Bloodhounds split with Washington

WASHINGTON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds split a doubleheader with Washington Monday night in Washington.
The Hounds experienced an offensive juggernaut in the second game with a 12-1 win to offset an 11-1 loss in the opener.
Fort Madison racked up 15 hits in the nightcap and held the Demons to just four. Washington also committed five errors in the loss.
Owen Huffman went four innings in the win allowing just one hit and no runs while fanning five and walking three. Caden Rehm came on in the fifth inning and surrendered three hits and a run with one strike out.
Karson Dixon had two doubles and an RBI while scoring twice. Stefan Berlett and Owen Weisinger each had three hits and an RBI. Fort Madison put up two runs in the first inning and then added four more in the second when Huffman singled and two runs scored on a throwing error at third all with two outs. Reece Huey followed with a single to drive in Huffman, and Berlett singled to score Huey.
The Hounds added two more runs in each of the third, fifth and six innings to set the 10-run rule in the sixth.
In the opener, Fort Madison scored a run in the top of the first when Huffman scored on a passed pall, but that was all the production they would get. Washington held Fort Madison to just four hits. The Hounds then gave up six runs in the fifth inning for an 11-1 score and a 10-run mercy rule. Huffman, Huey, Berlett, and Nolan Lamb had the hits for the Hounds who move to 4-10 on the season in Southeast Conference play and 9-18 overall. They host Mt. Pleasant in a single game 7 p.m. start on Thursday, July 2 before the holiday weekend.

Lady Hounds drop three
WASHINGTON – The Fort Madison girls dropped a doubleheader at Washington Monday night and then fell 10-1 to Newton Tuesday at the University of Iowa.
On Monday the Lady Hounds dropped the first game 3-1 and then had the bases loaded in the top of the 7th down by a run. Nallie Menke, Signe Nelson, and Jordyn Marshall were all on base after the Bloodhounds had climbed back to within one run at 9-8, a strike out and lineout to third ended the threat.
Menke and Ava Fuget each had two hits. Fuget drove in three runs and scored another in five plate appearances. Emma Snaadt suffered the loss going all seven innings giving up 10 hits and allowing five earned runs.
The opener was more a pitcher’s dual with the Demons winning 3-1. Fort Madison had four hits to Washington’s five as Lucia Darnell kept Washington in check with seven strikeouts and just one walk. Menke had another two hit game. Marshall and Nelson had the other hits in the loss.
In Tuesday’s game, Newton held Fort Madison to just five hits again, but the Hounds suffered through seven errors in the game. Of the Cardinals 10 runs only two were earned as Snaadt allowed just four hits but four runs. Darnell came in allowed just five hits, but six runs came around to score and none of them were earned.
Menke, Fuget, Darnell, Snaadt, and Kenadi Allen each had hits for Fort Madison.
Fort Madison falls to 5-8 in Southeast play and 9-18 overall. They host Mt. Pleasant in a single 7 p.m. game Thursday at Baxter Sports Complex.

Mason Sanders drives in five in Hawks win.
DONNELLSON – Central Lee put up 12 runs in the first inning to take a 12-3 lead and ran away for a 23-3 win in four innings over Danville Tuesday night.
Mason Sanders went 3-for-3 with five RBI including a home run to left on an 0-1 pitch to lead off the bottom of the third inning. Blake Davis also homered in the onslaught. Ward Fraise, Davis, Kellen Weber, Gage Van Ausdall and Wyatt Day all had two-hit nights for the Hawks.
Sanders got the win going 1 1/3 innings giving up a solo hit. Fraise pitched two innings of relief and surrendered three hits, and Carver Hayes pitched a couple outs to start the game giving up the three runs on one hit while fanning one and walking three.
Central Lee has won seven straight and stands at 8-2 in the conference, 1 ½ games out of first in the SEI Super Conference South Division. They are 13-4 overall. The Hawks host Keokuk on Wednesday and then travel to Van Buren on Thursday night.

Lady Hawks rebound with win at VB
KEOSAUQUA – Charli Day hit a two-run homer in the top of the sixth to give Central Lee a 12-5 lead over Van Buren as the Hawks rolled 19-5 Tuesday in Keosauqua.
The Hawks scored a run in the first and second innings, and then allowed two to Van Buren in the bottom half of the second for a 2-2 tie. But the Hawks then rolled off six runs in the top of the third for an 8-2 lead. Van Buren scored three in the bottom of the fourth to make it a 10-5 game, but a nine-run sixth inning set the 10-run rule when the Warriors couldn’t get on the board in the bottom half of the sixth.
Rayleigh Burden got the win going all six innings allowing seven hits and just one earned run while fanning two and walking four.
McKenna Fransk had three hits in the win and a couple RBI. Day, Olivia Day, Kenna Sandoval, Burden and Elaina Barlow all had two-hit nights.  Burden drove in three runs to help her cause in the circle. Day scored four runs for Central Lee who improves to 7-4 in SEI Super Conference South play and 13-16 overall. They host Keokuk on Wednesday and then travel to the Ottumwa Classic on Friday where they will take on No. 3 Albia and Ottumwa.

HTC girls take down WACO
WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls took down WACO 18-3 in just 3.5 innings Tuesday night at South Park.
The win is the seventh straight for the Lady Crusaders who improve to 19-5 overall and stand at 6-4 in the SEI Super Conference. They host Danville Wednesday and West Burlington/Notre Dame on Thursday before the holiday break.
Sydney Jarvis went 3-for-3 with three doubles driving in four runs and scored twice to lead HTC at the plate. Ellie Hellman got the win going three innings and allowing three hits and three runs, just one earned while striking out one and walking one.  Madisyn Griffin pitched an inning of relief and struck out one with allowing a hit.