Indee softball team splits two in Alma

The Independence/Gilmanton couldn’t get on the scoreboard in one game, then crossed home plate 19 times in three innings in another as it earned a split last week. 

The Indees struggled all around in an 11-0 loss at Pepin/Alma last Thursday. They returned to Alma the next day, this time playing Alma Center Lincoln on a neutral field and came away with a 19-4 win in three innings.

Friday’s win snapped a nine-game losing streak for the Indees as the team improved to 4-9 on the season, 2-8 in Dairyland Conference play. They closed out the regular season with a home game against P/A on Monday then played Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran on the road on Tuesday.

The Indees begin Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association play on Thursday. They’re seeded ninth in their Division Four bracket and will play at Osseo-Fairchild. The winner of that game will play at top-seeded Melrose-Mindoro this coming Tuesday. 

Pepin/Alma 11 I/G 0

The Indees struggled at the plate and in the field in the five-inning loss.

The game was scoreless until the bottom of the third when the Eagles raked seven hits and managed two walks to score eight runs. They added three more on two hits and two walks in the fourth.

The Indees got two hits in the top of the fifth but weren’t able to bring a run home. They had four hits in the game with four different players getting one.

Leah Sylla took the loss, allowing 10 hits and five walks, while striking out one. 

I/G 19 AC Lincoln 4

The Indees scored eight runs in the top of the first and didn’t slow down much after that. 

I/G’s big first inning came despite getting just two hits — both singles by Nora Schank. The first run scored on a hit batter with the bases loaded. Another came home on a fielder’s choice and three scored on passed balls during Kylynn Kennedy’s at-bat. The Indees added three more runs on walks and passed balls to take an 8-0 lead.

The Hornets responded with two in the bottom of the first, but the Indees got both back on a double by Schank in the second. Danika Ekern singled to make the score 11-2 before scoring herself on an error.

Sophia Kampa hit a two-run double in the top of the third before Schank and Addison Pronschinske added run-scoring singles in the same inning as I/G went ahead 19-2.

Schank had three of I/G’s eight hits and batted in three runs. Pronschinske, Emma Cowen and Kampa all had two RBIs. 

Schank was also the winning pitcher, striking out five while allowing four hits and one walk in three innings.