Southington High School’s softball team remains the top team in the state, with a 42-0 win over Farmington on Wednesday, giving the team a 59-game winning streak.
Coach Davina Hernandez said said her team toned down against the Farmington softball team to in an effort to prevent a blowout.
"So when the team was unable to get three outs early on in the game, we started batting nine batters and saying, 'Don’t worry about the outs,' and you know, you don’t see that in a big score like that," said Hernandez.
Hernandez said it was emotionally draining to play on Wednesday night.
"I know what it feels like to lose by a lot and it’s not fun," she said.
The game continued, even if Hernandez didn’t want it to.
According to the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference CIAC, a "tournament game must be seven innings, or if tied after seven innings must be completed to constitute a legal game."
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The regulations further state, "After 4.5 or 5 innings of play and one team is 15 or more runs ahead, the mercy rule will be invoked."
"It was an odd situation, to tell you the truth. You didn’t want to cheer because you didn’t want the other team to feel bad, but your kids are out there; they came to play," said Southington parent Patty Scafariello.
Hernandez said there are no hard feelings between the schools.
"The Farmington athletic director called our athletic director today and said, ‘Despite the huge lopsided score, your team is a class act and your coach did everything that she could,' and I don’t think you’ll see that with the score," she said.
It was a comment that meant the world to Hernandez, who calls her team an extremely humble group of ladies.
Farmington High School’s athletic director did not return a request for comment Thursday.
