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Baseball follows loss to Tri-County with win over Clinton Central
BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Softball
Pioneer 11, Logansport 1 (5 innings, Thursday): Hailey Cripe went 3 for 3 with two homers, a single and three RBIs, and she also struck out 12 in a complete-game two-hitter for Pioneer in a home win over Logansport Thursday.
Casey Webb and Crystabelle Blickenstaff also homered for Pioneer. Webb had three RBIs, and Mackenzie Robinson had three hits and two RBIs.
Kylie Farris had two hits and an RBI, and Shaylee Goings also had two hits.
Already leading 7-1 going into the bottom of the fifth, the Lady Panthers (2-0) scored four runs to end the game.
Pioneer 11, Logansport 1 (5 innings)
Logansport 000 01 – 1 2 0
Pioneer 303 14 – 11 14 0
WP – Hailey Cripe (5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 12 K)
LP – Kinzie Byrd (4 ⅔ IP, 12 H, 11 R, 11 ER, 1 BB, 4 K)
2B – Kylie Farris (PIO), Mackenzie Robinson (PIO)
HR – Hailey Cripe 2 (PIO), Crystabelle Blickenstaff (PIO), Casey Webb (PIO)
Pioneer 12, Faith Christian 6 (Tuesday): Hailey Cripe tripled, homered and drove in five runs, and Adeline Cripe had two hits and two RBIs for the reigning Class 2A state champion Lady Panthers in a road win over Faith Christian Tuesday.
Kylie Farris also had two hits and an RBI. Kylie Attinger had a hit and an RBI, and Mackenzie Robinson also had an RBI.
Hailey Cripe pitched a complete game. She allowed five hits and three earned runs while walking four and striking out 11.
The game was tied 4-4 after five innings. Pioneer scored four runs in the top of the sixth to go ahead for good.
Pioneer 12, Faith Christian 6
Pioneer 002 204 4 – 12
Faith Christian 001 212 0 – 6
WP – Hailey Cripe (7 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 11 K)
LP – Payton (3 IP, 0 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K)
2B – Schoenradt (FC)
3B – Hailey Cripe (PIO)
HR – Hailey Cripe (PIO), Argo (FC)
Baseball
Pioneer 7, Clinton Central 3 (Thursday): Pioneer improved to 2-1 with a road win over Clinton Central Thursday.
Pioneer 7, Clinton Central 3
Pioneer 022 003 0 – 7 11 0
Clinton Central 011 000 1 – 3 6 0
Tri-County 14, Pioneer 1 (5 innings, Tuesday): Oscar Solano had Pioneer’s lone hit in a road loss to Tri-County at Remington Community Park Tuesday.
Caden Couch had the only RBI in the first inning. Owen Miller scored the run. Eric Zarse had two hits and four RBIs.
Xavier Cantrell walked three and struck out 12 in five innings for the win for the Cavaliers. Tri-County scored 11 runs in the second inning.
Freshman Noah Miller took the loss for Pioneer. He allowed four hits and seven runs (six earned) in 1 ⅓ innings. He walked four and struck out one.
Miller and relievers Solano and Couch combined to walk 10.
Tri-County 14, Pioneer 1 (5 innings)
Pioneer 100 00 – 1 1 0
Tri-County 1(11)0 2X – 14 13 0
WP – Cantrell (5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 12 K)
LP – Owen Miller (1 ⅓ IP, 4 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 1 K)
2B – Lawson (T-C)
Boys golf
Triton Early Bird Invitational canceled: The Triton Early Bird Invitational, which was scheduled for Woodbury Golf Course in Plymouth on Saturday, has been canceled.
Pioneer was among the teams scheduled to compete.
