Softball Results for Thursday, July 1st, 2021

 

Kuemper at Glenwood (Double Header)

 

Kuemper went the distance against Glenwood as they grabbed two conference wins in their double header Thursday night.

In game one, Kuemper wasn’t shy about running up the score quickly as they got out 5-0 in the top of the first. Kuemper’s big hitters were Brianna Lux and Kaci Peter; both went 2-3 for the Knights, with Peter recording an RBI and a stolen base. Glenwood got on the board in the bottom of the first to dent the Kuemper lead with a solo run and cut it down to 5-1. Kuemper added more runs to their lead with solo runs in the top of the fourth and fifth, taking the 7-1 lead. Jordan Schwabe had a nice offensive game in game one where she grabbed a solo home run in the top of the fourth. 

Glenwood made moves toward tying up the ball game as they brought home two runners in the bottom of the sixth, and one more in the bottom of the seventh, cutting down the Kuemper lead to 7-4. Chloe Venteicher was in the circle for six innings, and including those two earned runs in the sixth, she allowed eight hits, while striking out three batters. Kenzie Schon closed out the game in the circle, allowing one earned run in the bottom of the seventh. Keumper’s defense stayed strong, got good looks, and closed out game one to win 7-4. 

Game two went a bit slower for the Kuemper offense. Glenwood started out the second game with an early 1-0 lead after getting a solo runner home in the bottom of the first. The Knights and Rams got through the second and third innings without adding any runs to the board, but Kuemper in the top of the fourth the Knights returned to form. Three Knights runners scored to give Kuemper their first lead in game two, 3-1. Glenwood responded with a similar inning; three Glenwood runners scored to take back the lead once again at 4-3. After Kuemper’s running game was stopped momentarily in the top of the fifth, Glenwood took the opportunity to score once again with a solo run, leading 5-3. 

Kuemper’s comeback in the top of the sixth was thanks to Jordan Schwabe who saw more success in game two, going 2-4 and tying up the ball game at 5-5 with a two RBI single. After Glenwood was unable to score a run in the bottom of the sixth or seventh, the game went into extra innings. A scoreless eighth inning from both Kuemper and Glenwood brought the game into a ninth inning, where Kuemper was able to wrap the game up. Jordan Schwabe started the top of the ninth with a solo home run to give Kuemper the 6-5 run, then Kenzie Schon in the next at bat also crushed a solo home run, to give Kuemper the 7-5 lead. Closing out the game on the defensive end was Chloe Venteicher, who pitched all nine innings for Kuemper and struck out an impressive 17 batters. Kuemper closed out a longer than expected game two with the 7-5 win over Glenwood. 

Kuemper improves to 21-11 overall on the season and 12-6 in the Hawkeye Ten Conference. The Knights are in action next on Saturday July 3rd as they travel to take part in the Carlisle Tournament with their first opponent being Carlisle at 9 am.

 

Game 1

 

Kuemper    7

Glenwood   4

 

Kuemper Stats

Hailey Ostrander: 1-3, 2 BB, RBI, RS, 2 SB

Jordan Schwabe: 1-4, BB, HR, RBI, RS

Kenzie Schon: BB, RS; Pitching: 1 IP, RA, ER, H, 2 BB

Brianna Lux: 2-3, BB, RS

Kenadee Loew: BB, HBP, RS

Kamryn Venner: 1-3, BB, RBI, RS, SB

Melinda Schaefer: 2-4, RBI, RS

Kaci Peter: 2-3, BB, RBI, SB

Kyndal Hilgenberg: 1-4, RBI

Chloe Venteicher: Pitching: 6 IP, 3 RA, 3 ER, 8 H, BB, 3 K

 

Box Score

Team             1  2  3  4  5  6  7    Final

Kuemper      5  0  0  1  1  0  0  |  7

Glenwood    1  0  0  0  0  2  1  |  4

 

Game 2

 

Kuemper    7

Glenwood   5

 

Kuemper Stats

Hailey Ostrander: 1-5, 2B, 2 RBI

Jordan Schwabe: 2-4, BB, HR, 3 RBI, RS

Kenzie Schon: 1-3, BB, HR, RBI, RS

Brianna Lux: BB, SB

Kenadee Loew: 3-6

Kamryn Venner: 2 BB, RS; Pitching: 9 IP, 5 RA, 5 ER, 7 H, 3 BB, 17K

Melinda Schaefer: BB, SB, RS

Kaci Peter: 1-2, BB, HBP, RBI, 2 RS, SB

Kyndal Hilgenberg: 1-4, RS

 

Box Score

Team            1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9    Final

Kuemper    0  0  0  3  0  2  0  0  2  |  7

Glenwood   1  0  0  3  1  0  0  0  0  |  5

 

Carroll at Ballard

 

(6 Innings)

Ballard    11

Carroll      1

 

Carroll continued their jam-packed week of games with another conference match against Ballard Thursday night. Both teams’ offenses got off to a slow start as they got through the first inning scoreless. Ballard’s offense came alive in the bottom of the second as they got seven runners home to take the 7-0 lead. 

Carroll’s highlight on the night was Gabby Olberding crushing her first home run hit to the right outfield fence to give Carroll it’s lone run of the night, and cut down the Ballard lead to 7-1. Ballard’s offense responded in the bottom of the fifth and sixth with two runners scoring in both innings as Ballard ended the game in six innings 11-1. 

The Tigers wrap up their busy week with the completion of a suspended game against Gilbert from June 16th. The game will resume with the bottom of the fourth inning where Gilbert had the 8-6 lead and Carroll was due up to bat. The completion of that suspended game will be played at the Carroll Softball Complex on Friday, July 2nd.

 

Carroll Stats

Josie Ayala: 1-3

Gabby Olberding: 1-1, HR, RBI, RS

Camryn Schable: Pitching: 6 IP, 11 H, 11 RA, 7 ER, 2 BB, HB, L

 

Box Score

Team        1  2  3  4  5  6    Final

Carroll     0  0  0  0  1  0  |    1

Ballard    0  7  0  0  2  2  |  11

 

Coon Rapids Bayard at Grandview Christian

 

Grandview Christian   4

Coon Rapids Bayard    2

 

Coon Rapids Bayard came within two runs of tying up their game against Grandview Christian Thursday night, but a defensive play by the Thunder ended the late game comeback. 

Grandview Christain got their offense going in the bottom of the first as they got a runner home to take the early 2-0 lead. Coon Rapids Bayard was able to respond in a huge way, taking the lead in the top of the second inning 2-1. Breely Clayburg and Kadey Olson scored the two runs for Coon Rapids Bayard. Emma Hart in the circle for the Crusaders allowed two earned runs off three hits, six walks, and struck out two batters. Grandview Christian wasted no time tying up the ball game at2-2 as they’d bring home a runner in the bottom of the third. 

The Thunder got the lead back in the bottom of the fifth as they added two more runs to their total, leading 4-2. Coon Rapids Bayard had the opportunity to take the lead back once again in the top of the seventh. The Crusaders loaded up the bases in the top of the seventh with one out, but Grandview Christian was able to turn a potential score from the Crusaders into a double play to win the game 4-2.

Coon Rapids Bayard finishes regular season play with their last conference game against Glidden Ralston on Friday, July 2nd at home.

 

Coon Rapids Bayard Stats

Breely Clayburg: 1-3, RS

Alaya Betts: 1-3

Kadey Olson: 2 BB, RS

Shelbi Wiskus: BB

Emma Hart: Pitching: 6 IP, 3 H, 4 RA, 2 ER, 6 BB, 2 K, L

 

Box Score

Team    1  2  3  4  5  6  7    Final

CRB      0  2  0  0  0  0  0  |  2

GVC      1  0  1  0  2  0  0  |  4

Ar-We-Va at West Harrison

West Harrison    8

Ar-We-Va               2

 

Ar-We-Va closed out their final regular season week with a match up against Rolling Valley Conference foe West Harrison Thursday night. Both team offenses started off slowly with a scoreless first inning, but West Harrison grabbed their first score of the game in the bottom of the second. The Hawkeyes got the early 1-0 lead and added three more runs to that total in the bottom of the third to take the 4-0 lead. 

Jadeyn Smith was the starter in the circle for the Rockets, and off nine hits, she only allowed three earned runs while striking out five Hawkeye batters. Ar-We-Va’s offense finally got hits to go their way in the top of the fifth, grabbing a solo run to cut down the Hawkeye lead to 4-1. Maggie Ragaller had the best night offensively for the Rockets, going 2-4 with an RBI and a stolen base. Sara Schurke aided in the RBI department with one of her own while Hannah Kraus and Kora Obrecht scored those runs. West Harrison responded with another four runs added between the fifth and sixth innings, increasing their lead to 8-1. Ar-We-Va pushed for a late game comeback with a runner scored in the top of the seventh, but West Harrison shut down the Rocket offense to take home the 8-2 win. 

Ar-We-Va’s final Rolling Valley Conference record stands at 9-7 with an overall record of 9-10. Ar-We-Va opens up postseason play in Class 1A Region 2 with their first round match on the road against West Bend-Mallard on Tuesday, July 6th. 

 

Ar-We-Va Stats

Hannah Kraus: 1-3, BB, RS

Kora Obrecht: 1-4, 3B, RS

Maggie Ragaller: 2-4, RBI, SB

Jadeyn Smith: 2 BB; Pitching: 6 IP, 9 H, 8 RA, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, L

Sara Schurke: 1-4, RBI

Timberlen Koch: HBP

 

Box Score

Team                      1  2  3  4  5  6  7    Final

Ar-We-Va              0  0  0  0  1  0  1  |  2

West Harrison    0  1  3  0  1  3  0  |  8

 

Audubon at Underwood

 

Underwood   7

Audubon       0

 

Audubon saw difficulties getting their offense going as they fell to conference leader Underwood Thursday night. Underwood got on the board in the bottom of the first with a four run half inning to take the 4-0 lead. Audubon’s offensive pushes included a double from Addie Hocker as she went 1-2 and Mattie Nielsen going 1-2 as well. Underwood continued to run up their score with a run in the bottom of the fifth and two more in the bottom of the sixth, taking the 7-0 lead. Audubon was unable to bring in runners in the top of the seventh, ultimately leading Underwood to take home the win. 

Audubon falls to 14-10 overall on the season and finishes with a record of 9-8 in the Western Iowa Conference. Audubon kicks off postseason action in Class 1A Region 2 with their first round match against Boyer Valley on Tuesday, July 6th at home. 

 

Audubon Stats

Addie Hocker: 1-2, 2B

Mattie Nielsen: 1-2

Alexis Obermeier: Pitching: 4 IP, 8 H, 2 BB, 5 RA, 4 ER, L

Kali Irlmeier: Pitching: 2 IP, 4 H, BB, 2 RA, ER, K

 

Box Score

Team                 1  2  3  4  5  6  7    Final

Audubon         0  0  0  0  0  0  0  |  0

Underwood   4  0  0  0  1  2  X  |  7