Milton WIldcats Get Great Learning Experience

The Milton Wildcats — a local under 16-tournament softball team — competed in its final tournament at the beginning of August. Head coach Tim Farmer had an opportunity to talk with Milton Patch about the tournament and about the team he coached all summer. 

The final results may have said one win and three losses after the Sharon Tournament earlier this month, but according to head coach Tim Farmer, his Milton Wildcats were close to having a much better record.

"We are relatively new, but held our own and we had four competitive games," said Famer. "All the games were close."

Game one was a pitching duel between Milton ace Sydney FitzGerald and the South Shore Steelers out of Braintree. The Steelers got two unearned runs off of Fitzgerald in the first inning and that would be all of the scoring for the game. The Wildcats couldn't muster any offense and fell 2-0.

In Game two, Milton fell 5-2 to the Westford Waves. Haley Dutton smacked two hits and Jane Ghublikian hit a homerun, but again the offense was held in check for the second straight contest.

"Those two teams ended up being the No. 1 and No. 2 seed heading into Sunday," said Farmer. "We played two good teams."

The good vibes of the victory would return to the Wildcats in the third contest with a 3-0 blanking of the New England Firebirds. FitzGerald was brilliant again with a shutout in the contest. Over the whole tournament, Farmer's ace didn't give up any earned runs.

In the final game of the tournament for Milton, the Wildcats dropped a 7-4 contest to the Mass. Renegades. Milton had a 4-2 lead when Molly Farmer smacked a 2-run homer, but the Renegades stormed back and actually found their way into the championship game.

"It was one of those games where they would hit the ball 3-feet in front of home plate and the catcher and third baseman would get tangled up," Farmer explained about the last game. "It was just things like that. There wasn't a lot you could do about it."

While the success on the field may not have been exactly where Farmer and the team wanted it to be, the head coach believes that this overall experience will help out each of the 12 girls that made the team. Farmer said the girls from Milton and Milton Academy will now be able to take this experience and go forward with their softball careers.

"They got better and they will make an impact for their varsity teams next year," he said.