Freshman pitcher Tenley Griffith won two games and Hailey McClure went deep as Gilman City's softball team won two games and tied the third to win the Tri-County Jamboree Thursday.
Gilman City 5, Pattonsburg 4
Gilman City seemingly broke open the first game, only to be left hanging by their fingernails for a 5-4 win in their first game. They bunched together two hits in the first inning, but Vanessa Weigand robbed Khloey Sperry from her third base position and Carlie Pittsenbarger robbed Kayleece Puls in left to kill the rally.
But the Hawks showed the ability to get production from the lower part of their order as Parker Crabtree, Hailey McClure, and Caitlynn Chalfant all singled to make it 2-0. Chalfant advanced on a wild pitch and to third on Ellie Smith's groundout, and then Avery Gregg's slow roller down the third base line scored her to make it 3-0. Khloey Sperry reached on an error as Gregg made it to third and Tenley Griffith grounded out to score her. Sperry came home on a wild pitch to make it 5-0.
But despite losing a lot of horses from last year's 20-win season, Pattonsburg returns a group that does not give up easily and an error that allowed Cheyanne Miller to circle the bases ignited them. Singles by Jayden Goble and Addie Iddings and back to back triples into the vast outfield of Tri-County made it 5-4 and put Kaitlyn Estes on third with nobody out.
But Griffith pulled herself together and struck out Vanessa Weigand and Carlie Pittsenbarger and got Kara Bernadino to ground out back to the mound to preserve the win.
Gilman City 6, East Harrison 0
After Kayleece Puls got a pair of outs at shortstop and Giffith struck out Aspen Zerbe to end the first, Avery Gregg singled to lead off the Hawk first. Gregg, who stole 42 bases last year without getting caught, was at it again and successfully swiped second. Khloey Sperry grounded to shot and Gregg came so far off second that she distracted her and she misplayed it as Sperry was safe and Gregg scored. Sperry stole second and Griffith's fly ball moved her to third. Allie Burke beat out an infield hit to score Sperry to make it 2-0.
Griffith worked around a walk in the second and then Khloey Sperry tripled into the right center field gap to start off the second. Tenley Griffith hit a line drive that sunk on the third baseman and everyone was safe. Sperry scored on a wild pitch and Alli Burke's Texas leaguer dropped into center to make it 4-0.
Hawk second baseman Parker Crabtree made a diving shoestring catch to rob Avarie Thompson of a hit. That loomed up strongly as Taylor Whitaker walked and Lainey Thompson singled to put runners on first and third. But Zerbe grounded out to Griffith to end the threat.
Parker Crabtree hit a high hopper that skipped past short for her second hit and Hailey McClure caught hold of one and hit a screamer over everybody's head and circled the bases to make it 6-0. She hit two home runs last year and will provide a lot of power to the lower part of the order.
Gilman City 5, Tri-County 5
Gilman City moved some people around, putting Allie Burke on the mound, Avery Gregg behind the plate, and Khloey Sperry in center, giving people some reps just in case. Meanwhile, Tri-County had been getting better each game; after dropping their first game 3-0 to East Harrison, they played Pattonsburg tough before losing to them 4-2.
The first one and a half innings was all Mustangs after Avery Chadwick robbed Khloey Sperry of a sure triple and right fielder Julie Courter robbed Tenley Griffith in right field of extra bases. The Mustangs and Hawks always play each other tough even when the record book suggests otherwise. Meanwhile, Gilman City threw away a dropped third strike in the Tri-County first; the outfield is so huge that it meant that Avery Chadwick circled the bases and Julie Courter scored as well to make it 2-0.
The sparkling plays continued for the Mustangs in the second inning as their shortstop robbed McClure of a base hit to end that frame.
But after Burke settled in and retired Tri-County in order and Ellie Smith wore one for the team, Khloey Sperry crushed a home run to right field to tie the game and bail out the Hawks. With two outs, Tenley Griffith scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-2 and then Hailey McClure reached on a throwing error to plate two more to make it 5-2.
But with their heart of the order coming up, the Mustangs came roaring back as Dani Critten crushed a triple down the right field line and later scored on a wild pitch to tie it at 5-5. Tri-County got more traffic on the bases, but Gilman City was saved by the bell as time expired before they could cash in.
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