ASHTON, Ill. — The South Beloit softball team came out on top of an intense offensive battle with Ashton-Franklin Center in a 15-14 win that featured 21 combined hits on Monday.
While the SoBos (2-3) committed eight errors to the Raiders two, they made up for it by drawing a whopping 18 walks while winning pitcher Whitney Schnack allowed none.
AFC led 9-8 going into the sixth when the SoBos plated seven runs highlighted by a three-run triple from Zorah Martin. The Raiders (2-7) scored two in the bottom half and three in the seventh but it wasn’t enough.
Martin went 3-for-5 with four RBI while Macey Lineman was 2-for-5 with three RBI. Schnack allowed 12 runs (six earned) on 12 hits with 13 strikeouts in seven innings.
• NORTH BOONE 21, WINNEBAGO 1: A six-run first and 13-run third helped the visiting Vikings rout the Indians in three innings during North Boone’s Big Northern Conference opener on Monday.
Danielle Goodman, who smacked two home runs and a double, paced the Vikings’ (7-2) 13-hit attack by going 3-for-3 with four runs and five RBI. Cami Carter also doubled and went 2-for-4 with four RBI while Olivia Johnson went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs.
Carter pitched all three innings and allowed one earned run on two hits with five strikeouts. Winnebago (2-2, 0-1) committed eight errors.
• HONONEGAH 11, BELVIDERE 0: Three Hononegah pitchers combined on a 1-hit shutout stopped at five innings by the mercy rule.
Zoey Calhoun started and pitched the first three innings, allowing the lone hit with two walks and three strikeouts. Mackenzie Haas pitched 1 2-3 innings, allowing no baserunners and striking out three. Emma Tapia struck out the lone batter she faced.
Calhoun also was 3-for-4 with two RBIs to lead a 12-hit attack. Kaelyn Kelly, Peyton Klikno, Natalie Kinney and Mali McMaster also had two hits apiece with Kelly and Klinko knocking in three runs each. Kelly had a double and Klikno a triple as the Indians improved to 4-1 overall and 1-0 in NIC-10 action.
BRODHEAD 13, MONROE 4: Allie Dahl had three hits and knocked in four runs to power the host Cardinals (3-0), who erased a 2-0 Monroe lead with a four-run first and stayed in front the rest of the way. Dahl collected a two-run single in the first inning and blasted a two-run home run in the second as Brodhead amassed 20 hits.
Sophia Leitzen also had a big day for Brodhead, going 5-for-5 with three runs scored and three RBIs. Keegan Steinke was 3-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI and both Dahl and Ava Risum were 3-for-4. Dahl scored twice and knocked in four and Risum scored once and drove in two.
Risum went the distance in the pitcher’s circle, allowing four hits and four runs, but just one earned. She didn’t walk anyone and struck out nine.
• JEFFERSON 4, CLINTON 0: Aeryn Messmann worked around six hits and a pair of walks to shut out the visiting Cougars in Rock Valley Conference crossover play.
Allie Bell and Ashley Theisen paced Clinton, which finished with six hits, with two apiece but couldn’t come around to score. Theisen went six innings and allowed four runs, three earned, on eight hits with eight strikeouts.
Ashlyn Enke had an RBI single and Messmann a one-run triple to give the Eagles all they would need with a 2-0 lead in the first.
SOUTH BELOIT 15, ASHTON-FRANKLIN 14
SB 104 037 0— 15 9 8
AFC 303 212 3 — 14 12 2
Leading hitters: SB, Martin 3x5, 2 Runs, 4 RBI; Schanck 1x3, 2 Runs; Lineman 2x5, 2 Runs, 3 RBI; Castor 1x4, 1 Run, 1 RBI; Fago 1x3, 1 Run, 2 RBI; Crawford 1x3, 3 Runs. AFC, Freeman 5x5, 3 Runs, 1 RBI; VanNatta 2x4, 4 Runs, 3 RBI; Mershon 2x5, 3 Runs, 2 RBI; Schwarz 1x5, 1 Run, 2 RBI.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): SB, Schnack (W) 7.0-12-14-6-0-13. AFC, Near (L) 3.0-8-9-8-3-2, Polk 2.2-1-3-1-7-2; Freeman 0.0-0-3-3-3-0, Schwarz 0.1-0-0-0-2-1, Mershon 0.1-0-0-0-3-0, VanNatta 0.2-0-0-0-0-1.
NORTH BOONE 21, WINNEBAGO 1
NB 6213 — 21 13 1
Winnebago 100 — 1 2 8
Leading hitters: NB, S. Goodman 1x2, 2 Runs, 1 RBI; Staver 1x3, 2 Runs, 1 RBI; Stefek 1x2, 3 Runs; Carter 2x4, 1 Run, 4 RBI; D. Goodman 3x3, 4 Runs, 5 RBI; Hahn 1x3, 3 Runs, 1 RBI; Johnson 2x4, 1 Run, 2 RBI; Alderman 1x4, 1 Run; Pearce 1x3, 1 Run, 1 RBI. Winnebago, Erdahl 1x2, 1 Run, 1 RBI.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): NB, Carter (W) 3.0-2-1-1-3-5; Winnebago Gilley-Amdal (L) 0.2-5-6-3-2-1. Warkentien 1.1-7-9-7-1-1; Seaton 1.0-1-6-0-2-1.
HONONEGAH 11, BELVIDERE 0
Hononegah 007 04 — 11 12 0
Belvidere 000 00 — 0 1 1
Leading hitters: H, Kinney 2x3, 1 run; Calhoun 3x4, 2 rbi; Kelly 2x3, 2 runs, 3 rbi; Klikno 2x3, 2 runs, 3 rbi; McMaster 2x3, 1 run, 2 rbi. B, Rucker 1x2. 2B: Kelly. 3B: Klikno.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): H, Calhoun (W) 3.0-1-0-0-2-3; Haas 1.2-0-0-0-0-3; Tapia 0.1-0-0-0-0-1. B, Kamholtz 5.0-12-11-10-5-7.
BRODHEAD 13, MONROE 4
Monroe 202 000 0 4 4 1
Brodhead 433 102 x — 13 20 3
Leading hitters: M, Roidt 1x3, 1 run, 1 rbi. Br, Leitzen 5x5, 3 runs, 3 rbi; Hilliard 2x4, 1 run, 1 rbi; Risum 3x4, 1 run, 2 RBI; Dahl 2x4, 2 runs, 4 rbi; Steinke 3x3, 2 runs, 1 rbi; Kloepping 2x4, 2 runs. 2B: Roidt, Risum, Leitzen. HR: Dahl.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): M, Paulson (L) 2.0-9-7-7-1-1; Golembiewski 3.1-10-6-5-0-1; Herbst 0-2-1-0-0-0-0. Br, Risum (W) 7.0-4-4-1-0-9.
JEFFERSON 4, CLINTON 0
Clinton 000 000 0 — 0 6 0
Jefferson 211 000 — 4 8 0
Leading hitters: Clinton, Winch 1x3, Bell 2x3, Theisen 2x3, Dahle 1x3. Jeff, Dempsey 2x4, 1 RBI; Enke 1x3, 2 Runs, 1 RBI; Messmann 1x3, 1 RBI; Smith 2x3, 1 Run, 1 RBI.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): Clinton, Theisen (L) 6.0-8-4-3-2-8. Jeff, Messmann 7.0-6-0-0-2-11.
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