County play began in softball Monday night, and it wasn’t pretty for three teams, the closest margin being 11 runs.
Highlighting the night’s action was longtime Houston coach Brent New getting his 300th career victory.
Houston 15, JC 4
HOUSTON — Houston wasted no time in taking control Monday, and went on to beat Jackson Center 15-4 in County girls softball play.
The victory gave New the 300th victory of his coaching career, all at Houston. He is in his 19th season as head coach.
“No one else has done more for the game of high school fast-pitch softball in Shelby County than Brent,” said Fort Loramie softball coach Brad Turner Monday night.
The Lady Wildcats scored four times in the first inning on their way to a rout of the Lady Tigers. They added two in the second and six more in the third, leading to the game ending after five on the 10-run rule.
Houston had 12 hits in the game, with Macey Stang getting three of them, one being a double.
Sarah Monnier had two doubles and drove in three, Micalah Hensley had two doubles, Jenna Jarrett belted a home run and Brittney Timmerman had a single, a double and three RBIs.
Abby Meyer singled and homered for Jackson Center, which is 0-2.
The linescore:
Jackson`001 12—4`6`2
Houston`426 0x—15`12`5
WP: New; LP: Rogers
Records: Houston 1-1, JC 0-2.
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Loramie 20, Botkins 0
FORT LORAMIE — Kristin Ratermann faced 15 hitters and retired all 15 for a perfect game in a five-inning 20-0 rout of Botkins Monday.
It was Loramie’s season opener, so the Lady Redskins are 1-0. Botkins, which lost 31-1 Saturday at Mississinawa, drops to 0-2.
Jessica Boerger had two singles for the Lady Redskins. Loramie had just five hits, but didn’t need any more thanks to 20 walks by the Lady Trojans. Boerger also drove in three runs.
Ratermann had eight strikeouts.
The linescore:
Botkins`000 00—0`0`4
Loramie`929 0x`20`5`0
WP: Ratermann; LP: Will
Records: Loramie 1-0, Botkins 0-2.
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Anna 19, Fairlawn 0
ANNA — Anna plated 11 runs in the bottom of the first and coasted to a 19-0 victory over Fairlawn in the third County game of the night Monday.
It was the season opener for both teams.
Anna outhit the Lady Jets 14-2. Paige Richard led the way with two triples and a single in four trips. Macey Richard, Alexis Phillips and Riley Osborn all had two hits apiece. One of M. Richard’s hits was a two-run homer, and one of Osborn’s was a double.
The first inning outburst was way more runs than pitcher Olivia Place needed. She allowed just two hits and struck out 12.
The linescore:
`R`H
Fairlawn`000 00—0`2
Anna`(11)10 43—19`14
WP: Place
Records: Anna 1-0, Fairlawn 0-1.
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COUNTY STANDINGS
(Through Monday’s games)
Anna`1-0`1-0
Fort Loramie`1-0`1-0
Houston`1-0`1-1
Russia`0-0`1-0
Fairlawn`0-1`0-1
Botkins`0-1`0-2
Jackson Center`0-1`0-2
