Staff report

BOTKINS — Houston rolled to its sixth straight County win against no losses in girls softball action Monday night, routing Botkins 31-4 in a game that saw five Lady Wildcats get inside-the-park home runs.

Houston is now 10-4 overall and 6-0 in the conference.

In addition to the inside-the-park home runs, which was no doubt a school record, two girls also hit for the cycle, and longtime head coach Brent New thinks it’s the first time in program history that anyone has done that.

Both Brittney Timmerman and Jessica Monnier singled, doubled, tripled and homered, with neither homer leaving the park.

Jenna Jarrett, Abby White and Grace Riffell had the other three homers.

In addition, senior Macey Stang scored two runs to give her 124 runs for her career, a new school record.

Jarrett also had a triple to go with her home run, Emily Foster singled twice and doubled, Rebekah New singled and doubled, and winning pitcher Judith Felver tripled.

Botkins actually led 4-3 after the first inning, but Houston came up in the top of the second and scored 11 runs. The Lady Wildcats had 23 hits in the game.

The linescore:

Hou.`3(11)7 46`31`23`0

Bot.`400`00`4`7`5

WP: Felver; LP: Esser

Records: Houston 10-4, Botkins not available

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Russia 8, Anna 7

ANNA — Russia plated four in the top of the first, and then hung on in the seventh for a County softball win over Anna in action Monday night at Anna, 8-7.

The win kept Russia just one game behind league-leading Houston at 5-1. The Lady Raiders are now 8-5 overall.

Anna is 3-2 in the league and 6-6 overall.

For Russia, Lexi Monnin and Lauren Monnin were both 2 for 4, Maria Herron singled and tripled and Claudia Counts singled and doubled.

For Anna, Paige Richard was a tough out, going 4 for 4 with a double. Macey Richard singled and doubled and Riley Osborn had two singles.

The linescore:

Rus.`410 210 0`8

Anna`011 011 3`7

WP: Borchers; LP: Place

Records: Anna 6-6, Russia 8-5.

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Troy 10, Sidney 0

SIDNEY — Sidney’s 10-0 loss to visiting Troy left head coach Wade New scratching his head when it was over.

Troy pitcher Henson threw a no-hitter against the Lady Jackets, although she struck out only two. Sidney’s Grace Shell, by contrast, struck out 10, but gave up 12 hits, including four home runs.

“We hit the ball hard but right at somebody all night,” said New. “Grace pitched well, but gave up too many home runs. And when they hit the ball, it always found a hole.”

The loss dropped Sidney to 3-4 in the Greater Western Ohio Conference North and put them 8-7 overall heading into a Tuesday rematch.

The linescore:

Troy`101 107`10`12`1

Sid.`000 000`0`0`1

WP: Henson; LP: Shell

Records: Sidney 8-7, Troy 11-7.

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Loramie 23, Fairlawn 3

FORT LORAMIE — Fort Loramie scored at least four times in every at-bat in routing Fairlawn 23-3 in County action Monday.

The Lady Redskins go to 4-2 in the league and 7-7 overall.

Julie May got it going for Loramie in the first with a two-run homer. She wound up just a triple shy of the cycle, adding a single and a double as the game went on.

Grace Ruhenkamp had two hits, one being a three-run double. Heather Eilerman had two hits and scored twice, Jess Boerger had a hit, scored three times and drove in two, May finished with four RBIs and three runs scored, and Renee Seger, Grace Ruhenkamp and Holly Frey all had two hits. Ruhenkamp and Frey drove in three runs each and Seger two. Kierstin Benanzer also had two RBIs.

One of Seger’s hits was a triple. Morgan Hoelscher, Ruhenkamp and Frey all added doubles.

The linescore:

Fair.`003 00`3`6`7

FL`754 7x`23`19`1

WP: Koppin; LP: Long

Records: FL 7-7, Fairlawn not available

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Riverside 4, NB 3

DEGRAFF — Riverside scored twice in both the fourth and fifth and made it stand up for a 4-3 win over New Bremen in non-league softball action Monday night.

The win put the Lady Pirates at 14-1 on the season heading into a Tuesday game with Lehman.

Pitchers Shelby Giles and Lauryn Davis combined on a two hitter, with 10 strikeouts. Giles went 51/3 and Davis came on to earn a save.

Helena Faulder had two hits to lead the Lady Pirates, and Marissa Davis had a home run and drove in two runs.

The linescore:

NB`100 002 0`3`2`1

Riv.`000`220`0`4`5`1

WP: Giles

Records: Riverside 14-1, NB 7-4.