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East, West Softball Bow Out of Playoffs

Both teams fall on the road.

Cherry Hill East’s Casey Clark smashed a home run and the Cougars took a 4-2 lead early, but Eastern battled back with a monster third inning on the way to a 12-4 win in the first round of the South Jersey, Group 4 playoffs Tuesday.

The Cougars also got doubles from Andi Leff and Lindsay Savar, doing all their damage in the first two innings.

East managed nine hits against Eastern’s Jessica Heaton.

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Vineland 7, Cherry Hill West 1

Vineland jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning and held the Lions to just four hits all game. West got a run back in the fifth in the loss.

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