Redskin softball wins on Senior Night
The Wapakoneta Redskins completed
their perfect season in Western Buckeye League play after
beating Bath in a tight 8-6 match. Bath was able to cling to a lead for the first two innings, but the Redskins took advantage of a big third inning at the plate and never looked back.
The Wildcats were able to score on the Redskins early, taking
a 5-2 lead going into the third inning. Wapakoneta would
hold Bath scoreless in four of the five remaining innings. The
big third inning for the Redskins was
kicked off after senior Addy Allen hit a single and was swiftly
crossing the plate following a two-run
home run in the next at-bat from Carlie
Schroeder. Wapakoneta would score two more runs in the third off of doubles from Emily Vanhorn and Amber Schnippel.
As a team, the Redskins finished the night with 14 hits. Se
nior Aryka Watt led the team with three along with Emily Vanhorn. Addison Fisher and Carlie Schroeder each had two hits, and each also hit a double.
A Schnarre was the fifth Redskin batter to hit a double on the night.
Rylie Jeanneret got the start for the Redskins, she would pitch 5 1/3 innings. Jeanneret would finish the game with the win but allowed three
earned runs and six total runs on eight hits
and two walks. Along with the win, Jeanneret sat down 10 Wildcat batters on strikes.
Addison Fisher would take over in the
sixth for Jeanneret and pick up the save,
she only allowed one walk and struck out
two, while also getting out of a tough jam with the bases loaded
in the sixth and getting much needed out to not allow Bath to score.
Each team finished with one error as both teams were able to get the bat on the ball throughout.
Five seniors took part in the Senior Night festivities, Katie Lisi was one, she may
have not been able to play her senior season after a torn ACL earlier in the school year but she has been at every game supporting the team, before the game she was able to
step up to the plate one final time in a Redskin uniform and get a hit. The four other seniors were Addy Allen, Shaylin Cook, Aryka Watt and Allie
Wilson. Wilson and Allen would each have
a hit along with Watt’s three.
Following the game, Wapakoneta Manager
Bill Sammons spoke about his seniors, “we
have a lot of great leaders with our seniors, every one of of our seniors contributed to our win and to our season. They are the backbone to our team and we follow their lead and they’re leading the right way, I really appreciate them,” said Sammons.
The Redskins finish the regular season 14-4 and 9-0 in WBL games, they now will
start postseason play Wednesday at home as they host Toledo
Start. Sammons spoke about that challenge following the game, “the first two innings
are key, we have to hit, when we’re on defense first sometimes we
struggle, but we need to get out right away
and not the pedal down because this team we’re playing Wednesday scores a
lot of runs. We have to
score runs against this team because they’re going to hit against
our pitchers, we have to find a way to continue to do what we do.”
Score by innings
Wapakoneta 204 200 x - 8 14 1 Bath 320 001 0 - 6 8 1
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Baseball
Wapakoneta 6,
Coldwater 1 Wapakoneta baseball successfully picked up their 12th win of the season after
beating visiting Coldwater 6-1. The Redskins were able to get out and score early, opening the game with a 3-0 lead after two. Wapakoneta’s
Grant Jolly was able to get the no-hitter in the win, pitching all seven innings.
The Redskins were able to muster up five
hits as a team and reach base on four
walks and three Coldwater errors.
Both Braeden Goulet and Grant Jolly finished the game with two hits. One of Jolly’s
hits was a double, Wapakoneta also had a triple from Grant Bauer, Goulet and Bauer would each finish with one RBI.
Grant Jolly’s no-hitter on the mound for the Redskins consisted of one run, no walks and 10 strikeouts. Only three batters would reach base for the Cavaliers one
on an error and two were hit by pitches, one was able to cross
home plate after stealing his way to third and scoring a wild pitch in the fourth.
The Redskins will be back in action today as they are set to
host Delphos.