Baxter softball downs rival Royals for first win

MCCALLSBURG — Avery Wonders registered her first career varsity pitching win and had three hits at the plate against Colo-NESCO on Wednesday.

And the Bolts used a five-run sixth to rally past the Royals, 10-7, during a road Iowa Star Conference South Division contest.

It was a back-and-forth contest that saw Baxter score first, trail 2-1 and 7-4. The Bolts tied the game at 2-all with a run in the third and added single runs in the fourth, fifth and seventh. The five-run sixth came with Baxter trailing 7-4.

Wonders headlined the victory with three hits, one triple, one run, one RBI and two steals.

Wonders (1-2) also earned the pitching victory after allowing seven earned runs on 13 hits and two walks in seven innings. She struck out three.

Emileigh Beals finished with three hits, two runs, one RBI and four steals, Lillian Grunstead totaled two doubles, one RBI and one steal and Moffit tallied two hits, one double, three RBIs and one steal.

Sulzle finished with two hits and one steal, Shanks had two hits and one run and Jochems tallied one hit, one walk, two runs and three steals.

Bottorff posted one hit and one run, Elsie Hauser scored one run and the Bolts (1-8, 1-4) stole 12 bases.

Baxter out-hit the Royals 16-13 and Colo-NESCO (2-4, 1-4) committed nine errors.

Jadyn Niemeyer and Haylee Jackson each had three hits to lead the Royals, while Molly Angell finished with two hits, two runs and four steals.

GMG 9, Baxter 0

BAXTER — The Bolts were limited to one hit during a 9-0 loss to GMG on Monday.

The Wolverines broke open a scoreless game with a four-run fourth and a five-run fifth in the Iowa Star Conference South Division game.

Bottorff had the Bolts’ lone hit and Huffaker walked once.

Wonders started in the circle and allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks. She struck out seven in 3 1/3 innings and took the loss.

Jochems surrendered one earned run on one hit and one walk and she struck out one in 2/3 of an inning.

Blaire Jutting tossed one inning and allowed five earned runs on one hit and five walks. She fanned two.

Riah Boege struck out 12 and allowed no runs and just one hit in five innings in the circle. GMG (3-3, 3-2) also got two hits from Taelyn Smith, two walks from Grace Mathern and two runs each from Skyler Murty, Rhianna Murty and Natalie Upah.

Clarksville 23, Baxter 0

BAXTER — The Bolts were no-hit by Class 1A No. 2 Clarksville on Friday, and a pair of crooked numbers led the Indians to a 23-0 road win on Friday.

Clarksville out-hit Baxter 22-0, and the Bolts committed five errors and struck out 10 times at the plate.

Blaire Jutting allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks in two innings in the circle and Wonders surrendered 12 runs — four earned — on seven hits, three walks and one hit batter in 1 2/3 innings.

Jochems also pitched, surrendering eight runs — five earned — on four hits, two walks and one hit batter in 1/3 of an inning.

Kara Bohlen led Clarksville (8-0) with four hits, one home run, three runs and five RBIs.

Brooke Bohlen and Sydney Lovrien both pitched two innings, struck out five and allowed no hits and no runs.

Bolts finish 0-2 at HLV/TC tournament

VICTOR — The Bolts lost twice at the HLV/TC tournament on Saturday. Baxter fell 13-0 in four innings against the host Warriors and Hillcrest Academy downed Baxter 11-1 in five.

Jochems tallied two hits and two steals against HLV/TC and Sulzle had the other hit. Savannah Frasher was hit by a pitch.

Wonders and Jutting split the four innings in the circle. Wonders allowed eight runs — seven earned — on nine hits and one walk and Jutting surrendered five runs — two earned — on one hit, four walks and one hit batter and she struck out one.

Ema Roberts led HLV/TC (7-1) with three hits, three runs and three steals.

The Bolts committed four errors in each game.

Jochems finished with two hits, one run and one steal against Hillcrest. Grunstead had two hits, doubled and tallied one RBI and Frasher had the other hit.

Jochems took the pitching loss after allowing seven runs — six earned — on five hits, two walks and four strikeouts.

Shanks got two outs in the circle but not before allowing four earned runs on three hits, two walks and one hit batter. She struck out one.

Malia Yoder led Hillcrest Academy (3-4) with two hits, three RBIs and two steals and Annika Schrock finished with two hits, two runs and two steals.