MONETT Athletics
Monett High School
Girls Varsity Softball
Game Summaries & Headlines.
Game Summary
4.0 years ago @ 9:19PM
Girls Varsity Softball vs. East Newton HS School
- Game Date
- Sep 12, 2019
- Score
- CUBS: 8
EAST NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL: 7
- Monett Monett Lady Cubs Varsity Wins Back-And-Forth Affair Against East Newton
- Monett Monett Lady Cubs Varsity and East Newton matched up in an exciting back-and-forth game that saw Monett Monett Lady Cubs Varsity coming away with a 8-7 victory. Monett Monett Lady Cubs Varsity trailed 7-6 in the top of the seventh inning when Amberlyn Schmidly doubled on a 1-2 count, scoring two runs.
- Both offenses were strong at the plate as Monett Monett Lady Cubs Varsity collected 14 hits and East Newton eight in the high-scoring affair
- Monett Monett Lady Cubs Varsity got things moving in the first inning, when Ashley Kurima singled on a 1-0 count, scoring one run.
- East Newton knotted the game up at five in the bottom of the fifth inning, when Katie Kester's sac fly scored one run for East Newton.
- East Newton scored three runs in the third inning. Kaitlyn Hailey and Guinn powered the big inning with RBIs.
- Caitlyn Calhoun earned the victory in the pitcher's circle for Monett Monett Lady Cubs Varsity. She went seven innings, allowing seven runs on eight hits and striking out two.
- Kester toed the rubber for East Newton. She went seven innings, allowing eight runs on 14 hits and striking out two.
- Monett Monett Lady Cubs Varsity totaled 14 hits. Taylor Southard, Schmidly, and Kaesha George all managed multiple hits for Monett Monett Lady Cubs Varsity. George, Schmidly, and Southard all had three hits to lead Monett Monett Lady Cubs Varsity. Monett Monett Lady Cubs Varsity stole eight bases during the game as two players stole more than one. George led the way with five.
- East Newton racked up eight hits on the day. Kenzie Massey, Makenna Brasier, and Higginbotham each had multiple hits for East Newton.
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