Staff writer
The Marion High School softball team lost two games Friday to the Hillsboro High School Trojans on in Marion. The final scores were 16-1 in four innings and 17-0 in three innings.
In game one, the Warriors fell behind, 7-0, before they got their offense going. Shelby Percell led off the bottom of the second inning with a single to right field. JayDee Schafers added a single to center field, and Sarah Guetersloh moved the runners to second and third bases with a sacrifice bunt. MHS scored its only run of the doubleheader when Montana Percell grounded out but Shelby Percell scored from third base.
The Warriors had several outstanding defensive plays, starting with the first batter of game one, when Guetersloh caught a hard line drive at third base. She caught another such line drive six batters later. Outfielder Chelsea Voth had to run a long distance to catch a fly ball in right center field in the third inning of game one.
With a strong wind blowing from right field to left field, left fielder Annie Whitaker was kept busy chasing fly balls at the foul line, making several difficult catches.
The regional softball tournament begins Monday at Lyons.