By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

ACGC softball (1-1) nearly completed its comeback in the loss against Ogden (3-4) on Tuesday, May 28. After going down 2-0, the Chargers’ three runs in the bottom of the fourth gave them the lead heading into the fifth. Ogden recorded four, two and three runs in the next three innings. ACGC put four runs on the board in the bottom of the seventh to keep it close but ultimately fell short. There were no stats for ACGC as of press time.

Photos by Mark Reno

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

ACGC (0-5) played a pair of games at home against WCAC baseball opponent Earlham (5-2) on Thursday, May 30.

Game 1

A late rally from Earlham was enough to beat the Chargers in the first game of the double header. ACGC went into the bottom of the fifth inning up 2-1, but a three-run bottom half gave Earlham a lead it wouldn’t surrender, eventually winning, 5-2. Hits were a hot commodity, with the only RBI coming from Jackson Pfrang. Tommy Skram and Blaize Dorsey split time on the mound. Dorsey struck out six batters in his four and two-thirds innings pitching. Skram struck out three in his two innings, keeping his opponents’ batting average to .143.

Game 2

While hits were hard to come by in the first game, the second leg was a different story. The 13-6 scoreline saw the majority of runs scored in the later portion of the game. Once again, ACGC was leading late, up 5-1 heading into the top of the sixth, until Earlham’s bats finally woke up. Earlham scored seven runs in the sixth inning and five in the seventh. RBIs came from Tegan Slaybaugh and Jackson Pfrang, both with two. ACGC mainly got on base by standing strong in the box. They were hit by pitches five times and were walked eight times. That’s double the amount of hits they recorded. Colton Clark saw the most time on the bump, pitching four and one third inning. He recorded six strikeouts and gave up seven hits.

ACGCs next game is against Panorama (1-6) away from home on Monday, June 3.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

On Tuesday, May 28, ACGC baseball (0-3) lost at home to Ogden (3-5). The game was close heading into the sixth inning, with the score in favor of Ogden at 5-4. A seven-run outburst by the Bulldogs made it difficult for the Chargers to mount a comeback. Tegan Slaybaugh had a solid all-around performance on the night. In four at bats, he recorded two singles, stole a base and walked once. He also spent 3.5 innings on the mound, striking out four batters, leaving with a 3.50 ERA.  Two RBIs came from the bat of Blaize Dorsey. Tommy Skram, Ben Franzeen and Colton Clark all contributed one each.

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By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

In a tough matchup against last year’s state championship runner-up and current No. 1 ranked team, Panorama (3-5) lost both of its games in the softball double header against No. 1 Van Meter (7-1) at home on Thursday, May 30. Panorama’s next game is tonight, May 31, at Woodward-Granger (1-2). The game was postponed earlier this season due to the weather.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama softball team (3-3) scored in nearly every inning in its win over IKM-Manning (2-6) at home on Wednesday, May 29. The 17 runs by the Panthers is its highest total of the season.

Panorama hung tough after IKM-Manning took a 9-3 lead heading into the fourth inning. The Panthers exploded on offense in the fourth, scoring eight runs to take the lead for the first time. Two runs in the fifth and four runs in the sixth sealed the game for Panorama. Offense came from all over the order for Panorama. Jaidyn Sellers and Andrea Knode both hit homeruns and had two RBIs, Lindy Nelson had six RBIs, all three of her hits on the day were doubles. RBIs also came from Arilyan Steenblock, Elah Malloy and Hanna Smith.

Steenblock spent five innings on the mound, striking out three batters on her way to recording a win.

Photos by Betty Cooper