By Staff

            CANTON – On Friday the Canton/Galva softball team hosted Ell-Saline and after dropping a two-run, 5-7 score in game one, managed to bounce back in the nightcap and score a one-run 12-11 win.

Now an even 4-4 for the season, the Lady Eagles will prep for a big week ahead of county rivalry games as they host Inman on Tuesday and Moundridge on Friday.

            Ell-Saline pounced on the Lady Eagles with four runs in the first inning and then added one more in the third before Canton/Galva was able to score three in the bottom of the third and then add one in the fourth to pull to within 6-4. Unfortunately, the Lady Eagles were only able to add one more run in the game and lost 7-5.

            Brecken Pearson, Jordan Friesen and Emerson Hoppes each had a pair of hits to lead the Lady Eagles with Pearson and Hoppes pounding out a double while Friesen hammered out a home run.

            Friesen worked the complete game on the mound for the Lady Eagles throwing 101 pitches, giving up 14 hits, seven runs, walking two and striking out nine.

            Canton/Galva jumped out to a 4-0 lead at the end of the first inning of game two when Ell-Saline pushed across five runs in the second followed by the Lady Eagles getting three more to take a 7-5 lead into the third inning.

            Ell-Saline scored four in the fourth and held a 9-8 lead into the fifth when Julia Allen smacked a two-run single to give the Lady Eagles the lead back at 11-9. Ell-Saline tied the game in the sixth with two runs before Canton/Galva scored again in the seventh for the win.

            Julia Allen had a huge second game, going 4-for-4 with a home run, four runs batted in, and three runs scored. Brecken Pearson finished the game 3-for-4 including a double and home run while also knocking in four runs and scoring three times. Jordan Friesen chipped in with three hits as well while Raegan Hawkinson had a pair.

            Jordan Friesen threw a complete game and got the win as she threw 126 pitches, gave up 13 hits, 11 runs, walked five and struck out five.

CANTON/GALVA LADY EAGLES hosting Ell-Saline

GAME 1:

Scoring: LADY EAGLES > 0-0-3-1-0-0-1 = 5-12-2;  Ell-Saline > 4-0-1-1-0-0-1 = 7-14-0.

LADY EAGLES HITTING (ab-r-h-rbi-bb): Adi Alcala > 3-1-1-0-0; Brecken Pearson > 4-1-2-1-0; Julia Allen > 4-1-1-1-0; Jordan Friesen > 5-1-2-2-0; Emerson Hoppes > 4-0-2-0-0; Jayden Orth > 4-0-1-1-0; Raegan Hawkinson > 3-0-1-0-0; Lili Espinoza > 3-1-1-0-0; Cora Schamp > 3-0-1-0-0.  Team Totals > 33-5-12-5-0.  2B (2) > B. Pearson, E. Hoppes – 1.  HR (1) > J. Friesen – 1.  SB (3) > A. Alcala – 2; R. Hawkinson – 1.

LADY EAGLES PITCHING (ip-p-h-r-er-bb-so): Jordan Friesen > 7.0-101-14-7-7-2-9.

GAME 2:

Scoring: LADY EAGLES > 4-3-0-1-3-0-1 = 12-15-4;  Ell-Saline > 0-5-0-4-0-2-0 = 11-13-0.

LADY EAGLES HITTING (ab-r-h-rbi-bb): Adi Alcala > 1-4-1-0-4; Brecken Pearson > 4-3-3-4-0; Julia Allen > 4-3-4-4-0; Jordan Friesen > 4-0-3-0-0; Emerson Hoppes > 3-0-0-1-1; Jayden Orth > 4-0-2-2-0; Raegan Hawkinson > 4-0-2-0-0; Cora Schamp > 4-0-0-0-0; Lili Espinoza > 3-1-0-0-1.  Team Totals > 31-12-15-12-6.  2B (2) > A. Alcala, B. Pearson – 2.  HR (2) > B. Pearson, J. Allen – 1.  SB (5) > A. Alcala – 2; B. Pearson, J. Allen, Karley Pennington – 1.

LADY EAGLES PITCHING (ip-p-h-r-er-bb-so): Jordan Friesen > 7.0-126-13-11-11-5-5.

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