Staff report
ANNA — Fort Loramie scored in every inning but one in downing the Anna Lady Rockets in County softball play Monday night, 11-1.
The game was originally scheduled to be played at Fort Loramie, but was switched to Anna because of field conditions following the rain.
Loramie led 6-0 after four innings, then plated five in the sixth, and when Anna could answer with just one, the game ended on the 10-run rule.
Megan Koppin pitched the distance for Loramie and struck out seven.
She got plenty of offensive support, the Lady Redskins finishing with 11 hits. Megan Imwalle and Abby Holthaus both had three hits for Loramie. One of Imwalle’s was a home run, and she drove in two. Holthaus had two doubles and drove in three. Koppin also had a double, and Morgan Holscher drove in two runs.
For Anna, Tiffany Ferguson was 2-for-3.
“We were able to take advantage of some free bases in the first inning and then kept some momentum going,” said Loramie coach Brad Turner. “Megan pitched very well and was able to work out of a couple of jams. Twice Anna had runners on second and third with only one out, but we were able to get some big outs when we needed them. Abby Holthaus had a good day with a couple of doubles and Macy Imwalle squirted one past a hard-charging right fielder to give her an inside the park home run. We got contributions from a lot of kids tonight and that was great to see.”
The linescore:
`R`H`E
FL`311 105—11`13`0
Anna`000 001—1`6`1
WP: Koppin; LP: Ontrop.
Records: Loramie 1-0, Anna 0-1.
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Russia 8, Houston 1
HOUSTON — Russia broke open a tight game with five in the top of the seventh and went on to beat Hosuton 8-1 in County softball Monday at Houston.
The win evened Russia’s record on the yeaer at 1-1 and dropped Houston to 0-2 so far.
“It was still 3-1 with two outs in the top of the seventh,” said Houston coach Brent New. “But they had four hits in the seventh.”
Kylee Sherman had a single and a double for Russia, Lexi Monnin and Katie Swartz both had two singles, and Claudia Counts had a run-scoring double.
Sarah Monnier had an RBI double for Houston’s only run in the bottom of the first.
Russia pitcher Maddie Borchers limited the Lady Wildcats to just four hits, whike striking out six and walking none.
The Lady Raiders lost 19-8 on Saturday to Minster in their season opener.
The linescore:
`R`H`E
Russia`010 020 5—8`10`3
Houston`100 000 0—1`4`2
WP: Borchers; LP: Foster.
Records: Russia 1-1, Houston 0-2.
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Jackson Center 7, MV 1
UNION CITY — Jackson Center made the long trip to Mississinawa worthwhile with a 7-1 victory in non-league action Monday.
The win evened Jackson’s record on the year at 1-1.
The Lady Tigers led 3-1 after five innings, then plated four insurance runs in the sixth to nail down their first win.
Bryana Davis had a big day at the plate for Jackson, going 3-for-5 with a double and three runs batted in. Cierra Jones was 2-for-3 and drove in two, and Camryn Hoehne singled and tripled.
The linescore:
`R`H`E
JC`002 104 0—7`8`1
MV`000 100 0—1`3`4
WP: Rogers; LP: Scholl.
Records: Jackson Center 1-1.
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TUESDAY
Coldwater 6, FL 1
COLDWATER — Fort Loramie saw its record evened at 1-1 after a 6-1 non-league loss at Coldwater Tuesday.
The Lady Redskins managed just a single run in the top of the sixth.
Cassidy Albers had two hits for Loramie.
The linescore:
`R`H`E
Loramie`000 001 0—1`6`1
Coldwater`101 220`x—6`7`0
WP: Steinke; LP: May.
Records: Loramie 1-1, Coldwater 2-1.
