HOISINGTON — Hoisington's girls routed Smoky Valley 8-1 and 17-1 in Thursday's Central Kansas League softball doubleheader.
CARDINALS 8, VIKINGS 1 (G1) — Hoisington's Claire Crutcher delivered a 2-run double and drove in three runs with three hits. The Cardinals had 16 hits, but hit into two double plays and had runners thrown out at home.
Ellie Crawford, Kylie Kempke and Carly Delzeit hit RBI singles in a crazy 3-run first inning. The Cardinals started with seven consecutive hits, but Mollie Steiner and Tricia Schremmer were thrown out at home to prevent a huge scoring inning.
Crutcher's first RBI scored Delzeit. Crutcher's 2-run double scored Marly Brewer and Delzeit. Crawford stole home and Brewer scored on an error.
CARDINALS 17, VIKINGS 1 (G2) —Reserve Gabby Reif enjoyed a career highlight with three hits, three runs and three RBIs. Reserve M Foulger nearly matched Reif with two hits, three runs and two RBIs.
Kempke and Paige Lamatsch also drove in two runs.
Crawford (8-2) yielded one run with four strikeouts.
Smoky Valley 000 001 0 — 1 5 2
Hoisington 000 000 x — 8 16 3
Hipp and Norberg. Boxberger and Crutcher. W—Boxberger. 2B—H—Crawford, Steiner, Crutcher.
Smoky Valley 000 1 — 1 3 3
Hoisington 940 4 — 17 15 2
Broxterman, Hipp (2) and Norberg. Crawford and Tarlton. W—Crawford, 8-2. L—Broxterman. 2B—H—Kempke, Steiner. 3B—H— Reif. HR—H—Boxberger.
Haven 15-1 19-1
Halstead 13-3 17-3
Pratt 13-3 16-6
Hoisington 11-5 16-6
Hesston 10-6 12-6
Smoky Valley 6-10 6-12
Larned 8-8 12-8
Nickerson 3-13 3-15
Hillsboro 1-15 1-17
Lyons 0-16 0-20
TUESDAY—Haven at Pratt; Larned at Hoisington; Hesston at Smoky Valley; Halstead at Nickerson; Hillsboro at Lyons
3A HOISINGTON—SE Saline 17-3, Hoisington/Central Plains 16-6, Minneapolis 14-8, Beloit 12-7, Ellsworth 9-7, Plainville/Stockton 6-10, Smoky Valley 6-12, Russell/Victoria 1-21
