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Westosha Central Beats Horlick

05/22/2024, 8:15am CDT
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Westosha Central used a 9 run 3rd inning and the solid pitching of Samantha Erber to defeat Racine Horlick/Park 12-2 in 5 innings to open the WIAA tournament. 

Erber went the distance allowing 2 runs on 3 hits while striking out 6.  "Sam did a great job of getting ahead of their hitters and missing their barrels."  (co-head coach Tom Lampe). The Falcons started off slowing, being blanked in their first two at-bats.  But in the 3rd, Mykenna Sturino singled with one out, stole second and scored on a double by Lila McNeill.  With two out, Maya Gagliardi and Meghan Lampos singled.  Both scored on a single by Erber.  Megan Conners, running for Erber, and Alex McKinney scored on an error and a single by Allie Loucas.  Maya Swanson plated Loucas and herself on an error.  Then Emma Smith tripled and scored on a wild pitch.  Sturino singled again and McNeill singled to score Sturino.   The Falcons increased their lead in the 4th.  Gagliardi walked and scored on a Lampos double.  Lampos scored on a McKinney double and Addie Feekes scored on a fielder's choice by Cadence Castillo.  Racine responded with two in the 5th.  Nevaeh Folk led off with a single and Kaitlyn Winkler followed with a two-run home run.  But Erber stopped the rally right there to finish the game.  "We had a slow start but once we started hitting, it kept going the  rest of the game.  Overall we did a good job at the plate.  We will need to keep this going if we want to keep advancing," said co-head coach Tom Lampe.

With the win, the Falcons improve to 18-2 overall.  They return to action on Thursday when they host the regional final against either Oak Creek or Racine Case.

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