Portagers
snap 6-game losing streak
ONEKAMA — By Matt Wenzel News Advocate
Sports Editor
After dropping its last six games, the Onekama softball team was
determined to get back in the win column.
It showed.
The Portagers grinded out a 4-3 win in the
first game of a doubleheader against Buckley, then rallied from a 10-3
deficit for a 13-13 tie in the seven-inning second game.
“I was really happy because a few times against the bigger schools and
the teams that play good ball, we got down and just folded it right in,”
said Onekama coach Phil Sedelmaier. “Today, we got down, 10-3, and I
kind of got after them and they responded well.”
In the opener, Ambir Parmelee and Katie
Prielipp led the Portagers (3-6-1) at the plate with a pair of hits,
while Brooke Sedelmaier, Lexi Howard and Ashley Schultz each had a hit.
Onekama senior Chelsea Miller picked up the win on the mound.
The Portagers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning as Parmelee
singled, Diamond Kimpel walked, and Howard singled to load the bases.
Shultz singled to drive in a run, Sherece Revolt picked up an RBI with a
walk and Prielipp drove in a run with a sacrifice.
After Buckley scored one in the fourth, Onekama scored a run in the
fifth as Sedelmaier walked and scored on an error. |
The Bears added two runs in the top of the
sixth, but Miller kept them from doing any more damage.
Buckley scored two in the sixth, but Onekama
responded with two of their own as an RBI single by Brooke Sedelmaier
tied the game.
Before the game started, both coaches agreed that if there was a tie
after six innings, there would be only one extra frame.
Buckley scored one run and Onekama was down to its last two outs with
nobody on base.
“Things were looking like we could have some trouble here,” Phil
Sedelmaier said.
Parmelee, Kimpel and Miller all singled to load the bases and Kimpel
scored on a wild pitch to knot the score at 13 before it ended in a tie.
“They just played well,” Phil Sedelmaier said.
“They didn’t quit, they picked their heads
up and they hit the ball very well.”
In the second game, Buckley scored two in the first inning and while
Onekama plated three in the bottom of the frame, the Bears scored four
runs in each of the third and fourth innings for a 10-3 lead.
“They kept fighting,” Phil Sedelmaier said of his players. “That was a
point that they could have very easily just packed it in for the day and
they didn’t. They kept battling, kept battling.”
The Portagers battled back with four runs in the bottom of the fourth
and three in the fifth to tie the game at 10. |
