Prep Softball: Fisher hits 3 homers in Litchfield's first win
Tribune Staff Reports
ROCKFORD -- Junior Kelsey Fisher slugged three home runs and worked all 10 innings in the pitcher's circle to propel Litchfield to its first win of the season as the Dragons edged Rockford 5-4 Friday in a non-conference game.
The Dragons (1-8) got off to a fast start when their first three hitters scored. Britny Christensen drew a walk to lead off the game and stole second before scoring on Natasha Stubeda's single. Fisher then followed with a two-run homer that sailed over the fence in right-center.
Fisher later led off the sixth and 10th innings with solo home runs to right-center.
Rockford plated three runs in the bottom half of the seventh to tie the game at 4-4. The Rockets had runners on first and second when Fisher notched a strikeout to end the inning and extend the game.
Fisher didn't give up an earned run and finished with four strikeouts while scattering eight hits and two walks. Rockford didn't produce a threat over the final three innings.
Christensen added two singles and Ali Schafer also singled for the Dragons.
Litchfield 5, Rockford 4
Litchfield 300 001 000 1 -- 5 7 5
Rockford 000 100 300 0 -- 4 8 1
HITTING - Litchfield: Kelsey Fisher 3-for-5, 2 solo HR's, 2-run HR, 3 runs, 4 rbi; Natasha Stubeda 1-for-4, rbi; Britny Christensen 2-for-4; Ali Schafer 1-for-2 ... Rockford: S. Ritten 3-for-5
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Litchfield: Kelsey Fisher (W) 10-8-4-0-2-4 ... Rockford: B. Majeski 5-4-4-4-3-9, L. Majeski (L) 5-3-1-1-3-3
West Cent. South
YME 12, LQPV 2
Nena McCalla, Angie Scheffler and Kendra Sonder all had two hits to lead Yellow Medicine East to a conference win in five innings on Friday in Madison.
Allie Trudel worked all five innings for the win. She allowed two hits, one earned run and struck out five.
Mackenzie Clark doubled and scored a run for the Eagles.
LQPV is 0-6 in the conference and 1-8 overall, and the Eagles play host to Benson/Hancock, at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
YME.............................450 04 -- 12 8 2
LQPV............................200 00 -- 2 2 2
HITTING - YME: Nena McCalla 2-for-4 r-2, Jennessa Hoffman 1-for-3 rbi r-2, Courtney Heinz 0-for-1 r-3 bb-2, Allie Trudel 1-for-3 rbi r-2, Angie Scheffler 2-for-3 r-2, Kendra Sonder 2-for-4 r ... Lac qui Parle Valley: Mackenzie Clark 1-for-3 2b r, Mckenzie Long 0-for-1 r, Tara Laechelt 1-for-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- YME: Trudel (W) 5-2-2-1-2-5 ... Lac qui Parle Valley: Alyssa Harms (W) 1.2-5-9-2-6-2, Mikaela DuFrane 3.1-4-4-1-2-0
Central Minn.
BBE 4, Browerville 3
The Jaguars Michelle Sanders spun a six-hitter with 10 strikeouts; none of the Browerville runs were earned.
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's Becca Gruber drove in two runs in the fourth to tie the game 3-3.
Browerville................101 100 0 -- 3 6 1
BBE...........................010 210 x -- 4 4 5
HITTING - Browerville: Piotrowski 3-for-4, 2 rbi ... BBE: Michelle Sanders 2-for-3, rbi; Amy Bast 1-for-3, Becca Gruber 1-for-2, 2 rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Browerville: Aksamit (L) 6-4-4-3-4-4 ... BBE: Sanders (W) 7-6-3-0-1-10
Late Thursday
West Cent. South
Game One
BOLD 22, LQPV 18
BOLD....................312 191 5 -- 22 16 3
LQPV.....................211 510 8 -- 18 14 8
HITTING - BOLD: Taylor Ebnet 1-for-3 rbi r-3, Rachel Amberg 2-for-4 r-3, Bailey Elbert 1-for-4 r, Paige Larson 3-for-4 2b r-5 bb-2, Laura Jungers 3-for-3 2b rbi-5 r-2, Rae Larson 2-for-5 rbi r-2, Carly Sigurdson 1-for-4 rbi r-2, Andrea Maher 2-for-5 rbi r-2, Breanna Grund 1-for-4 r-2 ... LQPV: Mackenzie Clark 2-for-3 3b rbi r-3, Mckenzie Long 3-for-4 3b-2 rbi r-3, Tara Laechelt 3-for-3 2b rbi r, Megan Wildung 4-for-4 2b rbi-2 r-2, Questa Stensrud 0-for-2 bb-3 r-3, Alyssa Harms 1-for-2 r, Sarah Halldorson 1-for-1 r, Tianna Tosel 1-for-3 rbi-2 r-2 bb-2, Kaylee Holtz 2-for-2 rbi r, Morgan Thole 1-for-2 2b rbi-3 r
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- BOLD: Amberg (W) 7-14-18-16-11-2 ... LQPV: Harms (L) 4-5-6-3-1-1, Mikaela DuFrane 1-6-10-7-6-0, Halldorson 2-5-6-1-1-0
Game Two
BOLD 8, LQPV 7
LQPV......................201 130 0 -- 7 6 0
BOLD.....................311 030 x -- 8 11 1
HITTING - LQPV: Mackenzie Clark 1-for-3 2b r-2 bb-2, Mckenzie Long 0-for-4 r, Mikaela DuFrane 0-for-2 bb-2 r, Questa Stensrud 1-for-2 rbi r bb-2, Sarah Halldorson 0-for-2 rbi r bb, Tianna Tosel 2-for-4 r, Kaylee Holtz 1-for-4 rbi, Morgan Thole 1-for-3 rbi-2 ... BOLD: Taylor Ebnet 2-for-4 2b r, Rachel Amberg 0-for-4 rbi r, Bailey Elbert 1-for-3 r, Paige Larson 1-for-5 hr rbi-3, Laura Jungers 2-for-3 r-2, Rae Larson 3-for-3 r, Carly Sigurdson 1-for-2 r, Andrea Maher 1-for-2 rbi r, Emily Wallert 0-for-2 rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- LQPV: Halldorson (L) 7-11-8-8-5-0 ... BOLD: Robyn Lubitz (W) 7-6-7-6-10-4
Central Minnesota
Game One
Kimball 7, BBE 3
BBE 000 012 0 -- 3 8 6
Kimball 000 142 x -- 7 11 1
HITTING - BBE: Kendra Braegelman 1-for-4, rbi; Michelle Sanders 1-for-3, Amy Bast 2-for-3, Tia Halvorson 1-for-1, Becca Gruber 2-for-3, 2 rbi; Sadie Tollefson 1-for-3 ...Kimball: Libbesmeier 3-for-4, 2 runs, 4 rbi; Hurrle 2-for-3, Lichte 2-for-3, 2 rbi; Callander 2-for-4, 2 runs
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- BBE: Sanders (L) 6-11-7-*-2-8 ... Kimball: Libbesmeier (W) 7-8-3-3-2-6
Game Two
Kimball 7, BBE 6
Kimball......................120 000 3 -- 7 7 1
BBE...........................501 000 0 -- 6 3 0
HITTING - Kimball: Lichte 2-for-4, 2 rbi; Libbesmeier 2-for-4, 2 rbi; Meierhofer 2-for-3, rbi ... BBE: Braegelman 1-for-4, Bast 1-for-3, rbi; Halvorson 1-for-2, rbi; Brooke Edwardson 0-for-3, 2 rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Kimball: Rose 7-5-6-5-7-6 ... BBE: Amy Bast 1-1-4-4-5-0, Amy Evenson (L) 6-6-3-3-6-3
