Urbana 12, Covington 3
The Urbana Lady Hillclimbers stayed red-hot Saturday, rolling past Covington 12-3 for their ninth straight win behind another explosive offensive showing.
Urbana wasted no time jumping ahead, scoring three times in the first inning. Addie Fox singled to spark the rally before Bailee Packer launched a two-run homer to left for her 11th of the season. Just moments later, Maley Pine followed with a solo blast of her own to make it 3-0.
The Lady Climbers kept adding on throughout the game, getting an RBI triple from Chloe Easterday in the second, a solo homer from Morgan Boyd in the third, and another run in the fourth before Packer crushed her second homer of the day in the fifth.
Urbana broke it open with a five-run sixth inning, all coming with two outs. Fox delivered an RBI single, Packer added an RBI double, Boyd ripped a two-run double, and Pine capped the inning with an RBI single to stretch the lead to 12-0.
Covington avoided the run rule with three runs in the sixth, but Urbana closed it out comfortably.
Packer continued her torrid stretch, going 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs, bringing her season total to 12 homers. Pine added three hits and two RBIs, while Boyd drove in three.
Urbana improves to 18-6 and will close the regular season Tuesday against Miami East.
Indian Lake 12, Tecumseh 3
The Indian Lake Lady Lakers celebrated Senior Day with a 12-3 win over Tecumseh, using steady offense early before erupting for six runs in the fifth inning.
Bre Wisener got things started in the first with a triple and later scored on a sacrifice fly from Annie Rapp to put the Lakers ahead 1-0.
After Tecumseh tied the game in the second, Indian Lake answered immediately with a two-run single from MacKenzie Miller to retake the lead. The Lakers added three more in the third, highlighted by a two-run sacrifice fly from Makalye Clary, to build a 6-1 advantage.
Tecumseh chipped away to make it 6-3, but Indian Lake blew the game open in the fifth. Clary delivered a two-run single, Miller helped plate another, and Wisener put the game out of reach with a three-run homer to left.
Clary pitched six innings with six strikeouts to earn the win, while Wisener tossed a scoreless seventh.
Clary led the offense with four RBIs, while Miller and Wisener each drove in three. Mackenzie “Kit” Miller and Izzi Mackesy also added multi-hit games.
Indian Lake improves to 7-15 and will close the regular season Monday at Bellefontaine.
London 11, Graham 4
The Graham Lady Falcons couldn’t hold an early lead Saturday, falling 11-4 to London after a big fourth inning from the Lady Red Raiders.
Graham struck first with two runs in the opening inning after RBI doubles from Malynn Bacher and Sophia Fraley gave the Falcons a 2-0 lead.
London tied things in the second, but Graham answered again in the third. Bacher and Fraley both singled before Charli Werner came through with a two-run double to center, pushing Graham back in front 4-2.
That lead disappeared quickly in the fourth as London erupted for six runs, highlighted by a solo homer and a three-run blast to take control at 8-4.
London added three more late runs, including two additional home runs, while Graham was held scoreless the rest of the way.
Bacher, Fraley, and Abby Chamberlain each recorded three hits, while Werner drove in two runs.
Graham finishes the regular season 5-17 and will open tournament play Tuesday against Oakwood.
North Union 10, Bellefontaine 0 (5 innings)
The Bellefontaine Lady Chieftains were limited offensively on Saturday, falling to North Union 10-0 in five innings.
North Union scored at least two runs in every inning, steadily building separation while Bellefontaine struggled to generate offense.
The Chiefs managed just two hits in the contest, singles from Addison Wical and Joy Fogan. Bellefontaine did put runners on in both the second and fourth innings, but baserunning miscues and strikeouts prevented any scoring chances from developing.
Bellefontaine struck out nine times in the loss and was unable to slow down the Wildcats’ consistent attack.
The Lady Chiefs fall to 4-18 and will wrap up the regular season Monday at home against Indian Lake.
