New London to face Freedom
By Greg Seubert
A convincing win has New London’s softball team heading back to a familiar place.
An 11-1 win over Altoona in a WIAA Division 2 sectional final June 2 means the Bulldogs will return to state for the first time since a run of five straight appearances from 2013-17,
New London, the third-seeded team in Division 2, will face No. 2 Freedom at 4:30 p.m. Friday, June 10, at Goodman Diamond in Madison. The two communities are only 20 miles apart and didn’t play each other this season.
Top-seeded Jefferson will play No. 4 Wisconsin Lutheran in the other state semifinal and the winners will advance to the championship game, set for 4 p.m. Saturday, June 11.
The Bulldogs also advanced to the sectional final with a 2-0 win May 31 over Medford.
New London 11, Altoona 1
Kenna Mix helped the Bulldogs from the pitching mound and at the plate. She held the Railroaders to one run over six innings while driving in three runs.
New London scored three times in the first inning before adding two runs in the third and six in the sixth.
Altoona picked up its run in the top of the third inning.
Molly Kable had three of New London’s 10 hits and scored three runs.
New London 2, Medford 0
A sectional semifinal matchup turned into a pitching duel between Mix and Medford’s Martha Miller until the Bulldogs came up with the only two runs of the game in the bottom of the sixth.
Emma Reismann led off the inning with a single and scored on Kable’s single. Kable later scored on Shelby Glodowski’ single.
Mix held the Raiders to two hits, didn’t give up a walk and struck out eight batters.