Taking home the ‘gold’:Goldtree Landscaping wins tourney title
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Aften Craven produced Goldtree’s first hit of the day with a single to left. Taylor Hennessee drove a single to right to score Craven to give her squad an early 1-0 lead.
McKinley’s tied the game in their half of the first, however, with Cassie Wanamaker starting things off with a single to center. McKinley loaded the bases when Kallie Haley hit a fielder choice to score Michaela Grieves to tie the game at 1-1.
Goldtree scored one run in the second after three walks loaded the bases and Craven hit into a fielder’s choice to give Goldtree the lead 2-1. McKinley’s retook the lead in the their half of the inning, going up 4-2. With one out and one on, Katherine McKinley singled to center for an RBI. Later in the inning, back-to-back hits by Cassie Wanamaker and Grieves scored two more runs.
Goldtree took back the lead in the third, beginning with a bases-loaded hit from Kasie Palombo to make it a 4-3 game. Two walks and a hit batter scored the fifth run for Goldtree to take the 5-4 lead.
Krystle Richmond walked in the fourth, then Taylor Hennessee slapped a single to left to advance her to third. Kayla Rogers hit into a fielder’s choice to give Goldtree its sixth run. Jordan Cleek then hit a RBI single to right field to give Goldtree a 7-4 lead.
For McKinley’s in the bottom of the fourth, Rachel Walker drove an RBI triple to left then scored on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Lauren Grissom. Jennifer Koelbl tied the game with a single, then Lacy Pack grounded to the infield with Mary Kate Fisher crossing the plate to give McKinley’s back the lead 8-7.
In the fifth, a walk and a fielder’s choice tied the game 8-8, then with the bases loaded, Haley Wanamaker slapped a three-run double to give Goldtree all the runs it would need. McKinley’s went quietly in the fifth and sixth to give Goldtree the tournament title — its second in a row.
For Goldtree Taylor Hennessee led the way with two hits, Craven, Haley Wanamaker, Rogers and Cleek had one hit each.
For McKinley’s, Cassie Wanamaker, Grieves and Koelbl collected two hits each. Walker, Kallie Haley, Leah Pack, Sarah Verdal, McKinley and Brittany Martin had one hit each. Walker had five strikeouts to take the loss.
• In earlier action Saturday, McKinley’s reached the title game with a 33-5 blowout win over Morton’s.
Batting around in all three innings of the mercy-rule shortened game, McKinley’s posted eight runs in the first, 10 more in the second and 15 in the third. Morton’s scored one in the first and four more in the second.
• Friday night’s play in the tournament began with Ben Lomand handing Willmore Ford a 10-5 loss, striking four seven runs in the fourth inning to put the game out of reach of Willmore.
McKinley’s moved on later Friday night, holding off a late rally to top Curves for Women 8-7. Curves put up two runs in the fifth, and had a runner on second base when McKinley’s recorded the final out.
McKinley’s moved on with a 14-3 win over Ben Lomand to close out Friday’s action, scoring four runs in the first and six more in the second to grab an early edge. Ben Lomand countered with four runs in the top of the fourth, but McKinley’s answered with four more runs of their own in the bottom of the inning to seal the win.