Third baseman Olivia Snyder fields a fly ball in foul territory during the Trojan’s sweep over Central Wednesday. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
The Turkey Valley softball team (7-12, 6-2 UIC) picked up a pair of conference wins Wednesday night over Central Elkader in Jackson Junction, then went 1-2 in games at the New Hampton tournament Saturday.
Clean sweep
Playing a UIC doubleheader at home Wednesday the Trojans swept Central Elkader (3-12, 2-6 UIC) in a pair of close contests, 12-11 and 6-5.
The first game started off with Central getting out to an early 3-1 lead. However, Turkey Valley’s freshman pitcher Maici Weber hit a game-tying three-run home run over the left field fence, bringing the score to 4-4. Over the next three innings, the two teams scored a combined 14 runs, along with two lead changes and a tie, bringing the score to 11 runs apiece. Turkey Valley ended up shutting out the Warriors at the top of the seventh inning, giving the Trojans a chance at ending the game with just a single run. At the bottom of the seventh inning, senior second baseman Alison Leibold made just enough contact with a pitch that senior third baseman Olivia Snyder was able to score the game winning run.
The second game started off with a bang for the Turkey Valley. At the end of the first three innings, the Trojans were up by a score of 5-1. The fifth run that the Trojans scored was a solo shot over the left field fence that was hit by senior centerfielder Clare Courtney. At the top of the sixth inning, Central scored three runs, bringing the Warriors within just one run of the Trojans. At the top of the seventh inning, the Warriors scored just one run, which tied the game, but it allowed the Trojans to get their second walk-off hit of the night by scoring just one run. Sure enough, that is exactly what happened. At the bottom of the seventh inning, Courtney hit a ball between the gap between the shortstop and the third baseman, resulting in the game winning run, which was scored by freshman M. Weber.
Halle Weber was the winning pitcher in both contests.
Cent 3 1 0 0 4 3 0 11 6
TV 1 0 3 3 0 4 1 12 8
Halle Weber (WP) – 3IP, 3R, 4H; Maici Weber (SP) – 4IP, 8R, 2H, 11BB, 2K
HR – M. Weber 1; 3B – Olivia Snyder 1; 2B – Morgan Vsetecka 1; Aubrey Hoffert 2; 1B – Alison Leibold 1; M. Weber 1; Vsetecka 1; H. Weber 1; RBI – M. Weber 5; Vsetecka 2; Leibold 1; Brianna Busta 1; SB – Snyder 1; Kinsey Reicks 1; Hoffert 1
Cent 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 5 10
TV 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 6 8
H. Weber (WP) – 1IP 1R, 2H, 1K; Sierra Morris (SP) – 6IP, 4R, 8H, 1BB, 3K
HR – Clare Courtney 1; 2B – Snyder 1; 1B – H. Weber 2; M. Weber 1; Courtney 1; Busta 1; Vsetecka 1; RBI – M. Weber 2; Courtney 2; Jacqlyn Schmitt 1; SB – Busta 1
New Hampton tourney
Back on the diamond Saturday at the New Hampton tournament, the Trojans faced Denver (7-15), New Hampton (9-6) and Nashua-Plainfield (2-19) and came away with one win.
Turkey Valley fell just short in game one against Denver, 6-5, as both teams tagged the ball for nine hits. For the Trojans Courtney produced a double and drove in a run, while Leibold manufactured two singles and two RBI. M. Weber also had two hits and one RBI.
Game two was another close one as the Trojans fell to New Hampton, 5-3. This time TV had four hits with M. Weber accounting for two of them. Courtney and Kinsey Reicks also had one apiece with Reicks driving in a run.
The Trojan bats were hard at work in the third game against Nashua-Plainfield as TV defeated the Huskies, 14-4, in five frames. TV tallied 10 hits in the contest including doubles by M. Weber, Brianna Busta and Abigail Schmitt. M. Weber also garnered a single and three RBI.
Denv 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 6 9 2
TV 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 5 9 2
H. Weber (LP) – 6IP, 6R, 9H, 1BB, 3K
2B – Courtney 1; 1B – Leibold 2; M. Weber 2; Vsetecka 1; Mariah Throndson 1; H. Weber 1; Hoffert 1; RBI – Leibold 2; Courtney 1; M. Weber 1; Hoffert 1
TV 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 3
NH 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 5 2
Sierra Morris (LP) – 6IP, 5R, 8H, 2BB, 6K
1B – M. Weber 2; Courtney 1; Kinsey Reicks 1; RBI – Reicks 1
N-P 0 4 0 0 0 x x 4 5 3
TV 4 4 0 3 3 x x 14 10 1
H. Weber (WP) – 3IP, 4R, 7H, 3BB, 2K; Morris (RP) – 2IP, 1H, 1K
2B – M. Weber 1; Brianna Busta 1; Abigail Schmitt 1; 1B – Courtney 2; Hoffert 2; Leibold 1; M. Weber 1; Reicks 1; RBI – M. Weber 3; Courtney 2; Hoffert 2; H. Weber 1; Annika Bodensteiner 1; Reicks 1
Games this week
Monday the Trojans were at West Central and host St. Ansgar Tuesday, June 20, at 7 p.m. The week continues with a varsity twinbill at home against North Fayette Valley Wednesday, June 21, at 5 p.m., then the TV is at Crestwood Thursday, June 22, which starts with a ninth-grade game at 4 p.m. The Trojans will finish the week at the Decorah tournament Saturday, June 24, at 9 a.m.
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