Hartville knocks off rival Norwood in softball

The Hartville Lady Eagles’ softball team has won three of their last four games, which included an 8-5 road victory over rival Norwood.
In that match-up, Jamison Williams hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the fourth to go up 5-2 before the Lady Eagles rallied by scoring six unanswered runs.
Both Maddie Brown and Danica Flachsmann had two RBIs and one run scored while McKenzi Stigall had one RBI and scored three times.
Saige Petty tossed seven innings and gave up three earned runs on five hits with four strikeouts and one walk.
Williams led Norwood with the three RBIs and one run scored.
Megann Bradshaw tossed seven innings for the Lady Pirates and gave up five earned runs on 10 hits with three strikeouts and three walks.
The Lady Eagles finished their week by taking second place honors in a hot Vienna Tournament.
After dropping a tough 6-1 game to Osage, Hartville’s Brown was hit-by-pitch in the bottom of the fifth to score Haddie Ward for the winning run in an 8-7 win.
Gensen Culver led the offense with two RBIs while Brown had one RBI and scored twice.
Petty tossed five innings and gave up five earned runs on nine hits with three strikeouts and two walks.
Hartville also scored three runs in their final at-bat to seal an 8-5 win over Waynesville.
Stigall had two RBIs and one run scored while Petty added two RBIs. Addison Dudley had one RBI and scored twice.
Petty tossed five innings and gave up no earned runs on six hits from the mound.
Earlier in the week, Wheatland walked off a win on Hartville with three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to win, 10-9.
Sarah Palmer had four RBIs; Brown had two RBIs; and Stigall had one RBI and scored twice.
Petty tossed six and third innings and allowed two earned runs on 10 hits with five strikeouts and one walk.