Published: July 04, 2009 12:51 am      

Rebels 3rd, River Queens 5th at Northeast softball tournament

Herald Staff Report

GOOSE LAKE — With the international tiebreaker rule in use, Calamus-Wheatland pushed a run across a run in the bottom of the ninth inning to edge host Northeast and claim a 4-3 victory in the third-place game of the Northeast softball tournament Friday.

Under the tiebreaker rule, each team starts the inning with a runner on second base.

Northeast (14-14) opened with a 14-13 win against East Central, then lost 13-1 to Wilton in the semifinals.

After picking up just one hit in its opener, an 11-0 loss to Calamus-Wheatland, Clinton came back with an 8-0 win against Olin and a 12-9 victory against East Central to claim fifth place.

“After a slow start in the first game, we stepped it up and hit the ball well,” Clinton coach Trina Reed said. “Team chemistry and positive attitudes helped us get it done today. Hats off to our girls for battling back from a five-run deficit (against East Central) to pull off the win.

“Katelyn Ryan was named to the all-tournament team with five hits, five runs and great defensive play.”

FIRST ROUND

Calamus-Wheatland 11, Clinton 0

Clinton 000 00 — 0 1 6

Cal-Wheat 054 2x — 11 9 0

Maddison Daniels and Colleen Ryan; Rock and Johansen. Two or more hits — Cal-Wheat (D. Sawyer 3). 2B — Cal-Wheat (D. Sawyer 2).

Northeast 14, East Central 13

East Central 110 501 5 — 13 10 6

Northeast 035 300 3 — 14 16 4

Northeast: Audrey Moehr, Sammi Farrell and Danika Loots. Two or more hits — Northeast (Moehr 2, Paige Seeser 2, Loots 2, Roberta Swanton 3, Taylor Kaczinski 2, Demi Diedrich 2). 2B — Northeast (Loots, Diedrich, Moehr). RBIs — Northeast (Seeser, Loots 4, Lorenzen 2, Swanton 2, Kaczinski, Diedrich 4).

CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS

Clinton 8, Olin 0

Clinton 010 101 5 — 8 6 0

Olin 000 000 0 — 0 3 0

Colleen Ryan and Brittney Peska; Ginn and Franksen. Two or more hits — Clinton (Katelyn Ryan 2); Olin (LeClere 2). 3B — Clinton (Erica Florence, Amanda Kristensen).

SEMIFINALS

Wilton 13, Northeast 1

Northeast 010 0 — 1 3 1

Wilton 263 2 — 13 8 1

Northeast: Farrell, Moehr and Sarah Schoon. Two or more hits — Northeast (Moehr 2).

FIFTH-PLACE GAME

Clinton 12, East Central 9

East Central 201 303 — 9 9

Clinton 100 074 x — 12 11 2

Aldis and Ruchotzke; Daniels, C. Ryan (5) and C. Ryan, Peska (5). Two or more hits — East Central (B. Gray 2, Ruchotzke 2, Aldis 2); Clinton (Peska 2, Daniels 2, Arti Bhakta 2). 2B — East Central (Rittmer); Clinton (Laece Combs, Bhakta, Mallory Horner, Daniels).

THIRD-PLACE

Calamus-Wheatland 4, Northeast 3

Northeast 001 110 000 — 3 9 1

Cal-Wheat 110 000 101 — 4 8 0

Northeast: Farrell and Loots. Two or more hits — Northeast (Seeser 2, Loots 3). 2B — Northeast (Loots, Lorenzen). RBIs — Northeast (Loots 2, Kaczinski).



East Central upsets Preston

MILES — Bailey Gray, Barb Anderson and Emily Ritmer scored runs as East Central knocked off a ranked Preston team 3-1 on Thursday night.