SENECA 10, ROGERSVILLE 3
SENECA, Mo. — Seneca won its third-straight game as Callie Rhoades entered rarified air on Thursday after smacking three home runs to fuel the Indians to a win over Rogersville on Thursday.
Kahli Fields singled home a run in the second to give the Indians the lead before Rhoades hit a solo home run in the third inning for a 2-0 margin. Rhoades belted a three-run home run in the fifth inning to give Seneca a 5-0 advantage before she hit her third homer of the game, another three-run shot to center field, an inning later to wrap the scoring for the Indians.
Abigail Jamros earned the complete-game win in the circle after allowing two runs on four hits, two walks and six strikeouts in seven innings.
Sydney Prenger took the loss after allowing five runs on seven hits, four walks and two strikeouts in four innings.
Rhoades homered three times and finished with a team-high seven RBI and three runs scored. Fields had two hits and an RBI, while Jamros had a hit and scored twice.
Seneca (3-8) takes part in the Lady Pirate Invitational softball tournament in Branson over the Weekend.
CARTHAGE 4, WILLARD 1
WILLARD, Mo. — Carthage took the first lead and never gave it up in a Central Ozark Conference win on the road over Willard on Thursday.
The Tigers rode another strong start from hurler Addie Wallace, breaking a scoreless tie with two runs in the third inning coming home on RBI singles from Ashlyn Brust and Lottie Youngblood. Jenna Calhoon doubled home Shelby Hegwer, who doubled to lead off the inning, in the sixth to give the Tigers a 3-1 lead before both teams traded runs in the seventh.
Wallace earned the complete-game win after allowing one run on three hits, a walk and four strikeouts in seven innings.
DeLaney Dixon took the loss after allowing three runs, two earned, on eight hits and two strikeouts in five innings.
Calhoon doubled three times and drove in a run to lead Carthage at the plate. Lexa Youngblood had two hits, including a double, and scored a run, while Brust had two hits and scored a run. Lottie Youngblood doubled, had two hits, drove in one and scored once.
Carthage (11-9, 3-1 COC) is at Cassville on Monday.
WEBB CITY 3, NIXA 1
NIXA, Mo. — Sophomore third baseman Alex Maturino blasted a pair of solo home runs to lead Webb City past Nixa 3-1 in Thursday’s Central Ozark Conference matchup.
Webb City improved to 11-4 overall and 2-2 in the COC.
The Cardinals halted Nixa’s seven-game win streak. The Eagles are now 8-4 overall and 2-2 in the COC.
Mylee Harper’s RBI single gave Nixa a 1-0 lead in the second inning, but Webb City tied it up in the fourth on Maturino’s home run to left field.
The Cardinals took a 2-1 lead in the fifth when Rylynn McFarland charged home from third after a Nixa throwing error.
Maturino homered to left again in the sixth to give the visitors a 3-1 cushion.
The Eagles threatened in the bottom of the seventh, but the Cardinals completed a game-ending double play, as Jensyn Pickett hauled in a fly ball in left and threw to first to double up the runner.
Webb City freshman Addie Burns earned the complete-game victory with a stellar outing in the circle. Burns gave up five hits, walked none and struck out six.
Maturino went 3-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored.
Nixa’s Paige Garetson took the loss. She allowed three runs on eight hits and struck out five.
Webb City will compete at this weekend’s Park Hill Tournament.
REPUBLIC 4, CARL JUNCTION 0
REPUBLIC, Mo. — Republic held Carl Junction off the scoreboard in a Central Ozark Conference win on Thursday.
The Bulldogs (6-10, 0-4 COC) were limited to three hits in the loss, while the Tigers (10-5, 2-2 COC) scored three runs, a single tally in the third inning and two in the fifth, on 10 hits en route to the win.
Kara Goeke earned the win after allowing four hits and two walks over seven shutout innings, striking out five.
Kiley Spencer took the loss after allowing three runs on 10 hits, a walk and a strikeout in six innings.
Paige Elsenraat led Republic with three hits, including a two-run home run in the fifth, two RBI and a run scored. Gracie Woods had two hits and scored twice.
Hannah Cantrell, Ryleigh Palmer, Spencer and Elsa Dogotch all had this for CJ.
Carl Junction is at Monett on Monday.
BRANSON 2, NEOSHO 1
BRANSON, Mo. — Branson and Neosho traded runs in the first three innings, with the Pirates taking the lead last and blanking the Wildcats over the final four innings to earn a COC win on Thursday.
Neosho committed two errors in the first inning that allowed Branson to take the lead with a run scoring. Carleigh Kinnaird led off the second with a double before coming around to score later on an error on a ground ball to tie the game at 1-1. Sadie Lampe gave Branson the lead in the bottom of the third with a two-out RBI single to left.
Kaleah Morrison earned the win after allowing one unearned run on two hits, a walk and five strikeouts in seven innings.
Olivia Emery took the loss after allowing two runs on two hits and eight strikeouts in five innings.
Carleigh Kinnaird doubled and Beclynn Garrett doubled to lead Neosho at the plate.
Neosho (11-5) is back at Branson over the weekend for the Lady Pirate Invitational tournament.
MCDONALD COUNTY 17, CASSVILLE 5 (5 INNINGS)
CASSVILLE, Mo. — McDonald County scored five runs in the first, two in the second, four in the third and six in the fourth to earn a run-rule win.
Dakota O’Brien blasted a pair of home runs, while Carlee Cooper had one homer.
Seven different Mustangs recorded two hits apiece in the game—Katelynn Townsend, Natalie Gillming, Kylie Brooks, Jaylee Brock, Kearston Hopkins, Cooper and O’Brien.
O’Brien and Brooks drove in three runs apiece, while Townsend scored four runs.
O’Brien was the winning pitcher. She allowed five runs on seven hits in five innings.
Cassville’s Aubrey Stoufer took the loss. Taylor Smith drove in two runs and Stoufer had two hits for the Wildcats.
McDonald County (6-9) is at Nixa on Monday.
Cassville (2-7) hosts Carthage on Monday.
