St. Anthony, WSS Advance To NTC Softball Tourney Title Contest

The Bulldogs downed Altamont by a 10-1 count. Both teams tallied a single run in the first inning. The Bulldogs then went on a tear, scoring six runs in the third and finishing out with three in the fourth.

Lucy Fearday had Altamont batters under control with 13 strikeouts. She threw a two-hitter and didn't allow a walk.

Haley Niebrugge led the way for the Bulldogs at the plate. Niebrugge pounded out two doubles and finished with three RBI. Addie Wernsing had a single, double and an RBI and Anna Faber a double and two RBI. Fearday and Madeline Kibler had a single and an RBI each. Cameran Rios added an RBI.

Altamont's two hits were singles by Bailey Teasley and Adria Denton. Teasley added an RBI.

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg continued its offensive barrage with 15 hits in downing South Central, 9-1.

The Hatchets took a 3-0 opening inning lead and never looked back.

Sam Hayes continued her hot-hitting with a single in the first, single in the third, double in the fourth and single in the sixth. She drove in four runs.

Ava Richards also went on a tear at the plate with a single, two doubles and an RBI while Maddy Pfeiffer added three singles and an RBI. Ella Kinkelaar had a triple and Gabby Vonderheide had two singles  and an RBI. Karlie Bean contributed a single and an RBI.

Bean was the winning pitcher, keeping the hot-hitting bats of South Central under control. She went the distance allowing one run on two hits, one walk while fanning 12.

Jaylyn Michel had a single and an RBI for the Cougars while Brooklyn Garrett had a single.

In consolation bracket action, Dieterich was an 11-1 winner over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City.

The Movin' Maroons took a 3-0 first inning lead then tacked on single runs in the second and fourth around six runs in the third. The game ended in the fifth via the 10-run rule, 11-1.

Dieterich was led by Kaitlyn Boerngen with a solo homer, Marli Michel with a triple and Ruby Westendorf and Estella Meinhart with a double and two RBI each.

Boerngen went the five innings allowing one run on three hits, two walks and striking out seven.

CHBC was led by Addison Wasson with a double and an RBI.

In the other consolation bracket contest, Neoga trounced St. Elmo/Brownstown, 17-2.

The tournament comes to a close Friday at Evergreen Hollow Park with the third place game featuring Altamont and South Central at 4:15 p.m. and the championship game with St. Anthony and Windsor/Stew-Stras at 6 p.m. on the East Diamond. The consolation championship will be held at 4:15 p.m. with Neoga against Dieterich on the West Diamond.

At Evergreen Hollow Park

Game Five

Altamont                    100    000    0    --     1-2-4

St. Anthony               106    300    x    --    10-8-2

WP -- Fearday. LP -- Teasley.

Altamont -- Teasley, single, 1 RBI; Denton, single

St. Anthony -- C. Rios, 1 RBI; Wernsing, single, double, 1 RBI; Niebrugge, 2 doubles, 3 RBI; Gannaway, single; Fearday, single, 1 RBI; M. Kibler, single, 1 RBI; An. Faber, double, 2 RBI

Game Seven

South Central               000    000    1    --    1- 2-3

WSS                             310    302    x    --    9-15-0

WP -- Bean. LP -- T. Webster.

South Central -- Garrett, single; Michel, single, 1 RBI

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Kinkelaar, triple; N. Hayes, single; Bean, single, 1 RBI; Pfeiffer, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Richards, single, 2 doubles 1 RBI; S. Hayes, 3 singles, double, 4 RBI; Vonderheide, 2 singles, 1 RBI

Game Eight

CHBC                  010    00    --      1-3-4

Dieterich             316    1x    --    11-6-0

WP -- Boerngen. LP -- Wasson.

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Wojcik, single; Stuckemeyer, single; Wasson, double, 1 RBI

Dieterich -- Boerngen, home run, 1 RBI; Michl, triple; Jansen, single; Ev. Meinhart, 1 RBI; Niemerg, 1 RBI; Westendorf, double, 2 RBI; M. Brummer, single; Es. Meinhart, double, 2 RBI; O. Brummer, 1 RBI