CMB girls win; Colfax-Mingo lose close one

Five in a row for CMB

COLLINS — With the start of the postseason only a few weeks away, Collins-Maxwell/Baxter appears to have found its groove.

The Raiders won their fifth straight game Tuesday night, this time defeating North Polk, 9-5.

CMB broke a 5-all tie in the bottom of the sixth thanks to a series of singles and a North Polk error.

It was the second four-run inning the Raiders had Tuesday. After North Polk took a three-run lead in the top of the second, CMB capitalized on two errors to take a 4-3 lead in the bottom half of the inning.

Abbie Haupert and Megan Ritter both had two hits in the win. Haupert drove in three runs and Ritter two.

Heather Jessen earned the win in the circle by pitching all seven innings. Jessen gave up eight hits, struck out three and walked three.

The Raiders (12-10) put their winning streak on the line tonight at home against Greene County (18-5), which beat CMB, 6-1, on June 4.

Tigerhawks come up

short in rain make-up

NEVADA — Colfax-Mingo’s one run in the top of the seventh wasn’t enough to pull the Tigerhawks even with Nevada Tuesday night in a 4-3 defeat.

After Colfax-Mingo’s Amy Russell doubled with one out in the seventh and scored following a Nevada error, the Tigerhawks stranded pinch-runner Alivia Haley on second base when Erin Earles popped up to third and Brooke Nicholson lined out to the shortstop for the third out.

Eighth-grade pitcher Ries Wilson suffered the loss in the circle. Nevada scored all four of its runs of Wilson with two outs in the fourth inning. The Tigerhawks had an opportunity to end the bottom of the fourth when Earles committed an error at first. The error prolonged the inning as Nevada scored three more runs.

The Tigerhawks outhit Nevada in the loss, 8-6. Wilson and Rylee Thompson both had two hits. Rhiannon Haley added a solo home run.

The game was originally scheduled for June 20 but was postponed due to rain.

Colfax-Mingo plays tonight at 7 at South Hamilton.