Boyd cruises to league win-Wanamaker fans 15 in one-hitter
The Lady Bronco high school softball team’s season is winding down, but the Lady Broncos are still heating up the diamond.
Boyd added another victory to the win column Thursday afternoon by downing Van Buren County 4-0 in District 9-A action at home. With the win the Lady Broncos improved to 6-1 in district play and 12-2 on the season.
Lady Bronco pitcher Cassie Wanamaker fanned 15 Lady Eagles on the day, while giving up just one hit and two walks. Kassie Mason took the loss for Van Buren, giving up eight hits and three walks with two strikeouts.
In the bottom of the first inning the Lady Broncos pushed two runs across the plate. Wanamaker drew a leadoff walk, and back-to-back bunts by Kelcy Tate and Megan Boren loaded the bases for Leah Walker. But Walker went down swinging and Boren was caught off base for a double play. Danna Wells came through for the Lady Broncos with a single, which scored two runs before Van Buren got out of the inning.
Wanamaker struck out the side in the top of the second. Boyd put one runner on base, when Becca Reynolds drew a walk, but the runner was left stranded.
In the bottom of the third Tate singled to start off the inning, but Boren hit into a double play. Walker doubled with two outs and Wells came up with another big RBI hit before the inning enBoyd added one run to its lead in the bottom of the fourth. Kelsey Jones started things with a triple. A sac-bunt by Reynolds scored Jones. Wanamaker singled and moved to third on a throwing error with two outs, but she was left on base, but not before the Lady Broncos took a 4-0 lead.
Two walks in the top of the fifth gave Van Buren its first base runners. But Wanamaker came up with three strikeouts to end the inning.
In the top of the seventh with two outs, an error on the Lady Bronco second baseman gave the Lady Eagles some hope. After fouling off several pitches, Pack came up with Van Buren only hit of the day to put runners on fist and second. But Wanamaker fanned the next batter to preserve the district win for Boyd.
Tate and Wells had two hits apiece for the Lady Broncos. Boren, Walker, Jones and Wanamaker added one hit each.
On Monday the Lady Broncos traveled to Eagleville, where Boyd picked up a 14-6 district win. Wanamaker fanned 10 batters on the day. Boren and Lauren Wilcher had two hits. Wanamaker, Wells, Sara Buckner, Jones and Becca Reynolds had one hit each.