Polar Bears win FVA softball games

Grace Danoski pitches for Hortonville May 18 during the first inning of the Polar Bears’ Fox Valley Association win over Oshkosh North. Hortonville wrapped up its FVA schedule with a 12-3 win over the Spartans and finished fifth in the conference standings with a 10-8 record. Greg Seubert Photo

Hortonville finishes fifth in standings

By Greg Seubert

The Hortonville softball team wrapped up its Fox Valley Association schedule with recent wins over Oshkosh North and Appleton East.

The Polar Bears finished fifth in the FVA with a 10-8 record. Kaukauna won the conference championship with an 18-0 mark, followed by Oshkosh West (15-3), Kimberly (12-5), Neenah (12-6), Hortonville (10-8), Fond du Lac (7-11), Appleton East and Oshkosh North (5-13), Appleton North (4-13) and Appleton West (1-17).

Hortonville’s Julia Mischler is safe at second base as Oshkosh North’s Ava Hanson drops the ball May 18 in a Fox Valley Association game in Hortonville. Greg Seubert Photo

Hortonville 12, Oshkosh North 3

The Polar Bears came up with all the runs they needed in the first two innings May 18, as they scored three times in each frame.

Oshkosh North cut the lead in half with a run in the fourth and two more in the fifth, but the Polar Bears answered with six runs in the fifth.

Paige Lillie bats for Hortonville in the Polar Bears 12-3 win over Oshkosh North. The junior also pitched a no-hitter for the Polar Bears May 16 in a 6-0 win over Appleton East. Greg Seubert Photo

Hortonville 6, Appleton East 0

Paige Lillie held the Patriots without a hit May 16.

Hortonville scored four runs in the second inning and two more in the fifth.

Mara Hedtke hit a two-run home run for Hortonville.