B-T softball team splits with Fall Creek, BR Falls

The Blair-Taylor softball team lost to a creek but beat a river last week. 

B-T had early leads in both games, but Fall Creek quickly took control for a 12-2 win last Thursday. In its home opener the following day, B-T took a larger lead and went on to defeat Black River Falls, 11-1. 

The Wildcats opened Dairyland Conference play at home against Cochrane-Fountain City on Tuesday of this week and will welcome Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran on Friday. The team will play in a tournament at Almond-Bancroft on Saturday before returning home to take on Prescott next Monday and Alma Center Lincoln on Tuesday. 

Fall Creek 12 B-T 2

The Wildcats struck first, but the Crickets struck more often in a 10-run win.

B-T got on the board in the top of the first inning as Maddie Frederixon led off with a double and scored on a single by Andi Beck.

The Crickets took the lead in the second after a hit batter was followed by a single and a double. After an error and a fielder’s choice, Fall Creek was ahead 4-1. 

Beck doubled in a run in the top of the third, but that’s all B-T would get for the rest of the game. Fall Creek scored unearned runs in the third and fourth innings then brought home five runs on four hits in the fifth. A solo home run led off the sixth before a single brought in a run to end the game by rule.

Beck was two-for-three with two RBIs for B-T, but the team managed just six hits.

Andrea Aleckson took the loss in the circle, striking out four while allowing 10 hits and seven walks. B-T didn’t give her much help defensively, committing five errors. 

B-T 11 BR Falls 1

Aleckson was in control, holding the Tigers to one hit and one run after B-T took a big lead early.

The Wildcats took the lead on a triple by Avery Peterson in the bottom of the first inning. Elissa Smetana singled in two more later in the inning.

Beck and Smetana added RBI singles in the second as B-T took a 7-0 lead. The Wildcats scored three more in the fourth and ended the game by rule with one in the bottom of the fifth.

Frederixon and Smetana both had two hits for B-T. Smetana batted in four runs while Aleckson and Peterson each had two RBIs.

Aleckson struck out six and walked one batter in the game.