Softball, baseball teams top Manawa
By Greg Seubert
The bottom of the seventh turned out to be a big inning for the Weyauwega-Fremont softball and baseball teams in their Central Wisconsin Conference-East games with Manawa.
Jayden McCoy’s double broke a 3-3 tie to give the softball team a 4-3 win over the Wolves April 6, while Connor Delwiche scored on a passed ball in the baseball team’s 7-6 win.
Weyauwega-Fremont 4, Manawa 3
Lily Krenke gave Manawa a 2-0 lead with a two-run single in the top of the third inning.
The Warhawks answered with a run in the bottom of the inning before both teams added single runs in the fifth.
Weyauwega-Fremont trailed 3-2 heading into the bottom of the seventh. Reilly Claassen reached second on a dropped fly ball and scored on Olivia Witkowski’s double. Witkowski then scored on McCoy’s hit.
Witkowski and Manawa’s Kelsey Behnke pitched complete games.
Weyauwega-Fremont 7, Manawa 6
Manawa took a 5-0 lead with three runs in the first inning and two more in the third.
The Warhawks cut into the Wolves’ lead with a four-run fourth-inning, but Manawa came up with another run in the fifth.
Weyauwega-Fremont added another run in the fifth inning, but still trailed 6-5 heading into the bottom of the seventh.
The Warhawks tied the game before Delwiche scored the winning run.