I was a bit worried about my relationship with Matt and Ken, the head coaches at Lakeside Lutheran and West Bend West because I had not heard from them about their games at all on my faspich1@gmail.com email address. See, for years I had an AOL email address but switched to gmail about five years ago due to a hacking issue I had. I am a bit lame on checking that old address and sure enough that's where their reports were ending up. So here are their reports thus far this year. I also have the same issue with Co-Head Coach Tom Lampe's reports from Westosha Central so his reports are all in one news item today as well.
Here is the Lakeside Lutheran stuff from Matt
Lakeside Lutheran, ranked 15th in the first Fastpitch Chronicle rankings for 2021 is off to a good start at 4-1. The lone loss was to Poynette where a first inning error led to six unearned runs they could not recover from. They proved their mettle on Tuesday of this week though with a come-from=behind 8=7 win over a really good Columbus outfit. Here are some comments from Head Coach Matt Doering about those first five games.
Game 1 vs Watertown Luther Prep Lakeside Lutheran 20, Prep 3
“We hit the ball hard and ran the bases aggressively. Kieghtan Rank threw a nice game in her first varsity start.”
Game 2
Vs Poynette
Poynette 10, Lakeside Lutheran 0
Game 3
Lakeside Lutheran 8, Kettle Moraine Luthean 3
Vs Columbus and 8-7 win
“This was a great come from behind win. Any extra inning win is always a big boost for a team. The girls did a great job of staying focused and battling to the end. We had a rough inning in the middle of the game, but Kieghtan Rank kept battling and threw well. Our defense really came up big in the last half of the game. Offensively we got going late. In the eighth we really worked the count and Greta Pingel's 2 out double kept us alive. Kylee Gnabasik, Olyvia Uecker and Jenna Shadoski (RBI walk to end the game) all had great at bats to work out the win.
West Bend West Update
West Bend West 6, Homestead 5
The West Bend West High School softball team scored two runs in the fifth inning and three in the sixth to erase a 5-1 deficit and rally for a 6-5 victory over visiting Homestead in the season opener for both team on Tuesday, April 27.
Lindsay Sandleback's RBI double in the first inning tied the score at 1-1. Homestead plated one run in the second, two in the third and four in the fourth for its 5-1 advantage.
Jessie Reich doubled to lead off the Spartan half of the fifth inning and scored a Ave Thelen's two-out double. Sandleback's double plated Thelen to make it 5-3.
Maddie Koenings led off the bottom of the sixth with a single and Kelsey Corbett reached on an error. Koenings scored on Mia Buske's fielder's choice. Makenna Gish drew an eight-pitch walk to load the bases with two out. Thelen drove in Reich and Buske with a rocket to left center.
Homestead stranded a runner at third in the top of the seventh.
Thelen was 2-for-3 with two doubles and three runs batted in. Koenings went 2-for-3 and Sandleback helped her own cause with two RBI. The freshman hurler allowed seven hits, giving up four earned runs. She fanned five and walked three.
West Bend West 17, @Oconomowoc 10
Mia Buske's big night at the plate fueled a 20-hit attack for the West Bend West High School softball team in a 17-10 victory at Oconomowoc on Friday, April 30.
Buske went 4-for-4 with two walks. She rapped two doubles, scored four times and drove in three runs.
Makenna Gish, Ava Thelen and Maddie Koenings had three hits each and Lindsay Sandleback, Kailey Kurtz and Jessie Reich had two apiece. Thelen rapped a two-run homer and had three RBI. Gish drove in four runs and Koenings had three RBI.Sandleback pitched 5-2/3 innings in relief for the win, allowing two earned runs. She fanned four.
Beaver Dam 11, @ West Bend West 5
Missed plays and missed opportunities haunted the West Bend West High School softball team in 1n 11-5 non-conference loss to visiting Beaver Dam on Saturday, May 1.
A four-run second inning helped the Golden Beavers to a 6-0 lead.
The Spartans rallied after two were out in the bottom of the fourth. Kelsey Corbett's triple plated Maddie Koenings. Lexi Buske followed with an RBI single and Jessie Reich drove in two runs with a triple, scoring when the relay throw was bobbled.
The Golden Beavers capitalized on some Spartan miscues to score two runs in the fifth and three in the sixth.
Corbett and Koenings each had two hits for the Spartans.
Missed plays and missed opportunities haunted the West Bend West High School softball team in 1n 11-5 non-conference loss to visiting Beaver Dam on Saturday, May 1.
A four-run second inning helped the Golden Beavers to a 6-0 lead.
The Spartans rallied after two were out in the bottom of the fourth. Kelsey Corbett's triple plated Maddie Koenings. Lexi Buske followed with an RBI single and Jessie Reich drove in two runs with a triple, scoring when the relay throw was bobbled.
The Golden Beavers capitalized on some Spartan miscues to score two runs in the fifth and three in the sixth.
Corbett and Koenings each had two hits for the Spartans.
@ Port Washington 11, West Bend West 3 (game played in Grafton)
The West Bend West Spartans dug a 10-0 hole through three innings.
The Spartans fanned 14 times and managed just four hits -- two each by Maddie Koenings and Lexi Buske. Both had doubles. Koening drove in one run and Buske had two RBI.
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