Lady Jays Softball
Softball Falls to Twin River
By Savannah Beutler
The Lady Jays fell 20-5 to the Twin River Titans on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the Pierce High softball complex.
In the first inning to the third, the Lady Jays did not score.
Despite the loss, coach Grant King says, “We played well, we really fielded our positions and started making better plays than we were at the beginning of the season.”
Right around the corner in the fourth inning the softball team scored after Madelyn Hanson hit it deep to left field for a single. Hayle DeBoer followed up with a hit to the second baseman, she advanced Hanson to third base. Jessa Kraft hit a pop fly out to shortstop, then Alexis Sporleder hit a ground out advancing Hanson to score making the score 1-1.
In the top of the fifth inning, Twin River lit up the scoreboard, bringing in 10 runs.
The bottom of the fifth inning, Pierce put up a fight, the Lady Jays did not score.
Three points were scored by Pierce in the sixth inning. DeBoer hit it deep to right field, getting a single. Kraft hit it to deep center advancing DeBoer. Angeline Skrdla got on base to first by being hit by a pitch, Amber Shefl got walked, advancing DeBoer to score, now making the score 11-2. Kylie Dvorak hit it to center field advancing Sporleder to score. E. Skrdla hit a single, causing A. Skrdla to score as well, which ended the inning 11-4.
In the last inning, Twin River added nine more runs while the Lady Jays scored one point, falling short of the win. DeBoer was hit by a pitch. Kraft hit a fly out to right field. Sporleder hit it to shortstop getting a single, leading DeBoer to get out at second base. A. Skrdla hit the ball to left field causing Sporleder to score.
Second baseman Peyton Brunckhorst says, “I think we did good for the most part, but we need to just stay focused and in the game and be ready at all times.”
The Pierce High Softball team has their next game on Thursday, Sept. 28, versus Polk County at Cross County High School.
Pierce Softball Triangular
By Lauren Ueding
Pierce High Softball team went to Boone Central to play in a triangular with Boone Central and Wayne on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
Senior Madelyn Hanson hit a home run during the game against Wayne, but the Lady Jays still fell 15-5.
The Blue Devils scored two points in the first inning while the Lady Jays scored nothing.
In the second inning, the Blue Devils added seven points while the Lady Jays yet again did not score anything, so the Lady Blue Devils led 9-0.
During the third inning, the Lady Jays scored three points while the Lady Blue Devils scored nothing, making the score 9-3 at the end of the inning.
In the fourth and final inning, the Lady Jays scored only two points while the Lady Blue Devils scored six points.
The final score of the game was 15-5 in favor of the Lady Blue Devils.
The main pitchers of the game were Madelyn Hanson and Hayle DeBoer.
Angeline Skrdla and Hanson each had two RBIs.
“Defensively we were not good in either game. Our pitching was fine, we just didn't make the routine plays to get out of innings. Offensively we hit the ball well against two good pitchers,” said head coach Michael Emory.
Then the Lady Jays played Boone Central for the second game and lost again, 15-5.
Pierce was tied throughout the first two innings as the first inning had no one score at all and during the second inning, both teams scored four points.
Then in the third inning, the Cardinals scored 10 points while the Lady Jays did not score at all.
In the final inning, both teams scored one point, making the final score of the game 15-5 in favor of Boone Central.
The main pitcher of that game was Kylie Dvorak. M. Hanson had two RBIs.
“We didn’t do as good as we should’ve. But all together we did do some good things and some bad things,” says Cailynn Gardner.
