ROUNDUP: Cornjerkers beat Blue Devils

STAFF REPORT

BISMARCK May 09, 2008 07:54 am

— Amy Austin’s third-inning two-run homer was all the offense that Hoopeston Area pitcher Erin Henk would need on Wednesday.
Henk allowed just one run on four hits as the Cornjerkers defeated the Bismarck-Henning Blue Devils 3-1 in the final Vermilion Valley Conference softball game for both teams.
Bismarck-Henning secured the outright title on Tuesday and the Blue Devils fall to 22-10 overall and 13-3 in the VVC, while Hoopeston Area (18-6) finishes in a tie for second with Salt Fork at 12-4.
The Cornjerkers scored all three of their runs in the third inning. Henk delivered a one-out RBI single to get the scoring started and then she scored on Austin’s two-run homer.
The Blue Devils scored their only run in the sixth off of Henk on a run-scoring double by Britney Ault.
These two teams could see each other again a week from Saturday in the championship game of the Hoopeston Area Regional.
St. Joseph-Ogden 9
Danville 3
ST. JOSEPH — The Spartans scored nine times in the first three innings as Brooke Earl had a pair of solo home runs.
Elisa Ramos and Mackenzie Stevenson each had a pair of hits for Danville in the losing cause.
Ramos had a single and a triple, while Stevenson, who also suffered the loss for the Lady Vikings, had two
doubles.
Winning pitcher Jenna Slifer had two hits and three RBIs for the Spartans.
Danville (12-14) plays at Champaign Central this afternoon.
Armstrong-Potomac 7
Oakwood 3
POTOMAC — Bailey Herron hit two of the Trojans four home runs in a win over the Comets.
Herron started a back-to-back-to-back sequence for Armstrong-Potomac in the fifth inning with her first homer of the game.
Following her were blasts of their own were Jessica Asbury and Kara Carter. The three solo home runs turned a 3-2 deficit in to a 5-3 lead.
Herron hit her second home run of the game an inning later as part of the Trojans two-run sixth.
Winning pitcher April McCall had a single, a double and an RBI, while Liz Todd and Nicki Rosenberger each had a pair of singles for Armstrong-Potomac.
Picking up multiple hits for Oakwood was Sam Baer and Kayla Corzine.
Salt Fork 5
Milford 3
MILFORD — Mallory Weber had a pair of doubles to lead the Storm past the Bearcats.
With the win, Salt Fork (19-9) winds up in a tie for second in the VVC with Hoopeston Area.
Mackenzie Stutsman earned the victory for the Storm.
Jamie Fanning and Marrissa Dombrowski each had a pair of hits, including a double for Milford.
Schlarman 5
Westville 4
DANVILLE — Sara Carnaghi and Casey Cromwell scored on a throwing error in the seventh to allow the Hilltoppers to rally past the Tigers.
Westville had taken a 4-3 lead in the top of the seventh on a solo home run by Brittany Martin, who was 3-for-3 in the contest.
“Brittany Martin had an oustanding game,’’ Schlarman coach Randy Skaggs said.
Carnaghi led off the bottom of the seventh with a single and Cromwell walked. Lynzie Fields reached on an error, while the two baserunners scored the tying and winning runs.
Schlarman had built a 3-0 lead as Randi Cookus hit a two-run homer in the third inning for the Hilltoppers.
Cookus also had a single in the game, while Cromwell and winning pitcher Mariah Skaggs each contributed a pair of hits.
Joining Martin with two RBIs for the Tigers was Candy Lewis.
PREP BASEBALL
Milford 5
Armstrong-Potomac 4
POTOMAC — The Bearcats rallied with two runs in the seventh to beat the Trojans.
Michael Bell’s run-scoring single tied the game at 4-4 and Kohle Anderson delivered the game-winning RBI single for Milford.
Armstrong-Potomac jumped out to a 3-0 lead on Kalob Creighton’s 3-run homer in the first inning.
CORRECTION
Morgan Patton is on the St. Paul seventh-grade girls 400 relay team along with Ella Black, Jordan Marganski, Jordyn Goodman and Leah St. Pierre that qualified for this weekend’s IESA State Meet in East Peoria.