Gibraltar High School

Vikings softball split high-scoring affairs with Clippers

The Gibraltar/Washington Island softball team scored 23 runs on Tuesday afternoon, but only walked away with a split against Sturgeon Bay, winning the first game 13-0 in six innings before dropping the night cap 13-10.

 

In the first game, a nine-run sixth inning help push the Vikings over the edge. The Vikings posted seven hits the frame with Pam Prescott's two-run triple serving as the biggest blow. Prescott, Abby Jarosh, and Anna Jarosh all posted three hits in the game while Prescott, Megan Gallant, and the Jaroshes all two RBI. Emilie Glocke earned the win from the circle with a six-inning no-hitter, striking out eight in the process.

The Vikings and the Clippers were locked in a see-saw affair in the second game, with the Vikings jumping out to a 5-0 lead before the Clippers snuck back into. They pieced together a three-run rally in the fourth inning without the benefit of a hit and scored one more in the fifth before getting nine across home plate in the seventh inning. In that inning, the Clippers took advantage of four Vikings errors by complementing them with five hits, including a two-run triple from Sophia Sternard. The Vikings tried crawling back in the seventh inning with two runs scoring on a Clippers error and one more crossing home plate on a Pam Prescott single, but they would get no closer. Prescott had another big game in the second matchup three hits including a homer to drive in three runs. Megan Gallant drove in a pair while the Vikings collected 10 hits. The Clippers, meanwhile, received multi-RBI performances from Sternard, Annika Schoeneman, Audrey Harrington, and Auna Anderson.