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Greenville
senior pitcher Ashley Hanes delivers a pitch for the Lady
Wave. Greenville split
a double-header Saturday. The Lady Wave won the
opener 7-2 over Celina but dropped
a 7-4 decision to West Liberty-Salem
in the second game of the day for
Greenville. CNO Photo by Steve Birt
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Lady Wave split
a pair
By George Starks
cnosports@countynewsonline.org
GREENVILLE- The Greenville Lady Wave went to 6-2 on the season Saturday
after splitting two games at Stebbins Field.
In the opening game of the day, Greenville scored runs in the first,
second, fourth and the fifth to post a 7-2 victory over Celina.
In the win, Haley Luce had three runs batted in for the Wave while
senior Ashley Hanes picked up the victory to go 4-1 on the year.
In the second game for Greenville, it was West Liberty-Salem breaking a
4-4 score with three runs in the seventh to gain the victory and remain
undefeated on the year.
In the loss, Paige Wolter had three hits in four trips to the plate,
includung two triples while Kate McDermitt had a two run double.
Sophomore Karlee Lennon took the loss in the second game..
“They (WLS) have been to the final four five straight years,” said Wave
coach Jerrod Newland in a phone interview. “We played well enough but
we gave up three runs in the last inning and couldn’t recover. We made
some mistakes and they took advantage of them and that’s what good
teams will do.”
Tonight, the Wave will host Vandalia-Butler in the GWOC opener. A year
ago, the Lady Aviators were second in the North Division behind
Greenville. If Greenville wants to repeat as North champions, it all
starts tonight against Vandalia-Butler.
“We are coming back as the top two teams in the division,” said
Newland. “We just have to show up tonight and bring our ‘A’ game. We
play them tonight and then go to their place tomorrow night. If we play
well, we should be alright but if we drop two straight, we can kiss the
conference good-bye. The worse we can do is a two game loss to them and
a split is ok but we want to take two because that puts the division
out of reach pretty much. These next two games could mean the
conference. Lose two and you’re pretty much out of comission. Anything
worse than a split and you’re done.”
Both games are 5 p.m. starts, beginning tonight at Stebbins Field.
In other action from Saturday, the Versailles Lady Tigers picked up a
victory over Newton, 15-10.
In Saturday baseball action, Arcanum swept a pair from Ansonia 28-0 and
12-0, while Bradford dropped a pair to Marion Local 14-5 and 22-5.
Versailles took two from Graham 8-0 and 9-2. The Tigers opened the
third with seven runs in the opener while gettin four runs in the
fourth in the second game.
Lee Ruhenkamp got the opening game win, going the distance, allowing
three hits and striking out four and allowing two walks.
In the second game, Kyle Niekamp went 4.2 innings, scattering two hits
with three walks and four strikeouts.
Greenville split a pair with Celina, taking the opener 7-6 and dropping
the nightcap, 6-3.
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