DARLINGTON — Fennimore swept the Redbirds in a doubleheader May 6, 13-2 and 13-3.
In the opener, the two teams entered the fifth inning tied at 1, with Josie Thomas and Sophie Wiegel splitting time on the mound for Darlington. But Fennimore took advantage of errors in the fifth inning, scoring four runs. In the next frame, Fennimore added two more to go ahead 7-1, although the Redbirds got another back in the bottom half of the inning. A 6-run seventh inning put the game out of reach.
In the second game, Darlington took a 3-1 lead in the top of the third inning, but Fennimore put a 10-spot on the Redbirds in the bottom half of the inning. A two-run fifth inning by Fennimore ended the game early.
On the afternoon, Thomas tossed 5.2 innings, allowing six runs (two earned) on 10 hits and three walks. Wiegel threw 5.1 innings, allowing 20 runs (13 earned) on 15 hits and six walks. Laura Sturtz had Darlington’s lone hit in the second game, while Xandria Olson hit a triple and Cayla Golackson and Brenna Grossen each singled in the opener.
Oregon 10, Monroe 6
OREGON — The Cheesemakers dropped a conference game to Oregon May 7 thanks in part to five errors, which allowed seven unearned runs.
Emma Wild allowed three runs (one earned) on eight hits and a walk in four innings of work for Monroe. Reliever Sloane Ambrose was tagged for seven runs (two earned) in two innings of work on five hits and four walks.
Katie Hayes, Lizzie Snider and Maddie Leck all had two hits for the Cheesemakers, while Karis Paulson, Alyse Maurer and Snider each drove in a pair of runs. Hayes and Maurer doubled.
Monroe scored five earned runs in the top of the second inning, but the Panthers clawed their way back with two in the third and another in the fourth inning. Monroe made it 6-3 headed into the bottom of the fifth, but Oregon tied it with Ambrose on the mount. The Panthers scored four more runs in the bottom of the sixth before shutting Monroe down in order in the top of the seventh.
Pecatonica 5, Highland 4
HIGHLAND — Triniti Gruenenfelder scored on a defensive miscue on a double steal in the top of the seventh inning, giving the Vikings the go-ahead run in a May 7 nonconference win at Highland.
Pecatonica had taken a 4-0 lead through four innings, but a 4-run sixth inning by the host Cardinals knotted up the score. With two outs, Gruenenfelder drew a four-pitch walk and stole second two pitches later and advanced to third on the following wild pitch during Chloe Schraepfer’s plate appearance. Schraepfer would walk, putting runners at the corners.
Courtesy runner Kelly Peterson broke for second during Tessa Green’s at bat, and an error by Highland’s third baseman allowed Gruenenfelder to score. Green struck out on a full count, but the damage was done.
Gruenenfelder was 2-for-2 in the game with a pair of walks and two runs scored hitting in the 3-hole. Lily busser tripled in a run from the leadoff spot.
Schraepfer tossed a complete game, allowing just one earned run on six hits and two walks with a hit batter. She struck out 10.
Brodhead 14, East Troy 0
Brodhead 15, Big Foot 2
Brodhead 9, Big Foot 2
BRODHEAD — The Cardinals scored three Rock Valley wins in three days’ time, outscoring their opponents 38-4 in that stretch.
In the 14-0 shredding of East Troy, McKenna Young tossed a no-hitter with 11 strikeouts in five innings of work. The lone Trojans batter to reach base was hit by a pitch in the second inning. At the dish, Nataley Bump, Daisy Nelson, Madisyn Kail and Taetum Hoesly all had two hits. Hoesly had six RBIs, including a grand slam. Kail had three RBIs and Bump scored three times. Young walked three times.
On May 8, the Cardinals opened a doubleheader at Big Foot with a rousing 15-2 victory. Brodhead scored five runs in the first inning, five more in the third, four in the fourth and another in the fifth for good measure. Big Foot scored a run in each of the second and fourth innings. Young tossed three innings, striking out six and allowing an unearned run on one hit. Bump tossed the final two innings, allowing an unearned run on four hits with three strikeouts. Hoesly homered again, while Cora Haden, Sophia Leitzen, Young and Bump all doubled. Young had three hits, while Kail, Haden and Bump each had two. Bump added four RBIs.
In the nightcap just before noon, Leitzen tossed all five innings, giving up just one earned run on two hits with no walks and nine strikeouts. Hafen had two doubles and three RBIs at the plate. Young doubled and scored twice, and Alexis Kammerer had two hits and two runs with two steals. Brodhead took a 3-0 lead after the first and made it 9-1 with a 6-run third inning.
Black Hawk 14, River Ridge 12
SOUTH WAYNE — The Warriors scored their first win of the season May 6 in a nonconference game with River Ridge.
Black Hawk fell behind 7-1 after the second inning, but a 3-run third and a 5-run fourth put the Warriors ahead 9-8. Black Hawk added two more runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth to go up 14-9. River Ridge scored three times in the top of the seventh, but couldn’t scratch the tying run across the plate.
Ellie Edler got the win on the mound for Black Hawk, tossing all seven innings and allowing just four earned runs on 10 hits and four walks. The Warriors finished the night with 12 earned runs on seven hits and 17 walks.
Anna Haldiman had four walks and Tatum Baumgartner added four runs for Black Hawk, which also got an inside-the-park home run from Raylin Peterson in the third inning.
“The win feels great, and it is just what the team needed. We made some changes to our fielding positions and the batting line up, and things seemed to click for the girls. We got our bats going, and played solid in the field,” Black Hawk head coach Talia Rothenbuhler said. “I was very pleased with the way the team stuck together, and fought back from behind. I think everyone could tell that the girls really wanted this game, and they did what they had to do to get it done.”
Potosi 13, Monticello-New Glarus 0
Mineral Point 16, MNG 0
Benton-Shullsburg 15, MNG 8
MINERAL POINT — The new Ponies co-op had just two hits in a nonconference shutout at Potosi May 6, then lost both games it played at the Mineral Point tournament May 8.
Harley Disch tossed four innings against Potosi, allowing 13 earned runs on four walks and 17 hits, including a home run. Alivia Palmer and Grace Seffrood had the only hits for MNG. Potosi scored twice in the first inning, but a 9-run second broke the camel’s back.
Against host Mineral Point at the weekend tournament, MNG collected three hits. Mineral Point scored three runs in the first, four in the second, three in the third and six in the fifth inning. All 16 runs against Disch were earned. She hit two batters, walked five and allowed 21 hits.
In the loss to Benton-Shullsburg, Jaden Zuber took to the mound, allowing 15 earned runs on 24 hits and three walks. The Ponies faired better at the plate, however, seven players collecting at least one hit. Alexa Siegenthaler was 3-for-4 with two doubles, a triple, four RBIs and two steals. Disch was 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a steal. Katelyn Eyler walked twice, had a hit, three runs and two steals.
Benton-Shullsburg scored a run in the first, three in the second and one in the third. MNG had a run in the second and three in the third to stay within a run, but Benton-Shullsburg scored four times in the fourth and twice in the fifth to get ahead 10-4.
