Tigers eliminate Comets - Waupaca County Post

Brenna Oleson keeps an eye on the action from second base.

Caroline Ogden is ready to make a play for Waupaca at third base.

Lexi Schuelke pitches for Waupaca against Wrightstown. Schuelke relieved starter Alyssa Engebretson on the mound, but had to leave the game with a knee injury.

Wrightstown’s Paige Cornelissen steals second base as the ball gets away from Waupaca’s Bobbi Sue Sell during a Division 2 softball regional game May 26 in Wrightstown. Wrightstown won the game 12-2 to end the Comets’ season.

Season over for Waupaca softball team

By Greg Seubert

A nine-run fifth inning helped Wrightstown eliminate the Comets from the WIAA state tournament, as the Tigers handed Waupaca a 12-2 loss May 26 in a Division 2 regional matchup.

Heavy rain had forced schools to postpone several tournament softball games and regional track meets that day, but the skies cleared in Wrightstown in time for the game.

The Tigers wasted little time getting on the scoreboard, as Wrightstown came up with three runs in the bottom of the first inning.

Waupaca chipped away at the lead and eventually cut it to 3-2 with a run in the fourth and fifth innings before Wrightstown’s bats came alive in the bottom of the fifth.

Brenna Oleson and Mandy Tomlinson singled to start Waupaca’s half of the fourth inning and Tomlinson eventually scored as Bobbi Sue Sell hit into a fielder’s choice. Caroline Ogden scored the Comets’ second run in the fifth after Waupaca loaded the bases on singles from Ogden, Victoria Nowak and Oleson.

Winning pitcher Makayla Neinas held the Comets to six hits and Waupaca also committed three errors. Wrightstown improved to 23-4 on the season and Waupaca fell to 10-14. The Tigers fell to Freedom 3-1 in a regional semifinal May 28.