GARRETT â Garrettâs softball team swept a doubleheader from Snider May 22.
The Railroaders scored nine times in the fourth inning to win the first game 10-8. Garrett was an 8-1 winner in the second game.
In game one, Garrett trailed 3-0 entering the fourth inning before the floodgates opened with nine runs crossing the plate.
Snider scored four times in the fifth inning. The teams traded single runs, with Garrett scoring once in the sixth and the Panthers picking up one in the seventh.
Snider outhit Garrett 12-7 in the first game, but committed four errors.
Sarah Cooper and Chloe Trausch had doubles for the Railroaders. Kaitlyn Bergman and Hallie McCoy two hits. Bergman drove in two runs. Halle Hathaway had a single for Garrett.
GARRETT â Lakewood Parkâs first four innings were just too much to overcome.
Junior Megan Knox and freshman Grace Merkel each went deep to lead the Panthersâ 20-hit attack in a 15-9 win over Garrett May 18.
Merkle finished with four hits â lacking just a triple for the cycle â stole a base, scored three times and drove in two.
Knox had three hits and scored three times. Senior Madison Miller connected for three doubles, two runs and drove in five.
The Panthers improved to 7-11 with the win.
The Panthers struck for five runs in the first, behind singles from Mackenzie Shepherd, Samantha Schlotter, Merkle and Vinnie Talarico. Knox and Miller had doubles.
LEO â Garrett and Leoâs baseball teams split a doubleheader May 8.
The Railroaders won the first game 7-5. The Class 3A No. 2 Lions won the second game 15-5.
In the opener, Leo led 3-1 after two innings, but Garrett scored three times each in the fourth and fifth innings.
Kail Baughman pitched a complete game for the Railroaders, striking out seven, walking one and allowing six hits. Of Leoâs five runs, only two were earned. Garrett made five errors and Leo made six in the opening game.
At the plate, Baughman and Graham Kelham had doubles. Jacob Molargik had two hits, driving in three runs. Kelham also had two hits. Gage Smith drove in a pair of runs.