Kuhlken paces Highlanders past Patriots
- Updated: March 2, 2019
2019 EAST COUNTY PREP SOFTBALL
HELIX 7, CHRISTIAN 0
By Tyler Gribble
Special to EastCountySports.com
LA MESA – Helix High junior Zoe Kuhlken pitched six shutout innings with seven strikeouts, allowing four hits in the Highlanders’ season-opening win over Christian High.
Kuhlken also drove in the first score of the game, with a two-RBI double in the fourth inning that scored senior pinch-runner Melissa Gutierrez and junior Kasey Castro.
Sophomore Nicole Hernandez contributed three hits, scoring a run and driving in another, and junior Camryn Jonilonis drove in two runs on the day, with a single and a double.
Erin Brown had two hits and scored a run for Helix.
