Janesville Craig shuts out West softball

By GAZETTE STAFF Friday, May 22, 2009

Janesville Craig High School’s softball team ended the regular season on a high note Thursday afternoon.

The visiting Cougars banged out nine hits, including a double and a triple from Gabrielle Cassady, en route to a 7-0 win over Madison West in the Big Eight Conference finale.

Craig (13-9, 11-7) broke the game open with a four-run fifth. Whitney Oliver and Jillynn Mortensen had RBI singles in the inning.

“It was a nice win to end our conference season,” Craig coach Dan Bayreuther said. “We worked on some things early on, and really put together a good inning in the fifth.

“Now it’s time to get ready for the tournament. We’re playing pretty good ball, but we have to shore up a few things, too.”

The Cougars host Kenosha Tremper in a Division 1 regional opener at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Dawson Field.

CRAIG 7, WEST 0

Janesville Craig 101 041 0—7 9 2

Madison West 000 000 0—0 4 5

Whittaker, Freeman and Cassady; Steinman and McNett.

Leading hitters—Bayreuther (JC) 2x4, Cassady (JC) 2x4, J. Mortensen (JC) 2x4., McNett (MW) 2x3. 2B—Cassady. 3B—Cassady.

SO—Whittaker (JC) 3, Freeman (JC) 2, Steinman (MW) 7. BB—Steinman 4.

--Memorial 4, Parker 1—Janesville Parker (1-21, 1-17) played error-free, and pitcher Maggie Tracey struck out seven Spartans, but the Vikings couldn’t string together hits as they closed the regular season with a Big Eight loss to Madison Memorial (12-6, 15-9) at Dawsons Field.

Parker got two hits apiece from Lauren Brooks and Paige Muehlenkamp. Samantha Shelton’s sixth-inning RBI single accounted for Parker’s only run.

“Defensively, I couldn’t have asked for a better game,” Parker coach Jenni Seisser said. “Our (seven) hits were scattered. We’re not putting hits together to push runs across.”

The Vikings open tournament play Tuesday with a 5 p.m. regional semifinal game at Verona.

MEMORIAL 4, PARKER 1

Madison Memorial 002 000 2—4 7 1

Janesville Parker 000 001 0—1 7 0

DeJongh and Selbach; Tracey and Byford.

Leading hitters—Umberger (MM) 2x4, Schmitz (MM) 2x3, Brooks (JP) 2x4, Muehlenkamp (JP) 2x3. HR—Umberger.

SO—DeJongh (MM) 7, Tracey (JP) 7. BB—DeJongh 1, Tracey 3.

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