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Clover baseball, softball teams double up the wins Tuesday
CLOVERDALE – Cloverdale’s baseball and softball teams made it 2-for-2 Tuesday after picking up wins at Eminence and home to White River Valley respectively.
The Clover softball team jumped out to a 3-0 lead after an inning, adding multiple runs in each of the next three innings and got through the top of the fifth to snare a 13-3 win over the Wolverines.
“We talked before the game about our approach on offense and getting off to a better start hitting the ball,” Cloverdale head coach Jamie Steffy said. “When (White River Valley) switched pitchers, we struggled a bit and changed our philosophy to more of a bunt and run style, which opened the game up for us while putting pressure on the defense.”
The hosts got their first run when Erin Johnson stole home in the bottom of the first and Paisley Meyerrose doubled the lead with a double to score Keeli Price.
Payton Bell made it 3-0 by singling in Meyerrose while Johnson made it 5-0 in the bottom of the second with a two-run double.
Andrea Nees plated two runs early in the third with a single while back-to-back knocks from Johnson and Price made it 9-0.
Meyerrose brought Price in while Sarah Nichols scored as a courtesy runner to make it 11-0 after three innings.
Nichols scored again in the fourth on a wild pitch while Abi Welton scored of a Sydney Bernard liner for a 13-0 lead.
White River Valley did get its bats going in the fifth as Brynna Walton tripled in a run while Emma Resler singled in a second run and an error allowed a third run to score before Meyerrose finished the game with a punchout.
Meyerrose completed the game in the circle, striking out 11 batters while only allowing five hits and two walks.
“Our philosophy is that we have four pitchers, all of whom bring a different style, velocity and pitch mix to the table,” Steffy said. “I’ve never been one to pitch just one girls and will use two, three, even four in a game.
“The good news is we have a group of pitchers who’ve bought into it. They know when they’re out there they need to give their best and we’ve had two good nights of pitching to start the year.”
Not everything went smoothly in the final inning, something Steffy said was fixable as the team learns to play with big leads.
“I didn’t like our focus at the end,” Steffy noted. “We gave up a couple of runs we shouldn’t have but that’s something we can work on and definitely something we’ll talk about at practice.”
White River Valley 000 03 — 3 5 6
Cloverdale 326 2X — 13 9 4
WP — Meyerrose 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 11 K
LP — Walton IP 4 H, 5 R (3 ER)
3B — Walton
2B — Chesnut; Johnson, Meyerrose
RBI — Walton; Johnson (3), Nees (2), Price, Meyerrose, Bell
Elsewhere, Cloverdale’s baseball team took to the road and pilled on 20 runs in the first three innings to hand Eminence a 24-1 loss.
Levi Hilton had four hits, including two triples and a double, and five RBIs to lead the rout while Landon Duncan added two hits and four RBIs on the night.
Mcguire Lee drove in three runs on two hits while Corey Branigan, Ben Campbell and Layton Allen added a pair of runs each.
Duncan pitched all five innings, allowing a run on three hits and three walks while striking out 12.
Cloverdale 785 13 — 24 15 2
Eminence 001 00 — 1 3 9
WP — Duncan 5 IP, 3 H, R (ER), 3 BB, 12 K
LP — Stockwell 2 1/3 IP, 11 H, 20 R (8 ER), 5 BB, 4 K
3B — Hilton (2)
2B — Campbell, Hilton, Branigan, Sturges, Lee, Johnson
RBI — Hilton (5), Duncan (4), Lee (3), Branigan (2), Campbell (2), Allen (2), Hoffa, Young, Johnson
Softball
Greencastle 9, North Central 4
Though not as exciting as the 2022 meeting, the Tiger Cubs, after allowing the Thunderbirds to tie the game at 4-4 in the top of the second, buckled down from then on, retaking the lead in the bottom of the inning and pushing on for a 9-4 win.
Emma Hunter got the scoring going in the bottom of the first with a single to plate Elise Lausee. Additional hits from Gloria Brewer, Allie Beaman and Ali Hassler plated additional runs for a 4-0 lead.
Emma Zimmerman started the reply with a solo shot to left field before a Shelby Shea single and an error off the bat of Hope Crooks allowed the visitors to tie the game at 4-4.
Greencastle replied with three cases of solo shot fever as Sydney Lantzy, Hunter and Brewer each went deep in the bottom of the second to retake the lead at 7-4.
Olivia Richardville stole home in the third to tack on another run while Hunter plated another run in the fifth.
Hassler settled down after the second, allowing just three hits outside the frame for her first win, allowing five walks and striking out seven along the way.
Hunter finished with three hits and three RBIs while Brewer had three hits and two RBIs.
North Central 040 000 0 — 4 6 0
Greencastle 431 010 X — 9 14 4
WP — Hassler CG, 6 H, 4 R (ER), 5 BB< 7 K
LP — Wence 1/3 IP, 3 H, 3 R (3 ER)
HR — Lantzy, Hunter, Brewer
2B — Woodruff; Lausee
RBI — Zimmerman, Seay; Hunter (3), Brewer (2), Lantzy, Hassler, Beaman
North Putnam 2, Covenant Christian 1
In a tight contest, the Cougars walked off with a Lexi Daigle single in the bottom of the seventh to claim the team’s second win of the season.
Each team only had five hits with North Putnam getting four of its five hits in the final three innings, the first a solo home run from Brilye Schmitz to give the hosts a 1-0 lead in the fifth.
The Warriors responded with back-to-back doubles to open the sixth with an Emma Groves grounder tying the game at 1-1, though the Cougars were able to avoid any more damage.
North Putnam made good in the seventh with back-to-back singles from Karyssa Miller and Kyndal Brewer to open the frame.
Emma Williams was intentionally walked to load the bases and Daigle finished the job with a single to center field.
Covenant Christian 000 001 0 — 1 5 0
North Putnam 000 010 1 — 2 5 1
WP — Brewer IP, H, 2 K
LP — Jones 6 1/3 IP, 5 H, 2 R (2 ER), BB, 6 K
HR — Schmitz
2B — Jones, Tucker
RBI — Groves; Schmitz, Daigle
Girl's Tennis
Greencastle 5, Parke Heritage 0The Tiger Cubs opened the season with a road win over the Wolves Wednesday evening.
All five wins were in straight sets, including singles wins for Allie Landry at No. 1 singles over Laura Hansmann 6-3, 6-1, Caroline Gooch at No. 2 singles over Jenna McVay 6-4, 6-0 and Addie Fowler at No. 3 singles over Rebecca Ayres 6-3, 6-1, as well as in doubles where Maddie Landry and Sophie Riggle defeated Josie Bodine and Hannah Thurman 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 doubles and Liberty Amis and Bella Monnett defeated Emma Patton and Lily Roosevelt 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 doubles.
Track and Field
In the first outdoor track meet of the 2023 spring season, Cloverdale and North Putnam split the meet as the Clover girls won 75-56 and the Cougar boys won by a razor-thin 66-65 margin.
Winners in the girls’ meet for Cloverdale included Emily Mann in the pole vault (6-06), Olivia Hemmerling in the 100-meter hurdles (:17.0) and 300-meter hurdles (:52.1), Lulu Savoiani in the 100-meter dash (:13.02) and 200-meter dash (:27.91), Daphanie Geiger in the 1,600-meter run (6:32), the 400-meter relay team of Savoiani, Mann, Yasmine Sorter and Rebecca Ponzano (:53.92) and the 1,600-meter relay team of Savoiani, Mann, Hemmerling and Jacie Neese. (4:48).
Winners on the night for the Cougars were Callee Riggle in the shot put (30-08) and discus (78-10), Kassidy Hackleman in the long jump (14-09) and 400-meter dash (1:06), Saylor Carrell in the high jump (4-08), Jenna Day in the 800-meter run (2:46) and the 3,200-meter relay team of Day, Melanie Davies, Brooke Hensley and Maddie Trent (11:41).
Winners in the boys’ meet for North Putnam included Myles Barnett in shot put (33-04), Nolan Hackleman in the long jump (20-07), Stone Wass in the high jump (5-06), Thomas Nelson in the 1,600-meter run (5:52), the 400-meter relay team of (:51.49), 400-meter dash (:51.49), Corie Stancombe in the 800-meter run (2:16), Jeremiah Miles in the 3,200-meter run (11:10) and the 3,200-meter relay team of Miles, Stancombe, Nelson and Elijah Harless 9:44.
Winners on the night for the Clovers included Tanner Trammel in discus (101-03), Cameron Tyler in the pole vault (8-06), Tyson Bridges in the 110-meter hurdles (:16.71), Scottie McGuire in the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash (:23.5), Tayt Jackson in the 300-meter hurdles (:42.72), the 400-meter relay team of Jackson, Bridges, Mason Paauwee and Jaxton Helton (:46.74) and the 1,600-meter relay team of Jackson, Helton, McGuire and Bridges(3:47).