Noblesville softball splits invite games

The REPORTER

The Noblesville softball team split its two games at the Noblesville Invitational last Saturday.

First, the Millers cruised past Decatur Central 14-4 in six innings. The game was back-and-forth early, but Noblesville took a 5-4 lead after scoring three runs in the third innings. The Millers then added six runs in the fourth and scored three more in the sixth inning to end the game.

Haley Schatko provided the game-finishing hit, blasting a two-run home run with one out in the sixth inning. Izzy Zapp also scored. Schatko also hit a grand slam in the fourth inning. She was 4-for-4 at the plate and drove in eight runs, including an RBI double in the second inning and an RBI single in the third.

Addi Emmerson smacked a two-run homer in the third inning. Brookelyn Grayson blasted two doubles and totaled two RBIs. Delaney Rundle hit 3-for-3, including a double, and scored three runs. Zapp and Roslyn Ervin both hit one double as well, with Zapp totaling two hits. Emmerson, Grayson, Zapp and Schatko all had two runs.

Emme Yee pitched a complete game, tossing three strikeouts.

Noblesville dropped its second game to Plainfield 5-0. The Quakers held the Millers to one hit, a single from Rundle. Addison Retzinger pitched a complete game, striking out six.

Noblesville is 11-5 and plays Monday at Mt. Vernon before hosting Hamilton Southeastern Tuesday in a Hoosier Crossroads Conference game.