Softball Results for Thursday, May 26th
North Polk at Carroll
5 Innings
North Polk 13
Carroll 3
The Carroll Tigers suffered their second loss of the early season as North Polk came to town on Thursday. The Tiger’s defense stayed ahead of the Comets’ offense in the first two innings, only allowing two North Polk runs. Carroll was able to return the favor in the bottom of the third with two runs of their own. Ava Gross got the offense going with a single, Brielle Hinners moved Gross to second off a sacrifice bunt, and Vanessa Ayala brought Gross home off an RBI double. Ayala was later brought home thanks to Camryn Schable reaching first off an error.
Despite the third inning tie, errors caused North Polk to roar back into the game in the top of the fourth. The Comets were able to score eight runs in the top of the fourth alone and ended the game in the fifth inning with three runs to win 13-3. Carroll would grab a run in the bottom of the fourth inning, but the Comets didn’t allow the Tigers to get back into the driver’s seat. The Tigers fall to 0-2 overall in the season. The Tigers will be joined by the Kuemper squad as both area teams will compete at the Ogden Tournament on Saturday, May 28th.
Carroll Tigers Softball Vs North Polk Comets 5-26-22
Carroll Stats
Ava Gross: 1-3, RS
Brielle Hinners: 2-3, 2B
Vanessa Ayala: 1-3, RS, 2B, RBI
Camryn Schable: RBI, ROE; Pitching: 2 IP, 5 H, 7 RA, 4 ER, BB
Averi Burke: 2-2, RS
Makalei Kofron: RBI
Alyssa Brant: Pitching: 3 IP, 8 H, 6 RA, 6 ER, 3 K
Box Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 Final
NP 1 1 0 8 3 | 13
CARR 0 0 2 1 0 | 3
Boyer Valley at IKM-Manning
6 innings
Boyer Valley 16
IKM-Manning 6
After a rain storm canceled their originally scheduled season opener, the IKM-Manning Wolves officially opened up the 2022 season against Boyer Valley at home Thursday night. Boyer Valley got the game started with a run in the top of the first inning to lead it 1-0. The Wolves didn’t find much success in the bottom of the second, but after a solid defensive half inning in the second, they got to work in the bottom half of the inning. Six players were able to find their way home to give IKM-Manning a 6-1 lead after two innings of play. Alexis Gruhn, Carlee Neil, and Brooke Booth were all credited with RBIs. Despite a massive inning for IKM-Manning, the Wolves were halted in the top of the third inning with a big inning from Boyer Valley. The Bulldogs put up eight runs in the top of the third inning alone, and added on to that with three in the top of the fourth, and two more in the top of the fifth and sixth innings. The IKM-Manning defense was unable to stop the Bulldogs from ending the game in six innings with a final score of 16-6.
In the circle for the Wolves were Booth and Ella Richards, where they put up a combined five strikeouts in six innings of work. The Wolves finish out their week of competition with a road game at Tri-Center on Friday, May 27th.
IKM-Manning Stats
Jessica Christensen: 1-2, RS, 2 BB
Taylor Beckendorf: 1-4, RS
Bailee Germer: RS
Alexis Gruhn: 1-2, RS, RBI, BB
Carlee Neil: RBI
Emma Branning: RS, BB
Ella Richards: BB, HBP
Alikxa McGinn: RS
Brooke Booth: 1-4, RBI; Pitching: 2 2/3 IP, 4 H, 9 RA, 9 ER, 7 BB, 2 HB, 3 K, L
Ella Richards: Pitching: 3 1/3 IP, 6 H, 7 RA, 6 ER, BB, HB, 2 K
Box Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
BV 1 0 8 3 2 2 | 16
IKMM 0 6 0 0 0 X | 6
