The Hamilton Southeastern softball team got a nice win to finish the regular season, beating Class 3A No. 2 Yorktown 4-2 in a Saturday morning home game.
Olivia Howard drove in all four of the Royals’ runs. She started with a solo home run in the first inning. In the third inning, Reece Massey and Ava Aguilar both got on base with singles, then Howard smacked a homer into left field, sending everyone home.
Howard also hit a double in the fifth inning, finishing the game 3-for-3. The Tigers threatened in the seventh inning with a two-run homer, but Aguilar caught a center field lineout for the third out.
Isabella Butts pitched three innings for the win, allowing only two hits. Sage Ladig relieved her in the fourth inning and got the save, with only three hits allowed.
Southeastern finished the regular season 11-13 and plays Noblesville Monday in the first round of the Carmel sectional.
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 4, YORKTOWN 2
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Reece Massey 4 1 1 0
Ava Aguilar 3 1 1 0
Olivia Howard 3 2 3 4
Jenna Chase 3 0 0 0
Alli Boyle 3 0 1 0
Jolie Johnson 3 0 0 0
Ella Lewis 3 0 0 0
Daphne Bush 2 0 0 0
Mia Reinhard 1 0 0 0
Taylor Larson 2 0 0 0
Maddie Bucher 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 6 4
Score by Innings
Yorktown 000 000 2 – 2 5 4
Southeastern 103 000 x – 4 6 1
HR: Howard 2. 2B: Howard. SB: Larson.
HSE pitching IP R ER H
Isabella Butts (W) 3 0 0 2
Sage Ladig (S) 4 2 2 3
Strikeouts: Butts 2. Walks: Butts 1, Ladig 1.
Guerin Catholic dropped its regular-season finale to 4A No. 2 Roncalli Saturday 9-0 in the Circle City Conference championship game, which was played at Bishop Chatard.
The 3A No. 1 Golden Eagles were held to just two hits, one each from Victoria Flores and Sarah Dilley. Izzy Kemp threw six strikeouts in relief.
Guerin Catholic finished the regular season 20-2 and plays New Castle Thursday in the semi-finals of the Hamilton Heights sectional.
RONCALLI 9, GUERIN CATHOLIC 0
Guerin Catholic AB R H RBI
Ana Macha 3 0 0 0
Aliyah Dorsey 3 0 0 0
Victoria Flores 3 0 1 0
Izzy Kemp 3 0 0 0
Alicia Flores 3 0 0 0
Lucy Schenk 2 0 0 0
Kirsten Mascari 2 0 0 0
Sarah Dilley 2 0 1 0
Julia Hartley 2 0 0 0
Olivia Labus 0 0 0 0
Totals 23 0 2 0
Score by Innings
Guerin Catholic 000 000 0 – 0 2 1
Roncalli 036 000 0 – 9 11 0
GC pitching IP R ER H
A. Flores 2 5 5 5
Kemp 4 4 4 6
Strikeouts: Kemp 6, A. Flores 1. Walks: A. Flores 1, Kemp 1.