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Versailles
wins district
Tigers hammer
Fenwick
Lady V-Tigers bow out
TIPP CITY — It may have been one of the best offensive showings of the
year for the Versailles Tigers.
Versailles broke out the sticks Friday against the Fenwick Falcons,
clipping the wings of the birds, 14-1.
It’s a tradition of winning and in Versailles, losing is never a option.
“There’s a lot of tradition of success at Versailles, and we’re really
happy to try and keep building on that,” Versailles baseball coach
Mitch Hoying said.
The Falcons scored the first run of the game in the second.
After that, The Tigers would not be denied.
Zack Niekamp got things tied in the top of the third with a RBI double.
Versailles broke it open in the fourth with three runs.
Then the roof caved in on the Falcons as the Tigers plated 10 in the
top of the fifth, ending the game after retiring the Falcons in the
bottom of the frame.
Versailles now will play in the regional semifinal at 2 p.m. Thursday
at the Athletes in Action complex in Xenia. The Tigers will hook up
with Hamilton Badin.
V-Lady Tigers bow out at district level
Fenwick too much
TIPP CITY— The Versailles Lady Tigers softball team saw its tournament
run come to an end with an 8-1 loss to Fenwick in the district
championship game Friday.
The Tigers were quickly becoming the upset queen in the tournament, had
aslready popped the number four seeded
The Tigers, seeded 11th, had already tripped up the six seed in
Northeastern 10-0, the third seeded Milton-Union Bulldogs 10-1 and most
recently, the number four seeded, West Liberty-Salem Tiger, 9-1.
The fourth time was not to be a charm as the Femwick Falcons ended that
run.
“I thought tonight we came out flat, but you know I’m pretty proud of
the effort that they gave in this tournament,” Versailles coach
Mechelle Heitkamp said.
Fenwick got on the board in the first with three runs and never looked
back.
TheTigers got one run in the bottom half of the inning as Madison
Monnin drove in Allie Grilliot, never to get any closer.
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