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Salem's softball team continued to hit with authority, banging out 17 hits in a 12-1 win over Keene. Julia Gray and Amanda Vaudreuil were both 3 for 4 and Gray slugged her third homer of the year. Sarah Bracken was 2 for 2 with three RBIs for Salem, 4-1, which has now scored 77 runs in five games. Dominique Heres and Val Bauer, meanwile, combined on a one-hitter, striking out 13.

After a rough first inning where host Spaulding scored five times, pitcher Nora Galvin settled down and gave Salem a shot at victory, falling just shy in a 5-2 contest.

Salem tallied 22 hits in 41 at bats in its 25-7 victory over Nashua North. Out of the one and two spots, Stephanie Cabral (3 for 4, five runs) and Jade Morrison (4 for 6, five runs) combined for seven hits and ten runs, and cleanup batter Julia Gray connected on her second homer in just three games. The Blue Devils boasted seven players with at least two RBIs, led by Eric DePinto, who had a game-high five.

LONDONDERRY — After a strong preseason and banging out three hits in Salem's first game, junior surprise Amanda Vaudreuil probably didn't need a psychological ploy yesterday afternoon.

But, prior to taking on a young, but talented Londonderry squad, veteran Salem coach Harold Sachs used one anyway.

Salem's softball team did its best to hold down the score, but it still crushed Manchester West by an unseemly 32-0 in just four and a half innings. Salem, in its first game of the season, scored 14 runs in the first inning as 18 batters came to the plate. Julia Gray had a three-run homer in the inning.