Newman Catholic 11
Clear Lake 3
The Clear Lake Lion junior varsity softball team lost out to a tough Newman Catholic team, 11-3, last week.
Newman Catholic scored four runs in the first inning to kick things off while the Lions scored one run in the first and two in the third.
Megan Fisher hit a double, Ava Kappmeyer hit a single and Paige Geitzenauer hit a double and a single for the Lion bats. Fisher scored two runs, while Aspen Hill scored one.
Bella Kappmeyer pitched four innings for the Lions recording three strikeouts. Ava Kappmeyer pitched two and recorded two strikeouts.
Clear Lake 11
C-G-D 9
The Clarion-Goldfield-Dows struck first against the Lion team with two in the first inning while the Lions scored one but a big five-run second inning pushed the Cowgirls ahead of Clear Lake.
Not to be outdone, the Lions battled back with four runs of their own to make the score 7-6.
Clarion scored two more in the third but the Lions answered with three runs of their own before putting three more on the board in the fourth to leap the Cowgirls and take the win.
Madeline McLaughlin had two singles and scored three runs, Avery Puttmann had a single with one run, Fisher scored one run, Hill scored a run, Ava Kappmeyer had a single while Lily Moran hit two singles and scored a run. Kennedy LeDuc hit a double and two singles and scored two runs, while Sydney Johnstone scored a run and Averie Braget hit a single and scored one.
Ava Kappmeyer pitched the game and recorded two strikeouts.
“Tonight was a fun game offensively,” said Lion coach Christina Gerber. “We put the ball in play consistently all night. It was a back-and-forth game, but because of our ability to continue to hit the ball hard throughout the game, we were able to come out on top. This was another game where everyone contributed to our score in one way or another and that is always fun.”
