Staff report
Sidney and Fort Loramie hosted invitational softball tournaments on Saturday in less-than-ideal weather.
At Sidney, both the host Lady Jackets and the Houston Lady Wildcats came away with two loses.
Sidney lost a pair of one-run games, 6-5 to Indian Lake and 3-3 to Versailles.
Sidney, which has now lost four one-run games in a row, falls to 8-9 on the season.
• Houston lost 8-1 to Versailles, the Lady Tigers breaking a 1-1 tie with six in the bottom of the fourth.
For Houston, Sarah Monnier and Brooklyn Felver had two hits apiece, with one of Felver’s being a double. Olivia Bowser and Jess Monnier added doubles.
For Versailles, which had 13 hits, Hailey McEldowney was 4-for-4 with three doubles and a triple. She also drove in two runs.
Brynna Blakeley, Mallory George and Caitlin McEldowney had two hits apiece, with C. McEldowney also driving in two runs. One of her hits was a double, and one of Blakeley’s was a triple.
Houston also played Indian Lake and lost 11-6 to even the Lady Wildcats’ record at 8-8.
Lake outhit Houston 14-5.
Against Sidney, Versailles plated two in the first, then broke a 2-2 tie with one in the fifth.
Hailey McEldowney and Sarah Gigandet had two hits each. One of McEldowney’s hits cleared the fence, and Gigandet had a double.
The linescores:
`R`H`E
Houston`000 100 0—1`8`3
Versailles`100 601 x—8`13`0
WP: Lawrence; LP: Felver.
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Houston`000 510 0—6`5`3
Indian Lake`221 042 x—11`14`6
WP: Lewis; LP: Foster
Records: Houston 8-8, Indian Lake 12-4.
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Versailles`200 010 0—3
Sidney`002 000 0—2
WP: C. McEldowney; LP: Shell
Records: Versailles 11-6, Sidney 8-9.
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Loramie Invitational
FORT LORAMIE — Mechanicsburg came away with two wins to take the top spot in the Fort Loramie Invitational Saturday at Fort Loramie.
Mechanicsburg defeated Fort Loramie in the first game 4-2, scoring all its runs in the fourth to overcome a 2-0 deficit at that point.
For Loramie, Abby Holthaus and Grace Ruhenkamp both had two hits. Mary Mayo was 2-for-3 with a double for the ‘Burg.
Mechanicsburg then defeated Tri-Village in the second game by a 5-1 final to finish the day with a 6-7 record.
• Riverside, which came into the tournament with a 15-2 record but shorthanded, lost both its games, 10-4 to Tri-Village and 12-4 to Fort Loramie.
Against T-V, Aubrie Stillings tripled and Courtnie Smith singled and doubled.
Riverside then played Fort Loramie and after falling behind 2-0, Loramie plated eight runs in the second and third innings.
Cassidy Albers was 3-for-3 to lead Loramie’s 14-hit attack, Macy Imwalle singled, doubled, walked twice and scored twice, and Holthaus singled and doubled. Grace Ruhenkamp added two singles and two RBIs.
For Riverside, which had eight hits, Kristin Davidson was 3-for-3 and scored twice, Helena Faulder had two singles and Jordyn Marshall doubled.
“This is the first year for Mechanicsburg to win the invitational,” said Loramie coach Brad Turner. “It was a good day for these four teams to see one another as we head into the tournament voting and tournament draw (Sunday). It is worth noting that Riverside’s No. 1 and No. 2 pitchers were unavailable to play, so these scores might be surprising to some people in the area.”
Turner explained also that the event was run as a showcase due to Mechanicsburg having prom Saturday night and needing to play the first two games of the event. As such, the invitational was played with a set schedule and the tournament winner was determined by won-loss record, runs allowed and run differential.
Mechanicsburg was 2-0, allowed just three runs and had a run differential of six.
Fort Loramie was 1-1, allowed 8 runs and had a run differential of six.
Tri-Village was 1-1, allowed 9 runs, and had a run differential of two.
And Riverside was 0-2, allowed 22 runs, and had a run diffential of 14.
The linescores:
`R`H`E
Mech’burg`000 400 0—4`7`2
Loramie`101 000 0—2`7`2
WP: King; LP: Frilling
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Tri-Village`000 001 0—1`3`3
Mech’burg`500 000 x—5`4`1
WP: Stapleton; LP: Porter
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Riverside`200 100 0—4`6`2
Tri-Village`123 310 0—10`10`1
WP: Porter; LP: Marshall
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Riverside`200 100 0—4`8`2
Loramie`035 040 x—12`14`3
WP: Frilling; LP: Stillings
Records: Fort Loramie 4-11, Mechanicsburg 6-7, Riverside 15-4, Tri-Village 10-7.
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Jackson 8, Bradford 7
Jackson 16, Bradford 5
JACKSON CENTER — Jackson Center swept a doubleheader from visiting Bradford Saturday by scores of 8-7 and 16-5.
The two wins even Jackson’s record on the year at 5-5.
In the first game, Bradford scored twice in the top of the sixth to take a 7-6 lead, but in the bottom of the seventh, Bryanna Davis coaxed a one-out walk and scored on a triple by Cassie Meyer. Connor Pipke then singled Meyer in with the winning run.
Meyer was 2-for-2 with both being triples, Katelyn Sosby singled and doubled, and Camryn Hoehne was 3-for-3 with two doubles and three runs batted in.
In the second game, Jackson led 5-4 after two-and-a-half innings, then exploded for 11 runs in the third.
Kylie Hartle singled and doubled, Pipke had two singles, Hoehne had a big game with two singles, a triple and five RBIs, and Riley Jackson singled and belted a two-run homer.
The linescores:
`R`H`E
Bradford`220 102 0—7`13`1
Jackson`011 040 2—8`8`2
WP: Rogers; LP: Rosengarten.
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Bradford`400 10—5`3`5
Jackson`32(11) 0x—16`12`2
WP: Fortner; LP: Cotrell
Records: Jackson Center 5-5.
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Allen East 5, Minster 3
LAFAYETTE — Minster led 1-0 after batting in the third, but fell behind 5-1 over the next two innings to lose 5-3 to Allen East Saturday in non-league action.
The loss leaves the Lady Wildcats at 12-6 on the year.
Mara Schmiesing had two of Minster’s four hits in the game.
The linescore:
`R`H`E
Minster`010 000 2—3`4`1
Allen East`002 300 x—5`7`4
Records: Minster 12-6, Allen East 8-2.
