Arcadia softball beats Luther, loses to G-E-T, West Salem

The Arcadia High School softball team went .500 in its two games against Coulee Conference opponents following its first conference loss of the season to Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau on Monday (see story elsewhere in sports).

Arcadia, now 6-4 overall and 4-2 in Coulee play, beat Luther last Tuesday before falling victim to a big offensive showing from West Salem on Thursday.

The Raiders are scheduled to visit Viroqua this Tuesday before staying on the road for games at Luther on Thursday and Logan (4-9, 3-4 Mississippi Valley Conference) on Friday.

Arcadia 7 Luther 4

After the Knights scored twice in the top of the second inning to tie last Tuesday’s game at Arcadia High School, the Raiders had an answer of their own.

Sammy Berg and Jordan Walters scored to retake a two-run lead for Arcadia, and the Raiders added three more runs in the third inning before the visitors closed the scoring with two runs in the seventh.

Arcadia finished with nine hits in the game and was led by two-hit games from Tatum Drazkowski and Brynn Aspen. Drazkowski stole four bases for the Raiders, and Aspen stole two.

Kaitlyn Bremer earned the win for Arcadia, pitching all seven innings. Bremer allowed six hits to go with six strikeouts and four walks.

West Salem 17 Arcadia 2

Eight Arcadia errors and an offensive showing from the Panthers gave the visitors a conference win last Thursday.

West Salem (6-3 overall) remained the only unbeaten team in the Coulee with a 5-0 record as of last week.

The Panthers scored 12 of their runs in the sixth and seventh innings and racked up 14 hits on Thursday. They were led by Megan Johnson’s 5-for-5 performance at the plate.

Arcadia advanced players to third and second base while down 4-1 in the fifth inning but couldn’t bring the runners home, and West Salem added insurance runs shortly after.

Drazkowski was the hosts’ best player on offense, hitting 3-for-3 with two doubles and scoring both of the Raiders’ runs.