By RICHARD MURRIHY
WITH Anzac Day on Saturday, only the Noosa men’s softball team played down at Caboolture – and they came away with a hard-fought win.
The first dig saw Coady pitch well and the Budgie Smugglers were out for no runs. Up came Noosa and they also failed to trouble the scoreboard.
The second dig saw the Smugglers get three home to Noosa’s one. Patrick and Jarred took catches.
The third dig saw Coady and Patrick get home to narrow the score to 3-4 as the opposition got one home.
Leigh took over the pitching and we got three up three down in the fourth, still down by one.
Leigh hit one to three and got to first followed by Cody who got to second with two wild throws. Both players then proceeded to steal home and the Noosa team got up 6-4 in a very close match.
After this it was a quick trip to Redlands, where Luke Thomas was playing in the Queensland under-23s against NSW in the State Championships and also in The Southern Cross Challenge. Queensland came from behind to get the victory with Luke getting a chinker to centre field to get to one. Then fielder’s choice saw him get to two and he stole third, then got home as his team-mate hit one out of the park.
To get three home, Queensland put seven runs over the plate in innings five and six, to win 10-5.
