The Sheridan softball team dropped an 8-5 Hoosier Heartland Conference game to Taylor Thursday at Biddle Park.
The Titans led 5-0 through the middle of the fifth inning. The Blackhawks got on the board in the bottom of the fifth. Claudia Headlee led off with a triple and eventually scored, with Emma Settles and Maelei Casler both getting runs. Taylor Bates hit a triple as well, batting in one run. Randie Pitts scored in the sixth inning, while Settles scored again in the seventh.
Sheridan is 4-12 and plays Saturday at Madison-Grant.
TAYLOR 8, SHERIDAN 5
Sheridan AB R H RBI
Jacquellynne Bates 4 0 1 0
Emma Settles 4 2 1 1
Maelei Casler 4 1 1 1
Taylor Bates 4 0 1 1
Kendra Blankenship 4 0 1 0
Makayla Clark 2 0 0 0
Randie Pitts 2 1 1 0
Boise Moore 2 0 1 0
Chaney Smith 3 0 1 0
Claudia Headlee 3 1 1 1
Nova Cross 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
Score by Innings
Taylor 102 203 0 – 8 11 5
Sheridan 000 031 1 – 5 9 3
3B: Headlee, T. Bates. SB: J. Bates 2, Settles 1. SAC: Headlee, Smith.
Sheridan pitching IP R H
Clark 5 5 6
Casler 2 3 4
Strikeouts: Casler 3, Clark 2. Walks: Clark 2.
Hamilton Heights lost a 13-3 Hoosier Conference East Divison game at Lewis Cass on Thursday.
The Kings scored nine runs in the first inning. The Huskies got on the board in the fourth inning; Kassidy Schakel singled in Bella Neiling. Heights added two more runs in the fifth; Natalie Newman got home when Jessa Steffen reached on error, then Steffen later stole home.
The Huskies are 6-12 and play at Rensselaer Central tonight in the Hoosier Conference placement game.
LEWIS CASS 13, HAMILTON HEIGHTS 3
(5 innings)
Heights AB R H RBI
Jessa Steffen 3 1 1 0
Faith Hittle 3 0 0 0
Alayna Baber 1 0 0 0
Bella Neiling 2 1 0 0
Kaylee Rhoton 2 0 0 0
Kassidy Schakel 2 0 1 1
Emma Blanton 2 0 0 0
Savannah Warwick 1 0 0 0
Natalie Newman 0 1 0 0
Morgan Ottinger 2 0 0 0
Totals 18 3 2 1
Score by Innings
Heights 000 12 – 3 2 8
Lewis Cass 902 11 – 13 7 3
SB: Schakel, Baber, Steffen. HBP: Baber 2, Rhoton.
Heights pitching IP R ER H
Baber 1.0 9 3 4
Neiling 3.1 3 2 3
Strikeouts: none. Walks: Baber 4, Neiling 3.