, and Josie Mitchum are all batting .500. Jordan McCarthy is at .438 with 5 RBI’s including three doubles and one home run. LaChance has a double, a home run and leads the team with seven stolen bases.

Corrine Westbury is hitting .353 with a team leading 10 RBI’s including three doubles and a homer.

In the circle Katey Westbury has been lights out. In 21 innings of work, she has 24 K’s with a 3.00 ERA. Corrine Westbury and Sara Grace Milligan have each seen four innings of work in the circle. Corrine has 7 K’s to date.

Woodland’s remaining softball schedule takes them to Wagener-Salley on April, 17 before a key region game at Andrews on the 18^th. They play at Timberland on April,22 and come back hone to host Timberland on April, 25. Beaufort comes to Woodland on April, 28 and then the Wolverines closed to the regular season at Branchville on April, 30.

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