By Becky Walz,
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Decorah’s Bryar Duwe turns to make a tag on a Cadet baserunner Thursday in Thursday’s 10-5 win over Crestwood. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
The Decorah softball team (7-5, 3-1 NEIC) overcame a big hole Thursday to pick up the conference win over Crestwood and went to Jesup Friday and Saturday, finishing 1-3.
Big inning
It took a few innings for the Vikes to find a groove, but when they did Thursday against Crestwood (7-9, 2-4 NEIC) it was hard to stop them as the rolled to a victory at home.
The Cadets took advantage of early-game jitters by Decorah to score twice in the first and three times in the third before the Vikes took over in the bottom of the fifth, with the entire line-up scoring at least once to take a 10-5 lead that held for the win.
Clara Hjelle got the win in the pitcher’s circle with five runs scored on seven hits and striking out three.
At the plate, Decorah knocked out eight hits. Lauren Luzum was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI, while Dylin Thompson went 2-for-3, drove in a run and stole a base. Autumn Schaller came through with two hits and 1 RBI. Also with a hit apiece were Lani Hubka and Hjelle.
Crest 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 7 3
Dec 0 0 0 0 10 0 x 10 8 3
Clara Hjelle (WP) – 7IP, 5R, 7H, 3K
2B – Lauren Luzum 1; 1B – Autumn Schaller 2; Dylin Thompson 2; Lani Hubka 1; Luzum 1; Hjelle 1; RBI – Thompson 3; Luzum 2; Hubka 1; Lillian Olson 1; Schaller 1; Sydney Kipp 1; SB – Thompson 1
Second tournament
Packing up their equipment, the Vikes headed to the Jesup to compete in the two-day tournament going 1-1.
Friday, Decorah came up against West Delaware (2-10) to start the tournament with a 7-4 loss. Next up was Jesup (9-6) to start the tournament. The J-Hawks put up the first run in the second before the Vikes plated three of their own in the third. Jesup matched Decorah’s play in the bottom of the third to remain on top, 4-3. One in the fourth closed the gap to one until Jesup pushed two runs in the bottom of that same frame. Decorah tied it up, 6-6 with two in the fifth, but one final J-Hawk run in the sixth gave the hosts the win, 7-6.
Returning to Jesup Saturday, Decorah had an easy time defeating West Central (1-13), in four innings, 11-1. The Vikes sandwiched one West Central run in the second with a two-run first and third innings. The seven-run fourth ended the game early. The tournament ended with a 6-3 loss to South Winn.
No individual stats from the tournament were available at press time.
On the horizon
In a rescheduled contest, the Lady Vikes were at Waverly-Shell Rock Monday and are on the road again Tuesday, June 13, at Charles City with the junior varsity starting at 5:30 p.m., followed by a varsity contest.
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