Carmel won its Senior Night game on Friday, beating Terre Haute North 4-1 at the Cherry Tree Softball Complex.
The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fifth inning, when the Greyhounds brought in three runs. Ella Ohrvall hit a double to score Ariana Zdobylak, then Sarah Goddard smacked a home run over the left field fence, also sending Ohrvall home.
The Patriots got a run back in the top of the sixth, but Carmel answered, with Sommer Edwards hitting a right field single to score Caroline Roop.
“I thought it took us a while to make some adjustments, and she had a change-up that was throwing us off-balance a little bit,” said Greyhounds coach Ginger Britton, referring to the Terre Haute North pitche. “I thought the girls did a good job later in the game, getting aggressive a little earlier in the count, hitting their pitches.”
Kaitlyn Grimes got the win, pitching six innings with five strikeouts against three hits. Zdobylak and Grimes are the seniors on this year’s Carmel team.
“It’s been amazing,” said Zdobylak, who has been with the team all four years. “Every year has been something that I’ve learned something new moving up. I’ve just learned from other players how to be a leader and it showed this year.”
Meanwhile, this was Grimes’ first year with the Greyhounds, but she had a good experience as well.
“The girls are great,” said Grimes. “They were very welcoming and it was just nice to be able to be myself so fast.”
Carmel is 11-6 and will play games at Crown Point and Kankakee Valley today.
Carmel 4, Terre Haute North 1
Carmel AB R H RBI
Sarah Goddard 3 1 1 2
Megan Nichols 2 0 0 0
Stormy Kotzelnick 3 0 0 0
Caroline Roop 2 1 1 0
Halle Robinson 3 0 0 0
Kaitlyn Grimes 1 0 0 0
Jessica Remm 1 0 0 0
Sommer Edwards 1 0 1 1
Ariana Zdobylak 3 1 0 0
Audrey Hussain 2 0 0 0
Ella Ohrvall 2 1 1 1
Totals 23 4 4 4
Score by innings
Terre Haute North 000 001 0 – 1 4 1
Carmel 000 031 x – 4 4 0
HR: Goddard. 2B: Ohrvall. SB: Nichols.
Carmel pitching IP R ER H
Grimes (W) 6 1 1 3
Edwards 1 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Grimes 5, Edwards 1. Walks: Grimes 1, Edwards 1.
Carmel’s Sommer Edwards batted in a sixth-inning run during the Greyhounds’ Friday win over Terre Haute North. (Richie Hall)
Huskies win big-hitting game over Renssleaer
Hamilton Heights won a big-hitting, back-and-forth Hoosier Conference placement game with Rensselaer Central Friday, by the score of 9-8 at the Huskies’ field.
Heights scored the first run of the game in the second inning, when Faith Hittle singled in Sydney Massicotte. The Bombers took the lead in the top of the fourth with two runs.
The Huskies jumped back ahead in the fourth inning. It was Hittle again, as she her center field hit scored Adyson Baber. Meredith Diller then hit a sacrifice fly that ultimately scored two runs, with Massicotte and Hittle both getting home. Heights now led 4-2.
The Bombers got a run back in the top of the fifth, but Hayley Greene took care of that with a solo home run in the bottom of the inning. But Rensselaer came back, scoring five runs in the top of the sixth to lead 8-5.
In the bottom of the sixth, Diller drilled a two-run homer into left field, also scoring Massicotte and cutting the Bombers’ lead to 8-7. Greene quickly tied the game in the bottom of the seventh, hitting her second home run of the game into center field. Baber then got on base with a double, and Belle Neiling singled her home for the winning run.
Greene, Baber and Hittle all finished the game with two hits, while Diller totaled four RBI. Baber also pitched a complete game, tossing seven strikeouts.
Heights is 5-13 and plays two games at Elwood today, taking on Scecina at 12:30 p.m. and Elwood at 2 p.m.
Hamilton Heights 9, Rensselaer Central 8
Heights AB R H RBI
Bayleigh Runner 4 0 1 0
Alayna Baber 4 0 1 0
Hailey Montgomery 0 0 0 0
Hayley Greene 4 2 2 2
Adyson Baber 4 2 2 0
Belle Neiling 4 0 1 1
Sydney Massicotte 1 3 1 0
Faith Hittle 3 1 2 2
Meredith Diller 2 1 1 4
Kat Cox 1 0 0 0
Kelsie Albright 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 9 11 9
Score by innings
Rensselaer 000 215 0 – 8 11 1
Heights 010 312 2 – 9 11 2
HR: Greene 2, Diller. 2B: Ad. Baber, Al. Baber. SAC: Diller. HBP: Cox.
Heights pitching IP R ER H
Ad. Baber 7 8 5 11
Strikeouts: Ad. Baber 7. Walks: Ad. Baber 1.
‘Hawks fall to North Miami
Sheridan dropped a 6-3 game Friday at North Miami.
The Blackhawks scored all three of their runs in the sixth inning. Caitlin Neese batted in Taylor Bates with a left field hit, then Allie Delph scored when Riley Reed reached on error. Breanna Bouse singled in Reed.
Neese had two hits. Bouse pitched a complete game, striking out five.
Sheridan is 9-6 and plays Monday at Hamilton Heights.
North Miami 6, Sheridan 3
Sheridan AB R H RBI
Katy Crail 3 0 1 0
Jayden Warren 4 0 0 0
Addyson Ream 4 0 0 0
Taylor Bates 2 1 1 0
Allie Delph 4 1 0 0
Caitlin Neese 3 1 2 1
Riley Reed 3 0 0 1
Breanna Bouse 3 0 1 1
Emma Went 2 0 0 0
Mia Brooks 0 0 0 0
Kayla Beahrs 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 5 3
Score by innings
North Miami 013 010 1 – 6 7 4
Sheridan 000 003 0 – 3 5 3
2B: Crail. SB: Crail 2.
Sheridan pitching IP R ER H
Bouse 7 6 5 7
Strikeouts: Bouse 5. Walks: Bouse 4.