HARDIN — Houston pushed a run across with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to pull out a 5-4 thriller over the Russia Lady Raiders in county softball action Monday.

The win keeps Houston perfect in league play at 3-0 and drops Russia to 3-1.

Houston was cruising along with a 4-1 lead after five innings, but Russia’s Marissa Gerdes electrified the Russia side with a three-run homer over the fence to knot the game up at 4-4.

It went to the seventh, and Danielle Monnier got on with a single and moved up when Jaclyn Willoughby bunted her way aboard. Jodi Benanzer then plated Monnier with a two-out single to win the game.

Willoughby had two hits, and Benanzer and Monnier both singled and doubled for Houston.

For Russia, Kristi Borchers had two hits, and Gerdes had a single to go with her home run.

Kayla Wintrow struck out eight and walked one for Houston. Amy Bensman fanned three and didn’t walk anyone for Russia.

The linescore:

R H E

Russia 001 003 0_4 7 2

Houston 300 010 1_5 9 2

WP: Wintrow; LP: Bensman

Records: Houston 5-4, Russia 4-6.

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Roddy hits walkoff

homer in Sidney win

Elyse Roddy led off the bottom of the eighth inning with a walkoff homer over the centerfield fence to give the Sidney Lady Jackets a 3-2 victory over Miamisburg in softball action at Aschenbach Field Monday.

The home run was the first ever for a Sidney player at the new field, and it raised Sidney’s record on the year to 8-1.

Sidney scored twice in the first and Miamisburg twice in the second, and it stayed that way until the eighth.

“Miamisburg hit the ball hard early, but Kristen Roby and Elyse (Roddy, catcher) called a good game and started pitching them different,” said Sidney coach Wade New. “And Kristen kinda took over.”

Roby finished with six strikeouts and two walks and also had two hits in three trips to the plate. Roddy also had two hits and drove in two runs.

Sidney had eight hits and four of them game in the first inning. After an out, Roby singled, Brandi Eustache singled, Roddy singled home one run and Kerri Adkins singled in another.

New also credited a defensive gem by Hillary Davis in the eighth with giving the Lady Jackets the chance to win. “I put her in in the bottom of the seventh, and she went out in the top of the eighth and made a great catch in right field,” he said.

The linescore:

R H E

Miamisburg 020 000 00_2 7 2

Sidney 200 000 01_3 8 1

WP: Roby; LP: Starnes

Records: Sidney 8-1, Miamisburg 3-2.

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Botkins rolls 16-8

Botkins rolled to a 16-8 win over Fairlawn in county softball Monday.

The Lady Trojans, who are now 2-5, led 3-1 after three innings, then erupted for 13 runs over the final four frames.

Kristin Altstaetter had three hits and drove in four runs to lead Botkins’ 13-hit attack. Christie Fullenkamp doubled and tripled and drove in two, Amanda Koch had two hits and Jessie Luthman stole four times.

For Fairlawn, Tiffany Hughes had three hits with a double, and Ashley Archer and Amanda Francis both had two hits.

The linescore:

R H E

Botkins 210 521 5_16 13 1

Fairlawn 100 401 2_ 8 12 2

WP: Koch; LP: Francis

Records: Botkins 2-5, Fairlawn 1-5.

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Bremen wins 3-1

COVINGTON — New Bremen’s Stacy Timmerman limited a good Covington team to just four hits in pitching the Lady Cardinals to a 3-1 victory in non-league play Monday.

Timmerman struck out five and walked only one in going all seven innings and outdueling Boggs of Covington, who had seven strikeouts and one walk.

The big hit in the game for New Bremen came in the sixth, when Tracy Jacoby smacked a two-run homer to increase her team’s lead to 3-0.

Bremen scored a run in the third with two out and nobody on. Jackie Scheer was hit by a pitch, Emily Phlipot singled, then Timmerman drove in the run with a single.

The linescore:

R H E

New Bremen 001 002 0_3 4 0

Covington 000 000 1_1 4 1

WP: Timmerman; LP: Boggs

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Anna falls 6-3

ANNA — Anna dropped a 6-3 verdict to visiting Bethel in non-league softball Monday.

The Lady Rockets, 2-3, got a single and a double from Rachael Ihle.

The linescore:

R H E

Bethel 102 101 1_6 13 2

Anna 101 010 0_3 5 3

Records: Anna 2-3.

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Loramie tops JC

FORT LORAMIE — Fort Loramie scored early and made it stand up for a 5-2 victory over Jackson Center in county action Monday.

The Lady Redskins, now 3-5, got three in the second and led 4-0 before Jackson got on the board.

For Loramie, Kim Marchal and Megan Hoehne had two hits apiece and Chelsea Meyer drove in two runs.

For Jackson Center, Amber Jones singled and doubled, and Michelle Carman doubled.

The linescore:

R H E

Jackson Center 000 011 0_2 4 2

Fort Loramie 030 101 x_5 7 2

WP: Boerger; LP: Gates

Records: Loramie 3-5, Jackson 3-2.

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Lady Cavs notch

first victory, 6-5

It looked like Lehman would cruise to its first win of the season Monday, but Franklin-Monroe made it interesting before Lehman came away with a 6-5 win in girls softball action.

The Lady Cavs, 1-4, built up a 6-0 lead after scoring three times in the fifth inning. But the Lady Jets scored three in the sixth and two in the seventh, and had the tying run on third base before Lehman got the final out.

Lehman had just four hits, two apiece by Brooke Mason and Jessica Thobe. Mason had a double and Thobe doubled and tripled.

The linescore:

R H E

Franklin-Monroe 000 003 2_5 8 1

Lehman 102 030 x_6 4 2

WP: LeMaster; LP: Mong

Records: Lehman 1-4.

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Minster falls in

nine innings 3-1

MINSTER — Minster and Parkway played a dandy at Minster Monday in Midwest Athletic Conference action, the Lady Wildcats losing 3-1 in nine innings.

Minster got a run in the fourth to take a 1-0 lead on Jodie Quinter’s single, an error, and a ground out off the bat of Megan Stueve.

Parkway tied the game with a run in the fifth and it stayed that way until the ninth, when the Lady Panthers scored twice on a single, a sacrifice, a double and a Minster error.

Julie Prenger had two singled for Minster.

The linescore:

R H E

Parkway 000 010 002_3 7 2

Minster 000 100 000_1 5 4

WP: O’Neill; LP: Stueve

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