The Carmel softball team cruised to a road victory Wednesday at Cathedral, 9-3.
Lily Sullivan batted in Ella Ohrvall in the first inning to get the Greyhounds on the board. Carmel added another run in the second, when Audrey Hussain doubled in Hope McDonald. Sullivan scored in the fourth inning on Hussain’s RBI groundout.
The ‘Hounds picked up the pace in the later innings, beginning with three runs in the fifth. Sophie Esposito tripled in Jessica Remm, then was sent home by Ohrvall’s double. Ohrvall then scored on a passed ball. Carmel put up two more runs in the seventh inning, as Hussain got home on Esposito’s RBI groundout, then Paxton Law scored when Ohrvall reached on error.
The Greyhounds completed their scoring with a run in the ninth inning; Maddie Stacy singled in Law. Stacy also pitched the complete game win.
Carmel is 10-6 and plays at Class 4A No. 3 Mooresville this evening.
CARMEL 9, CATHEDRAL 3
Carmel AB R H RBI
Sophie Esposito 4 1 1 2
Ella Ohrvall 4 2 1 1
Kylie Cunningham 4 0 0 0
Lily Sullivan 3 1 1 1
Elsa Morrison 4 0 0 0
Paxton Law 0 2 0 0
Hope McDonald 3 1 2 0
Audrey Hussain 4 1 2 2
Maddie Stacy 4 0 2 1
Jessica Remm 4 1 0 0
Totals 34 9 9 7
Score by Innings
Carmel 110 132 1 – 9 9 1
Cathedral 001 001 1 – 3 7 4
3B: Esposito. 2B: Hussain, Ohrvall. SB: Ohrvall, Sullivan.
Carmel pitching IP R ER H
Stacy 7 3 3 7
Strikeouts: none. Walks: Stacy 3.
Hamilton Southeastern dropped a tough Hoosier Crossroads Conference game to 4A No. 15 Brownsburg, 6-5 at home on Wednesday.
The Royals scored three runs in the third inning. Lani Wyrick got the first run when Payton Fox drew a bases-loaded walk, then Morgan Hicks smacked a two-run single to send Jenna Chase and Taylor Larson home.
Southeastern added two more runs in the sixth inning. Laila Wanza singled in Fox, then Emma Vance drew another bases-loaded walk to score Madi Yankauskas. That gave the Royals a 5-1 lead, but the Bulldogs scored five runs in the top of the seventh to get the win.
Southeastern is 7-10 and plays Monday at Anderson.
BROWNSBURG 6, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 5
Southeastern AB R H RBI
Lani Wyrick 3 1 0 0
Taylor Larson 2 1 0 0
Jenna Chase 4 1 0 0
Sage Ladig 3 0 0 0
Payton Fox 2 1 0 1
Morgan Hicks 2 0 1 2
Madi Yankauskas 0 1 0 0
Reece Garland 2 0 0 0
Paige Gould 2 0 0 0
Alex Kiemeyer 0 0 0 0
Laila Wanza 1 0 1 1
Emma Vance 1 0 0 1
Totals 22 5 2 5
Score by Innings
Brownsburg 010 000 5 – 6 8 0
Southeastern 003 002 0 – 5 2 0
HBP: Hicks.
HSE pitching IP R ER H
Ladig 7 6 6 8
Strikeouts: Ladig 2. Walks: Ladig 4.
Westfield, which is tied with Brownsburg at No. 15 in 4A, fell to 4A No. 11 Center Grove 11-0 in a Thursday six-inning road game.
Avery Parker had the Shamrocks’ lone hit.
Westfield is 13-5 and plays this evening at 3A No. 2 Tri-West.
CENTER GROVE 11, WESTFIELD 0
(6 innings)
Westfield AB R H RBI
Maggie Roh 3 0 0 0
Cara Snedeker 2 0 0 0
Avery Parker 2 0 1 0
Samantha Breaux 2 0 0 0
Allie Dolenc 2 0 0 0
Natalie Deck 2 0 0 0
Avery Banas 2 0 0 0
Morgan Squires 1 0 0 0
Kenzie Hiatt 1 0 0 0
Mya Hughes 2 0 0 0
Totals 19 0 1 0
Score by Innings
Westfield 000 000 – 0 1 2
Center Grove 140 042 – 11 12 0
SB: Parker.
Westfield pitching IP R ER H
Squires 3.0 5 0 4
Hiatt 2.1 6 6 8
Strikeouts: Hiatt 2. Walks: Squires 3.