Clarinda’s quick start dooms Tigers

A quick start offensively and a two-hit pitching performance by Addison Wagoner carried Clarinda to an 18-1 win over Red Oak in Hawkeye 10 Conference softball Thursday.
The Cardinals scored four runs in the first, six in the third and four runs each in the third and fourth on their way to the win.
Wagoner allowed two singles and struck out five in the pitching victory.
Stevie Wilmes and Maddie Cole had two each and combined to drive in three runs, and Mallory Woods doubled and drove in four runs for Clarinda.
Alexis Joint and Josie Sampson notched hits for the Tigers.
Myhlee Joint allowed 13 hits and walked six to take the loss in the circle.

Glenwood 18,
Red Oak 1
Glenwood plated 13 runs in the fourth inning on its way to an 18-1 win over Red Oak in Hawkeye 10 Conference softball last Tuesday.
Allison Koontz was 3-for-4 at the plate with five runs driven in and picked up the win in the circle, scattering two hits and one earned run while striking out seven.
Audrey Albers had three hits and three RBIs and Bella Joslin singled and drove in a run.
Alexis Joint and Tori Wendt each singled for Red Oak.

Denison-Schleswig 18,
Red Oak 2
Denison smacked 17 hits in an 18-2 win over Red Oak in Hawkeye 10 Conference softball last Monday.
Ann Wessell had three hits and Taylor Walker, Mayah Slater, Norah Huebert and Avery Bock had two hits each.
Haley Lutz notched the win in the circle after allowing five hits and one earned run with four strikeouts.
Tori Wendt and Lucy Demasi each recorded a hit for Red Oak.

Clear Lake rallies to knock off Tigers

Red Oak built a 7-0 lead after three innings but couldn’t hang on in a 13-8 loss to Clear Lake in non-conference baseball Friday.
The Tigers (8-9 overall, 3-8 in the Hawkeye 10 Conference) plated five runs in the second and two more in the third to go up 7-0 after three innings. But the Lions’ bats came alive in the fourth, scoring five runs in the fourth and eight more runs over the final three innings in the come-from-behind win.
“We got out to an early lead and played really well in the first three innings,” said Red Oak coach Mark Erickson. “From inning four on, we gave up too many free bases with walks and errors.  Credit to Clear Lake as they got their offense going with 14 hits.” 
Reese Montgomery started and pitched three and 2/3 scoreless innings before giving way to Brody Bond. Bond pitched an inning and a third and allowed six earned runs on five hits.  Cale Hall closed out the final two innings and allowed three earned runs on five hits to take the loss on the hill.
Brett Erickson singled, scored a run, and drove in a run for the Tigers.  Carson Roeder singled and had an RBI and Hall singled and scored two runs.
Tanner Nelson picked up the win on the mound, tossing 2 1/3 innings and allowing a hit and striking out three.

Clarinda 3,
Red Oak 1
Two Red Oak fielding errors led to two costly unearned runs for Clarinda in the Cardinals’ 3-1 win Thursday in Hawkeye 10 Conference baseball.
The three runs were all Cardinal hurler Jordan Butt needed in the complete game. The junior scattered three hits and one earned run while striking out six.
Nolan Wagoner and Kort Neal had two hits each for Clarinda.
“We needed to make the routine plays and get our offense going a bit more to have a chance to win this one,” said Red Oak coach Mark Erickson.
Brett Erickson pitched five innings and took the loss on the hill.  The senior allowed two earned runs on four hits, walked two and struck out three.  Adam Baier came on to pitch two scoreless innings to close it out.
Masen Fisher singled twice, while Brody Bond added a hit and Carson Roeder drove in a run on a groundout. 

Glenwood 9,
Red Oak 0
Ben Carlo was 5-for-5 at the plate and drove in two runs to help Glenwood to a 9-0 win over Red Oak in Hawkeye 10 Conference baseball last Tuesday.
The Rams collected 13 hits off a quartet of Red Oak pitchers in the win.
Myles Stanton had three hits and drove in two runs, and Brennan Anderson singled and drove in three.
Korbin Pelzer tossed a complete game for the win, scattering five hits with no walks and four strikeouts.
Reese Montgomery pitched three innings, allowing four hits and three earned runs to take the loss on the mound. Adam Baier  came on to pitch one inning, allowing four earned runs on four hits and struck out three while Cale Hall and Masen Fisher closed out the game.
“Our approach at the plate was great,” said Red Oak coach Mark Erickson. “We had a lot of hard hits balls right at Glenwood defenders.  We hit eight batters and walked three.  We are not going to beat many teams by giving them that many free bases.”
Carson Roeder had two hits and Montgomery, Fisher and Blake Sloan each added hits.