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Vikings sweep Blackford in doubleheader By Chris Morlan The North Posey baseball team played Blackford last Saturday at home. North Posey played two great games and swept Blackford in the doubleheader 9-5 and 15-5. In the first game, the Vikings were led by Corey Heath’s home run to seal the game nine to five. Senior A.J. Reynolds received the win from the mound. Reynolds pitched five innings, with 72 pitches and 43 were strikes. He also only allowed four hits with three runs, three strikeouts and only one walk. Brandon Hamman pitched one inning with 14 pitches and 12 of those pitches were strikes. Hamman only allowed one hit and one run with three strikeouts and no walks. Westin Voegel pitched one inning with 25 pitches and 13 of those pitches were strikes. Voegel only allowed two hits, one run and one walk. North Posey received some hitting from Camden Bender. Bender went one for two with a double, one run, one walk and one stolen base. Evan Bromm went one for two swinging and received one
North Posey senior Mackenzie Atkins swings hard during a recent softball game. Recent weather wreaked havoc on the team’s schedule but the season should ramp up in the weeks to come. Photo by Dave Pearce
walk. Brandon Hamman batted one for three. Senior Corey Heath was one for two behind the plate with one home run, two runs batted-in, two walks and three runs. Jarrett Motz finished the game one for three with two runs and Westin Voegel batted one for four with three runs batted-in. During the second game of the doubleheader, the bats came alive for the Vikings. There were 17 hits with three home runs. North Posey ended the game with a win 15-5 in six innings. Corey Heath won the game on the mound pitching three innings with 68 pitches. Heath only allowed two hits and three runs. He struck out five batters and allowed three walks. Brandon Hamman pitched two innings. Hamman only allowed two hits, no runs with two strikeouts and two walks. Grant Parker pitched one inning with one strikeout. Senior Brandon Hamman had a grand slam to put this second game away for the victory. This grand slam was Hamman’s only time at bat
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Lady Cats top Loogootee in season opener By Dave Pearce The Mount Vernon Lady Wildcats have proven early on they are not going to have trouble putting runs on the board this season. The Wildcats scored 15 in the season opener against Loogootee. That resulted in a 15-9 win for the Wildcats. Lyndsay Keitel, the Wildcat started, had a rough opening inning that saw the Lady Lions put up six runs on six hits. But the Wildcat offense went to work. They took the lead for good in the second inning, putting seven runs on the board. Megan Ghrist had the first dinger of the season for the Wildcats in the inning and Addie Robinson singled, scoring a run for the Wildcats. Gabi Gilpin then doubles, driving in a run for Coach Dave Bell’s Wildcats. Then Brooklyn Gibbs doubled, scoring two more Wildcat runs before Sadie Hobbs’ sacrifice fly allowed the seventh run of the inning to score. Wildcat junior Brooklyn Gibbs then came in to pitch for the Wildcats and got credit for the win, going the final six innings and surrendering three runs on six hits while striking out seven for the Wildcats. But the day could adequately have been named “Dinger Day” as Jaycie Tucker had a pair of blasts to go with Ghrist’s homer. Tuckers home runs came in both her first and second at-bats dur-
the nod to start the game and was credited with the win. She gave up five hits and three runs over the seven innings. Gibbs moves to 2-0 on the season on the mound for the Wildcats. Gibbs also had three hits, one a home run. Hobbs and Jewell also had multiple hits for the Wildcats. Catherine Battenger had a hit in her only appearance at the plate. Hobbs, Ghrist, Keitel, and
Tucker all had hits. Gilpin drew two walks in two plate appearances. “We were sure-handed in the field today,” Bell said. “We didn’t commit any errors and we are going to have to continue that kind of defense if we are going to be successful this season.” The Wildcats finished with nine hits and Lauren Earhart led with Wildcat defense with eight put-outs.
Mount Vernon senior Sadie Hobbs bunts the ball against the Loogootee Lions during the team’s season opener last week. Photo by Garry Beeson ing the season. “We saw the ball really well today,” Wildcat Coach Bell said after the game. “We had 16 hits.” Ghrist, Gilpin, Robinson, Kriston Jewell. And Tucker all had multiple hits for the Wildcats, Gilpin and Ghrist each had three hits for the
Mount Vernon squad. A fighting Loogootee Lion team did finish with 12 hits on the day but it wasn’t enough. Gibbs was credited with the win. On Saturday, the Wildcats built a big lead and then held on to claim a 10-3 win over a scrappy Forest Park soft-
ball squad. The Wildcats asserted themselves in the fourth inning when the put six runs on the board. Ghrist, Keitel, Tucker, and Gilpin all had RBIs in the inning to put the Wildcats in a comfortable position. This time, Gibbs would get
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