NEILLSVILLE SOFTBALL BLOWS PAST SPENCER IN DOUBLEHEADER SWEEP
Zaleski Sports
SPENCER – The Neillsville softball team needed just seven innings to win two games as it defeated Spencer 17-1 in three innings and 22-0 in four innings to sweep a Cloverbelt Conference East Division doubleheader on Tuesday at ARC Park.
Neillsville had a 10-run second inning in Game 1 and a 10-run fourth in the nightcap to finish off both games via the 15-run rule.
Delaney Rochester picked up the win in both games, striking out five in six innings of work.
Terren Stockheimer and Lizzie Jorgensen each drove in three runs in the opening game for the Warriors (14-3, 9-1 Cloverbelt East). Kylie Boyer had five RBIs, and Emma Moseley and Stockheimer both had three RBIs in the second game.
Spencer falls to 1-13 and 1-8 in conference play.
Neillsville hosts Greenwood/Loyal on Wednesday in a game the Warriors need to stay in the race for the Cloverbelt East title. Greenwood/Loyal is 8-0 in the conference.
Spencer’s next game is Thursday at Marshfield Columbus Catholic.
Game 1
Warriors 17, Rockets 1
Spencer 100 - 1 2 4
Neillsville 1(10)6 - 17 10 1
WP: Delaney Rochester. LP: Samantha Soback.
SO: Soback (1 1/3 inn.) 0, Tamara Blume (0 inn.) 0, Madison Knecht (1 1/3 inn.) 0; Rochester (2 inn.) 1, Bella Opelt (1 inn.) 0. BB: Soback 5, Blume 2, Knecht 2; Rochester 0, B. Opelt 0.
Top hitters: S, Soback 2B, RBI. N, B. Opelt 2x3, 3 runs, RBI; Emma Moseley 2 runs, 3 RBIs; Terren Stockheimer 3 RBIs; Rochester 2x2, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Lizzie Jorgensen 2x3, 2B, 3B, 3 runs, 3 RBIs; Mia Trunkel 2 runs.
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Game 2
Warriors 22, Rockets 0
Neillsville 228 (10) - 22 18 1
Spencer 000 0 - 0 4 7
WP: Rochester. LP: Knecht.
SO: Rochester 3; Knecht (2 1/3 inn.) 0, Zalexis Mannigel (1 2/3 inn.) 0. BB: Rochester 1; Knecht 5, Mannigel 1.
Top hitters: N, B. Opelt 2x3, 5 runs; Kylie Boyer 3x5, 2 runs, 5 RBIs; Moseley 2x5, 2 runs, 4 RBIs; Stockheimer 3x5, 3B, 4 RBIs; Rochester 2x5, 3B, 2 runs, 3 RBIs; Paris Opelt 2x4, 2 runs; Ava Mortenson 2x2, 2B, 2 runs; Jorgrensen 3 runs, 2 RBIs; Trunkel 3 runs. S, Mannigel RBI.
Records: Neillsville 14-3, 9-1 Cloverbelt Conference East Division; Spencer 1-13, 1-8 Cloverbelt East.