Spartans fall to Vikings, 10-0, in section semifinals
For the second time in two weeks, the Red Bluff varsity girls’ softball team ran into one of the section’s hottest pitchers, but this time, Pleasant Valley’s Kodi Aisthorpe’s performance In the circle, denied the Spartans a chance to play in the Northern Section’s Division II-III Championship. Aisthorpe held the Spartans to just one hit on Thursday after throwing a perfect game at them two weeks ago. She struck out eight Spartans on the day with just two walks in a 10-0 semifinal win over Red Bluff. But as Red Bluff head coach Chad Vaillette pointed out, the Viking right-hander is hard on everybody, as she is 8-1 on the year with a 1.31 ERA and 82 strikeouts. Despite the loss, Vaillette’s first season as the Spartans (17-9-1) head coach produced the program’s best year since 2019 when it went 11-8 and its most wins since a 25-10-2 mark in 2018. “It’s been a six-win program for the last three years, right?,” Vaillette said. “So we turned it around. I’m proud of these girls. You gotta look at the season as a whole. (PV’s) pretty