Stories from Friday, June 6, 2014

FONDA-The Newell-Fonda softball team defeated Laurens-Marathon 7-0 Wednesday night. The Mustangs got their first runs in the first inning by getting the top of the order on base. Renee Maneman started the game with a double, and Jordan Wilken was able to get a bunt down to move her to third. Missy Morenz drove them in a couple of batters later to take the early 2-0 lead...

STORM LAKE- The St. Mary's baseball team played Pocahontas Area Wednesday night and won 4-3. Pocahontas scored in the first after a leadoff walk, a stolen base, and a RBI single from Tanner Youngberg. They scored in the second after a walk, hit batter, another walk and a fielder's choice...

STORM LAKE- The St. Mary's Panther's softball team had a good day at the ball park chalking up their first win of the season. The girls won 3-1 against Ruthven-Ayrshire Wednesday night. Getting the win on the mound was Rachel Brungardt, she had five strike outs, allowed no earned runs, four bases on balls and gave up seven hits. Offensively for the Panthers, they had four hits with a double, three singles and a few stolen bases...

The Storm Lake softball team fought hard in a 7-1 ball game against Le Mars Wednesday night, but could not get the win. The Tornadoes wore tall white socks in memory of a beloved teacher and coach, Cole Buchholz who died earlier this year from a rare illness. Buchholz loved the Chicago White Sox...

ALTA- The Alta-Aurelia softball team defeated Remsen St. Mary's 10-0 Thursday night. The Warriors are now 5-1 on the season. Picking up the win on the mound was Tayler Rohwer who pitched all six innings allowing one hit. She had nine strike outs. "Tayler pitched a great game and catcher Micah Barnes called a great one," coach Dave Turnquist said...

FONDA- The Newell-Fonda baseball team was defeated 15-3 by Coon Rapids-Bayard Thursday night. The Mustangs scored all of their runs in the third. Picking up the loss on the mound was Brady Dicks who pitched two innings giving up 11 runs, seven of which were earned. ...

FONDA- The Newell-Fonda softball team lost 6-3 to East Sac County Thursday night. For the first couple of innings, neither team could get anything going, as Renee Maneman was able to go through the first three innings facing only nine batters. East Sac's Holly Hesnard was equally as sharp the first two innings, issuing a walk, but not surrendering a hit until the bottom of the third when Newell-Fonda's Abby Smith singled to right to give the Mustangs their first scoring chance. ...

STORM LAKE-The Storm Lake baseball team was defeated 13-0 Wednesday night. Picking up the loss on the mound for the Tornadoes was Mitchell Martin who pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up seven earned runs, five hits, seven bases on balls and had two strike outs. ...

ALTA- The Alta-Aurelia Baseball team took on Sioux Central Wednesday night and won 3-2. The Warriors scored twice right away in the first and their last run came in the fifth. The Rebels took longer to score, not getting a run until the fifth. Their second score came in the sixth...