On Tuesday evening the Co-ed softball league at Bill Page ball park was in full swing after rain would postponed play on Monday.
The first game to take place was in the Baby Doll League. The match-up would see Jimmy’s Lawn Care take on the Napa Auto Parts team.
Napa would keep the game close, but Lawn Care would edge out a 7-4 victory and hold off their opponent.
In the top of the first, Napa would not allow a single hit, and struck out three. Lawn Care returned the favor when they also struck out three batters.
In the top of the second, Isaiah Bly led off with a triple. Sabrina Cripps hit a ball into shallow right field and made her way around all three bases for a two-run, inside-the-park homerun. Destinee Ritchie smacked out a triple onto left field. Haley Carroll would also slap out an inside-the-park homerun, giving Lawn Care the 4-0 lead. Ellie Cripps kept the momentum with her solo homerun. Bly would end the inning by striking out.
In the bottom of the second, Napa would still have trouble finding any offensive production. Napa would see two batters strike out and the last batter of the inning, Austin Hosse, grounded out at first.
In the top of the third, Ritchie would have the only hit for the team with a single up the alley.
In the bottom of the third, Napa burned Lawn Care for four runs, starting with Madison Giles’ single that brought in Deena Maxwell to score. Desmond Nokes also brought in a run with a single. Hosse would bring in two runs with a double into centerfield. Maxwell ended the inning with a ground out back to the pitcher.
In the top of the fourth, Izaiah Six blasted out a triple that brought in a run to score. Isaiah Bly would bring in Six to score with a single down the third baseline. Cripps ended the inning with a fly out to second base.
In the bottom of the fourth, Napa would fall back into a rut, and three batters were struck out, effectively ending the game
The next game would be in the Junior Doll League and see the team of Howling Mad versus the Liberty State Bank team. Mad would get the win with a 18-6 blow out over Liberty.
Destinee Ritchie led off with a single down the third baseline. Haley Carroll brought Ritchie into score with a double into left field. Madison Butler smacked out a single that allowed Carroll to score. Monica Carlton blasted out an RBI double. Tesla Trapp scored one more run with a single that brought Carlton into score.
In the bottom of the first, Carrie Carroll led the team off with a walk. Nick Agee dropped down a single that allowed Carroll to score.
In the top of the second, Ellie Cripps extended the lead with an RBI single. Madison Butler would also bring in a run with a double to right field.
In the bottom of the second, Tesa Hale led off with a single up the alley. Kyle Stephens would bring Hale into score with a double that rolled past the third baseman. Katie Hal slapped out a double that allowed Stephens to score and cut Liberty’s lead down to just three.
In the top of the third, Howling Mad’s defense shut out Liberty and allowed only one hit.
In the bottom of the third, the Howling Mad team exploded with 14 runs. Tayvian Nokes brought in two runs to start the onslaught with a double to centerfield. With the bases loaded, Carroll brought in three runs off her double down the third baseline. Aspen Flarity brought in a run with a single that made it past the short stop. Agee also got in on the action as he brought in two runs with a triple to right field. Kaitlyn Roller brought in a run when she hit a pop fly that could not be fielded and dropped into play. Nokes would again drive in two runs in the inning with a double. Three other runs were forced in by walks.
In top of the fourth inning, Liberty couldn’t manage any sort of offensive production and three straight batters were retired.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Mad added to their lead when Danyell Walker ripped a single down the first baseline that allowed a run to score. Flarity brought in another run with a single. Flarity then headed to second but was thrown out. Roller ended the inning with a fly out.
After the fourth inning, the game was decided over as the time limit had been reached.
The last game of the night it was in the Senior Doll League. The Good Health Family Clinic would take on the Webb House. The Webb House crushed Clinic in a 21-9 routing.
In the top of the first, Clinic jumped out to an early lead knocking in four runs. Olivia Barber led off with a single. Katie Hall brought Barber in to score with a double into left field. Morgan Page then brought in two runs with a double. Emily Robinson brought in the last run of the inning with a single.
In the bottom of the first, Dylan Reagan blasted a deep shot to centerfield good for a solo inside-the-park homerun. Josie Culwell dropped in a single. Hannah Green slapped out a single that allowed Culwell to score. As Green advanced to second, she was thrown out. Billy Tiner brought in two runs with a double into right field.
In the top of the second, Clinic was at a standstill as they would not be able to break past the defense of Webb House.
In the bottom of the second, Allie Emme led off with a deep shot to centerfield good for a double. Jessica Williams brought in Emme to score with her single to centerfield. Kayla Stanley would drop in a single. Reagan brought in Stanley to score with a double. Culwell slapped out a double that brought in Reagan to score. Tiner belted out a three-run, inside-the-park homerun. Rackley ended the inning with a fly out to shallow centerfield.
In the top of the third, Tyler Ludwig gave the Clinic a boost with a solo inside-the-park homerun. Page then dropped in a single to left field. Jade Nokes brought in Page to score with a double to right field.
In the bottom of the third, Emme led off with a single down the third baseline. D.J. Thompson ripped out a triple that allowed Emme to score. Stanley also made it on base with a single. Reagan brought in a run with a triple that went to deep left field.
In the top of the fourth, Olivia Barber brought in two runs with a double to right field. Katie Hall slapped out a double that brought in Barber to score. Page ended the inning with a fly out to second base.
In the bottom of the fourth, Martha Webb led off with a triple. Lenzie Dickens brought in Webb to score with a single. Thompson ended the inning with a fly out to the short stop.
In the top of the fifth, the defense shut out the Clinic and did not allow a single hit in the inning.
In the bottom of the fifth, Josie Culwell brought in two runs with a double. Webb then blasted the ball deep into right field good for a two-run, inside-the-park homerun. Dickens ended the inning with a ground out to second base.
The time limit had been reached and the Webb House was crowned the victors.
Co-ed teams battle for first

