The Fastpitch Chronicle

Parkview recap from Monroe Tourney
Monroe Tournament Game 1 
..............1 2 3 4 5 6 7.... R H E 
Parkview .1 0 0 0 2 0 0 ....3 4 1 
Monroe ...0 0 0 4 4 2 x ..10 10 1 
WP Solberg SO 5 BB 2 
LP Heffel SO 4 BB 2 
Leading Hitters Monroe Grossen 3x4, 2B Updike 3x4 2B 
Leading Hitters PV Melms 2x3 Beighley 2B 

Game 2 
..................1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .................R H E 
Parkview .....0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .................3 10 0 
Tremper ......2 0 1 0 0 1 x .................4 7 0 
WP Nelson SO 7 BB 2 
LP Grenawalt SO 6 BB 1 
LeadingHitters KT Steinmetz 3x3, HR; Dammer 2B 
Leading Hitters PV Harnack 2x4 Koch 2x4 Warden 2B 

Parkview freshman pitcher Kortni Grenawalt kept Kenosha Tremper hitters off balance most of the day. Hard hitting ss Marisa Steinmetz parked a HR over the centerfield fence in the bottom of the 6th to secure a win for Kenosha.

Kenosha Tremper drops Monroe 6-0
Monroe beat Freeport 3-1

SPASH beat Chippewa Falls 7-4 in Portage
SPASH also beat Kenosha Bradford in Portage

Poynette sweeps twinbill at Luther Prep, 8-6 and 10-6
The Poynette Pumas' fastpitch team swept Watertown Luther Prep in a Capitol North Doubleheader today by scores of 8-6 and 10-6 and held on to a one-game lead (in the loss column over Columbus) while inproving their record to 6-0.

It wasn't really pretty but it wasn't all that ugly either. In game one the Phoenix jumped out to an early 2-0 lead as Jenna Hering singled off Poynette starter Alexa Peters. Shortstop Anna Kuske followed with a shot to the base of the fence in left center sending Hering home from first base. A slow roller to short that retired Lianna Schroeder for the second out allowed Kuske to scoot home with the second run. In the second inning the Phoenix were on fire again as they reached Peters for three more runs. After Peters fanned Brittany Wendt, Abbie Brown singled and stole second base. Peters walked Rachel Beaver to put runners on one and two. Leadoff batter Morgan Shevey then had an infield single to load the bricks. Jordan Blochwitz, a sophomore righthander was called upon to relieve Peters at that point. Hering touched her for two-run single making it 4-0. Kuske into a fielder's choice before Schroeder helped her own cause with an rbi single to make it 5-0.

The Pumas went down in order the first time through the lineup as Schroeder struck out for in those three innings. In the top of the fourth Poynette got leadoff batter Jordyn Mackey aboard when she drew a base on balls off Schroeder. After a 5-3 ground out Schroeder issued a free pass to Brittany Falk and Kelsey Saager reached and advanced the other two runners. Samantha Lenius then took an 0-2 offering to right center for a three-run double to get Poynette to within two runs at 5-3. Schroeder worked out of that inning but in the fourth the Pumas touched her for three more markers. Sophomore centerfielder Jenna Sandstrom drew a base on balls to lead off the inning. Catcher Emily Cibulka singled sending Sandstrom to third. Courtesy runner Amber Peck stole second and after Schroeder fanned Mackey for the first out Shelby Wheeler bunted and when the throw was errant at first both runners scored to knot the game. Wheeler went later scored on a ball that got through the second sacker and deep into the outfield. That made it 6-5. Poynette got another run in the sixth when Lenius laced a Schroeder offering to the fence in right center. Just as she was about to touch third the relay throw to the bag from Kuske, playing shortstop went out of play allowing Lenius to score.

The Phoenix made a run at the Pumas by scoring on erun in the sixth on a single by Shevey, a walk to Hering and infield single by Kuske. Schroeder then hit a sacrifice fly to left to score Shevey. The score was then 7-6. The Pumas saw Wheeler double to lead off the seventh and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Falk. An infield roller to short allowed Wheeler to plate an insurance run. Blochwitz then shut the door on the Phoenix in the seventh with a one-two-three inning.

Poynette .......... 000 331 1 ...... 8 5 1
Luther Prep ....... 230 001 0 ...... 6 10 1
WP: Jordan Blochwitz; allowed no runs on six hits, walked one and fanned five - Alexa Peters 1 1/3 IP - five runs on five hits, walked one and fanned three
LP - Lianna Schroeder; allowed 8 runs on 5 hits, walked 4 and fanned five
Leading Hitters: Lenius (P) 2x3 with a double; Luther Prep-Hering 2x3, Kuske 2x4 with a triple, Madson 2x4,

Game Two
In the second game it was Poynette who jumped out to a 6-0 lead only to see Luther Prep battle back and knot the game with two in the second and four in the third. Alexa Peters again started in the circle for Poynette while Schroeder went back there for the Phoenix. Blochwitz came on again in the third for Poynette with two outs and a runner at second. She got out of the inning by getting a ground out to Peters at third. That would be it for the Phoenix as Blochwitz did not allow a base runner the rest of the way.

With the game tied at six the Pumas erupted in the fifth with three runs. They added another in the bottom of the sixth when Falk doubled to the fence in leftcenter and scored on an rbi single by Kelsey Saager. 
Luther Prep ...... 024 000 0 ....... 6 .6. 4
Poynette ......... 330 003 1 .......10 12 2
WP: Blockwitz
LP: Schroeder
Leading Hitters: Jenna Hering (LP) 2x4 with a double; Rachel Beaver 2x3; Jordyn Mackey (P) 2x3, Samantha Lenius (P) 3x4 and triple, Emily Cibulka 2x3
Strikeouts: Peters (P)4; Blochwitz (P) 4, Schroeder (LP) 2
Walks: Peters (P) 2 intentional, Blochwitz (P) 0, Schroeder (LP) 2

Tournament at Beloit Turner today

Beloit Turner hosted a tournament that was intended to be held at Kenosha Indian Trai High School. While there was snow on the infield at 6:30AM, with a little patience and sun, by 10:00 AM the games began.

Game #1 Turner Field
Beloit Turner 13 Milwaukee Pius 0 (5 Innings)
MP 000 00X X 0 1 4 BT 1003 0XX X 13 15 1
BT - WP - Packard 5-1-0-3-12 MP LP - Dooley, J. 4-15-12-2-0
Leading Hitters
BT 3x4 Washburn 2x3 Mikkelson, Casey, Davies
HR-0
3B-1 Packard
2B-3 Mikkelson, Davies, Casey

Game #2 McKearn Park
Kenosha Indian Trail 16 Cudahy 7 (5 Innings - Time Limit)
KIT 022 83X X 16 13 0
Cudahy 520 00X 7 5 0KIT WP- Lange 5-6-6-3-8 Cudahy - LP- Hall 5-13-13-4-0
Leading Hitters
KIT Jazdzewski, Schaeve, 3x4 Eckerdt 2x4 Cudahy Maccudden 2x2
HR - KIT- Sandbusch Cudahy - McCudden, Grams
3B -0
2B-0

Game #3 Turner Field
Beloit Turner 6 Cudahy 5 (7 Innings)
Cudahy 310 000 1 5 3 2 BT 002 200 2 6 7 3
BT - Mikkelson 4-2-3-1-4 Cudahy LP - Olson 7-7-7-4-4
WP- Packard 3-1-0-2-8
Leading Hitters
Cudahy - None BT -
Packard 2x3, Mikkelson 2x4,
HR - Grams
None
3B None None
2B McCudden None

Game #4 McKearn Park
Milwaukee Pius 11 Kenosha Indian Trail 4
Sorry--do not have stats on this game

Game #5 Turner Field
Beloit Turner 7 Kenosha Indian Trail 0 (5 Innings Time Limit)
KIT 000 00X X 0 3 1 BT 100 06X X 7 7 0
LP - Lange 4.2-4-54-5 WP - Packard 5-3-0-3-11
Leading Hitters Packard, Bordner, T. 2x3
NoneHR - None None
3B - None Packard
2B = None None

Beloit Turner's record: Conference 4-0 Non conference 6-0 Overall 10-0

Game #6 - McKearn Park
Milwaukee Pius 7 Cudahy 0

Columbus 7, Lakeside Lutheran 3 (From Thursday's action)
LAKE MILLS – Kaila Witthun notched a pair of hits, including a two-run homer, for Columbus in the Cardinals’ 7-3 Northern Capitol softball victory at Lakeside 
Lutheran on Thursday afternoon. Taylor Witthun was also 2-for-3 while Crystal Sweda, Lydia Brockel and Jesslyn Baker each notched doubles in the victory. Megan Wiersma struck out four and allowed a pair of earned runs to earn the win for Columbus (2-2, 1-1 North), which heads to Cambridge on Monday.
Columbus .............303 000 1 – 7 9 2
Lakeside Lutheran 010 200 0 – 3 6 3
COLUMBUS (ab-r-h-rbi) – Taylor Witthun 3-0-2-0, Kaila Witthun 3-0-2-0.
LAKESIDE LUTHERAN – Megan Rowoldt 3-0-2-0.
HR – Columbus, Kaila Witthun. 2B – Columbus, Crystal Sweda, Lydia Brockel, Jesslynn Baker. Lakeside Lutheran, Winter Petry, Jan Schubkegel.
Columbus .................IP H ER BB SO
Megan Wiersma (W) 7 .6 ..2 ...3 ...4
Lakeside Lutheran IP H ER BB SO
Elise Matthies (L) ..7 .9 ..7 ...3 ...2

Madison area scores from the Wisconsin State Journal Sunday edition 
Madison East 8, Beloit Memorial 5; Madison East 2, Beloit Memorial 1
Madison LaFollette 11, Janesville Craig 4; Janesville Craig 4, LaFollette 0
Janesville Parker 9, Madison West 4; Janesville Parker 3, Madison West 1
Sun Prairie 3, Madison Memorial 1; Sun Prairie 11, Madison Memorial 2
DeForest 19, Oregon 3; DeForest 13, Oregon 6
Lakeside Lutheran 6, Lodi 4; Lakeside Lutheran 18, Lodi 8
Marshall 20, Belleville 1; Marshall 11, Belleville 0
Brodhead 19, Jefferson 8

Note: A game between Cambridge and Waterloo appears on wissports.net and in the State Journal as a 10-0, five inning win for Cambridge. However it's hard to figure out how a team can get shutout (Waterloo) and have only three hits in the line score and then have one of the three Dorn girls go 2x3, Brennan Kurkowski go 2x4 and Alli Renforth go 2x3. According to the summary at the bottom of that score report, one of the Dorn girls had a double and Renforth had two of them. I'm thinking something happened in the reporting of this game and that Waterloo actually won the game 10-0 in five innings with eight hits.

Green Bay Press Gazette Coverage Area Scores from Saturday
Green Bay Preble 5, De Pere 0; Green Bay Preble 4, De Pere 0
G.B. East 10-11, Sheb. South 3-7
Pulaski 11-20, G.B. West 1-0
G.B. Southwest 12, Two Rivers 0
Wausaukee 18, Crandon 8 (Wausaukee Coach Sue Stoltenberg's 200th Career victory)

Here is a short bit about each of the above games as published in the Press Gazette

Here are short bits about games played in the Stevens Point area as reported by the Stevens Point Journal today.

Iola-Scandinavia 15, West Salem 3; Iola Scandinavia 7, West Salem 2
Brianne Huettner had a day to remember in Iola-Scandinavia‘s softball teams doubleheader sweep of West Salem on Saturday. Huettner smacked a grandslam in both games and had a combined 11 RBIs as the Thunderbirds rolled to 15-3 and 7-2 victories, respectively. I have forwarded a Fastpitch Chronicle Grand Slam certificate to her coach at I-S.