ARGYLE - The Argyle softball team has played its share of tight games this season, and coach Dan Treuthardt said those experiences are beginning to pay off for the Orioles.
Sophomore Alysha Monohan ripped an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning Thursday, lifting Argyle to a 2-1 victory against Barneveld in Six Rivers East Conference play.
Monohan's drive to right field drove home senior Danielle Treuthardt, who started the winning rally with a one-out double.
"We've been in a bunch of these tough ones and we've been losing them, but that's paying off for us now," Dan Treuthardt said. "You can see the confidence in the girls.
"In the bottom of the eighth inning, when the top of the order came up they weren't scared. I knew we had a good chance to win the game then."
Sophomore Jessica Treuthardt pitched a complete-game five-hitter, allowing one unearned run and recording five strikeouts while walking one. The coach said his pitcher worked out of a bases-loaded, no outs jam in the fourth.
Kristen Udelhofen pitched a six-hitter for Barneveld, with 11 strikeouts and three walks.
The Orioles opened the scoring in the fourth inning on Jessica Treuthardt's RBI triple. Danielle Treuthardt finished 3-for-4 with two doubles while Monahan was 2-for-4.
Barneveld tied the game in the fifth.
Monticello 8, Pecatonica 5 (10)
BLANCHARDVILLE - Freshman Courtney Leuzinger's two-run triple in the top of the 10th inning snapped a 5-5 tie and lifted the Monticello softball team to the Six Rivers East victory.
Senior Tanya Smith added an insurance run with an RBI groundout for the Ponies (7-2, 2-1 Six Rivers East). Leuzinger, junior Jordyn Kubly and freshman Jordan Garrison each went 2-for-5 for Monticello.
Pecatonica's Michalla Boese had three hits, including a double, and junior Emma Marion was 2-for-5.
Both starting pitchers went the distance, but it was senior Karlie Klossner who got the win by allowing two earned runs on six hits. She struck out four.
Junior Cora Demler took the loss and allowed only three earned runs, but the Vikings (4-5, 1-2) committed six errors. Demler gave up eight hits and one walk with three strikeouts.
Brodhead 6, Edgerton 4
BRODHEAD - Junior Amanda Pickel allowed just two earned runs while striking out seven to lead Brodhead (11-2, 9-0 Rock Valley South). Pickel also scored two runs.
Freshman Erin Kloepping went 3-for-3 and freshman Payton Wright drove in a pair of runs as Brodhead pulled away from a 3-3- tie with three runs in the sixth inning. Junior Bri Hicks led off the inning with a double and scored when an attempted suicide squeeze by junior Erica Baxter was misplayed by the Crimson Tide.
Mineral Point 19, Darlington 3
MINERAL POINT - The Pointers erupted for 12 runs in the third inning in a five inning win over the Redbirds in a Southwest Wisconsin Activities League game.
Junior Brianna King's home run was one of seven hits for the Redbirds (0-10, 0-6).
Sophomore Alysha Monohan ripped an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning Thursday, lifting Argyle to a 2-1 victory against Barneveld in Six Rivers East Conference play.
Monohan's drive to right field drove home senior Danielle Treuthardt, who started the winning rally with a one-out double.
"We've been in a bunch of these tough ones and we've been losing them, but that's paying off for us now," Dan Treuthardt said. "You can see the confidence in the girls.
"In the bottom of the eighth inning, when the top of the order came up they weren't scared. I knew we had a good chance to win the game then."
Sophomore Jessica Treuthardt pitched a complete-game five-hitter, allowing one unearned run and recording five strikeouts while walking one. The coach said his pitcher worked out of a bases-loaded, no outs jam in the fourth.
Kristen Udelhofen pitched a six-hitter for Barneveld, with 11 strikeouts and three walks.
The Orioles opened the scoring in the fourth inning on Jessica Treuthardt's RBI triple. Danielle Treuthardt finished 3-for-4 with two doubles while Monahan was 2-for-4.
Barneveld tied the game in the fifth.
Monticello 8, Pecatonica 5 (10)
BLANCHARDVILLE - Freshman Courtney Leuzinger's two-run triple in the top of the 10th inning snapped a 5-5 tie and lifted the Monticello softball team to the Six Rivers East victory.
Senior Tanya Smith added an insurance run with an RBI groundout for the Ponies (7-2, 2-1 Six Rivers East). Leuzinger, junior Jordyn Kubly and freshman Jordan Garrison each went 2-for-5 for Monticello.
Pecatonica's Michalla Boese had three hits, including a double, and junior Emma Marion was 2-for-5.
Both starting pitchers went the distance, but it was senior Karlie Klossner who got the win by allowing two earned runs on six hits. She struck out four.
Junior Cora Demler took the loss and allowed only three earned runs, but the Vikings (4-5, 1-2) committed six errors. Demler gave up eight hits and one walk with three strikeouts.
Brodhead 6, Edgerton 4
BRODHEAD - Junior Amanda Pickel allowed just two earned runs while striking out seven to lead Brodhead (11-2, 9-0 Rock Valley South). Pickel also scored two runs.
Freshman Erin Kloepping went 3-for-3 and freshman Payton Wright drove in a pair of runs as Brodhead pulled away from a 3-3- tie with three runs in the sixth inning. Junior Bri Hicks led off the inning with a double and scored when an attempted suicide squeeze by junior Erica Baxter was misplayed by the Crimson Tide.
Mineral Point 19, Darlington 3
MINERAL POINT - The Pointers erupted for 12 runs in the third inning in a five inning win over the Redbirds in a Southwest Wisconsin Activities League game.
Junior Brianna King's home run was one of seven hits for the Redbirds (0-10, 0-6).
