Lady Pirates break open scoreless battle to beat Bulldogs 11-1
On April 7, Cardington-Lincoln scored four in the fourth and four more in the fifth and added three in the seventh to coast to an 11-1 win over East Knox. Natalie Smith homered in the seventh for East Knox to avert the shutout. With 13 hits, the Lady Pirates had seven players reach base on hits, led by Mac Linkous and Kayleigh Ufferman with three each and Hailee Edgell and Dana Bertke each connected for two. Bertke also drove in three runs. C-L pitcher Genevieve Longsdorf allowed only one run in the seventh and gave up only three hits and two walks while striking out 10 Bulldogs.
Cardington got it started in the fourth on a walk to Ufferman, a bunt single by Linkous, a two-run double by Bertke, an RBI double by Edgell and a one-run single by Longsdorf.
C-L moved to 7-0 on the season (3-0 KMAC) and EK fell to 2-2 (0-1 KMAC).
Lady Freddies' avalanche of runs topples Mount Gilead 25-0
On April 8, Fredericktown scored in bunches … big bunches, to demolish Mount Gilead, 25-0. A four-run first was all the Freddies needed for the win, as pitcher Alyssa Zolman pitched a three-hit shutout, walking one and striking out seven. But the Freddies poured it on with eight runs in the second, nine in the third and four in the fourth to complete the wipeout. Of the Freddies’ 22 hits from 10 players, Taylor Brown, Jess Montalvo, Gabby Daniels and Makaya Frazier each connected for three hits and Lainy Partington, Emma Hatfield, Trinity Garretson and Zolman each got two. Montalvo and Brown each scored four runs and Montalvo and Hatfield each drove in four. The Freddies banged out nine doubles and five triples in the game and they played errorless ball in the field. The Freddies improved to 5-0 (2-0 KMAC) and the Redskins dropped to 0-2 (0-1).
Lady Jackets bomb two homers, shout out Generals 11-0
The Mount Vernon Lady Yellow Jackets ran their season record to 7-1 with a convincing 11-0 win over Wooster on April 7. Mount Vernon took control early with a three-run first and put it away with a five-run fifth to seal the deal against the Lady Generals.
In the bottom of the first, Kennedi Endsley lined a one-out double to center and with two down, McKenzie Krownapple singled in a run and went to third on Emma Calkins’ double. Addison Christopher lined a two-run single to center for a 3-0 lead. In the second, a two-run homer to left by Krownapple made it 5-0 Jackets. Ahead 6-0 in the fourth, the Jackets’ assault on the Generals continued with an error, a two-run homer by Mac Schlosser, a double by Krownapple, an RBI-single by Kiannah Harris, an error, a walk and a one-run single by Lilly Erb.
The Lady Jackets outhit Wooster 15-2 with Krownapple pacing the action going 3-for-3 with three RBIs. Emily Burke got the win in the circle, pitching four shutout innings allowing two hits, no walks and striking out four. Rhyli Pope finished up by striking out the side in a perfect inning of work.
