Softball

Nokomis matched St. Anthony run-for-run for the first two innings.

After that, it was all Lady Bulldogs, as they outscored the Lady Redskins 13-1 in the final three innings to come away with a 19-7 win on the road.

The first three hitters in the lineup – Cameron Rios, Addie Wernsing and Hailey Niebrugge – combined for 10 hits and 10 RBI to lead the 19-hit, 19-run attack.

Both teams scored one run in the first and five more in the second.

Niebrugge had an RBI single for SAHS in the opening inning. In the second. Sydney Kibler singled, stole second and scored on a base hit by Abbi Hatton. Grace Karolewicz followed with a double, Rios had a run-scoring single, Wernsing drove in two with a triple and the fifth scored on an error.

St. Anthony broke the game open by scoring one tally in the fourth and closing the game out with back-to-back six-run innings in the fifth and sixth.

Wernsing, who finished with five RBI, drove in a run in each of those innings with two base hits and a fielder’s choice. Niebrugge had a two-run single in the fifth.

Wernsing came on in relief in the second inning and got the win. She pitched the final 4.1 innings. She allowed just two hits and one run. She didn’t walk a batter and struck out five. Sydney Kibler was the starter.

The Lady Bulldogs improved to 14-3 on the season. They will return to action Monday at Dieterich.

Abbi Hatton lined a pitch into rightfield and then circled the bases for an inside-the-park home run in the bottom of the eighth inning Thursday, lifting the St. Anthony Lady Bulldogs to a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over Windsor/Stew-Stras.

The Lady Bulldogs trailed 3-0 when they came to bat in the bottom of the seventh. WSS’s Karlie Bean had thrown a four-hit shutout up to that point. Anna Faber started the rally with a lead-off double, followed by walks to Hatton and Grace Karolewicz to load the bases. Addie Wernsing brought in the first run with a sacrifice fly and Hailey Niebrugge tied it up with a clutch two-out, two-run triple.

After the Lady Hatchets were retired in the top of the eighth, Bean got the first two outs in the bottom of the inning. But Hatton then connected on a 1-1 pitch and turned it into the game-winning walk-off homer.

Lucy Fearday pitched all eight innings to get the win. She allowed five hits and three runs, all scoring in the third inning. Fearday walked one and struck out five.

The Lady Bulldogs improved to 13-3 on the season. They will return to action today (Friday) at Nokomis.

The St. Anthony Lady Bulldogs exploded for 10 runs in the fourth inning Monday and rolled to a 12-0, five-inning win at Brownstown/St. Elmo.

SAHS held a slim 2-0 lead when it came to bat in the fourth. Sydney Kibler led things off with a triple – the first of 11 hits, six of which went for extra bases – in the inning. A bunt by Anna Faber brought in the first run, Abbi Hatton followed with a double and scored when Grace Karolewicz’s ground ball was booted for an error. Cameron Rios then had an RBI single and scored on a double by Addie Wernsing.

With two outs, Lucy Fearday brought home a run with a double and she scored on a base hit by Maddie Kibler. After Sydney Kibler got her second hit of the inning, Faber launched a three-run homer.

But the Lady Bulldogs still weren’t finished. Hatton doubled and Karolewicz singled to cap the big inning.

Sydney Kibler pitched the first three innings to get the win, allowing just one hit and one walk, while striking out five. Stacie Vonderheide pitched the final two innings.

The Lady Bulldogs improved to 11-3 on the season. They will return home Thursday to face Windsor/Stew-Stras.

The St. Anthony Lady Bulldogs are making a habit of putting together big innings.

They did it again Tuesday, pushing nine runs across in the first inning and then rolling to a 17-2 win at Neoga.

Grace Karolewicz had three hits to lead the 16-hit attack.

In that first inning, Cameron Rios got things started with a lead-off double. She stole third and scored on a ground out by Addie Wernsing. Then with two outs, Lucy Fearday doubled, the first of nine straight batters to reach base.

Before the inning ended, Anna Faber had an RBI triple and Abbi Hatton, Hailey Niebrugge and Karolewicz each had run-scoring singles. SAHS also scored a pair of runs on two wild pitches and added two more runs on an error.

The Lady Bulldogs also scored four runs in each of the third and fourth innings to end the game.

Fearday was the winning pitcher.

The Lady Bulldogs improved to 12-3 on the season. They will return home Thursday to face Windsor/Stew-Stras.

Kayla Kocher turned in a strong pitching performance and Newton benefited from four St. Anthony errors to come away with a 4-2 victory at home Tuesday afternoon.

The Lady Eagles scored single tallies in the first, second, third and sixth innings, and an error in every one of those innings by the Lady Bulldogs directly led to each run, resulting in all four runs being unearned.

Kocher made those runs stand up by throwing a complete-game three-hitter and retiring the final 14 batters in a row. She walked one and struck out nine.

St. Anthony scored its two runs in the third. With one out, Cameron Rios singled and Addie Wernsing followed with a two-run blast that cleared the centerfield.

But that was the last Lady Bulldog to reach base. Their only other hit was a base hit by Maddie Kibler in the second.

Lucy Fearday took the loss, despite not giving up an earned run. She allowed five hits, while walking two and striking out seven.

The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 10-3 on the season. They will return to action Monday when they travel to Brownstown/St. Elmo.