Norse knock off Ames, 4-2
Posted: 06/06/2009 - by Paul Clark
The improving Roland-Story softball team posted a big win Friday night at Bill Hennessey Field in Roland, downing Class 4A Ames by a 4-2 score. The win lifted the Norse to 2-4 on the season with wins in two of their last three games.
R-S was hitless until the fourth inning in a scoreless game. But the Norse bats came to life in the fourth and Roland-Story scored three times on four hits in the inning. McKena Carlson and Rachel Hagedorn opened the frame with back-to-back singles. After a McKenzie Neely sacrifice put runners at second and third, Kayla Nielsen lashed a double just inside the third base line to score both Carlson and Hagedorn and make it 2-0. One out later, Dani Mott delivered an RBI single to score Nielsen.
Roland-Story added another run in the bottom of the sixth. Hagedorn reached on a throwing error and eventually came home on an RBI single by Ashley Greff. Ames scored twice in the top of the seventh to make it 4-2, but R-S pitcher Sarah Grimsley closed the door right there to get the complete game victory.
The Norse will be in tournament action at Belmond over the weekend.
The Roland-Story vs. Ames softball game broadcast is available for on-demand listening in the Audio Archives section of NorsemenNetwork.com. Click the link to the left. You can read more about the game in next week’s edition of the Story City Herald.
R-S was hitless until the fourth inning in a scoreless game. But the Norse bats came to life in the fourth and Roland-Story scored three times on four hits in the inning. McKena Carlson and Rachel Hagedorn opened the frame with back-to-back singles. After a McKenzie Neely sacrifice put runners at second and third, Kayla Nielsen lashed a double just inside the third base line to score both Carlson and Hagedorn and make it 2-0. One out later, Dani Mott delivered an RBI single to score Nielsen.
Roland-Story added another run in the bottom of the sixth. Hagedorn reached on a throwing error and eventually came home on an RBI single by Ashley Greff. Ames scored twice in the top of the seventh to make it 4-2, but R-S pitcher Sarah Grimsley closed the door right there to get the complete game victory.
The Norse will be in tournament action at Belmond over the weekend.
The Roland-Story vs. Ames softball game broadcast is available for on-demand listening in the Audio Archives section of NorsemenNetwork.com. Click the link to the left. You can read more about the game in next week’s edition of the Story City Herald.
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