Tonganoxie High softball bounces back for split with Spring Hill
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Tonganoxie High’s Kylie Vandervoort squares up to bunt Thursday during a doubleheader against Spring Hill. The Broncos won Game 1 at the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds, 13-5, but THS responded and won Game 2, 10-7.Tonganoxie High softball had a rough start to the season Thursday at home against Spring Hill.
THS fell behind, 8-0, before cutting it to 8-5, with some run production in the middle innings. Spring Hill would then score five more runs (two in the sixth and three in the seventh) on its way to a 13-5 victory. The Broncos looked to have momentum heading into Game 2.
And though Spring Hill only outhit Tonganoxie, 12-10, the Chieftains also committed seven errors.
Spring Hill picked up where it left off in the second game and jumped out to a 2-0 lead.
But Tonganoxie would respond.
Multiple times.
With Abby Clarkson on third after leading off with a double and Emerson Maslak on base after a single in the second inning, pitcher Farrah Halsa connected for a big three-run homer. That put THS ahead, 3-2, and they wouldn’t look back after that. THS scored two more in the third and five in the seventh on its way to a 10-7 victory.
The win moved THS to 1-1 on the season.
The Chieftains also had just two errors in the second game and outhit the Broncos, 13-10.
Santi Garcia, Mariah Herrera and Maslak all had doubles along with Clarkson in the second game.
THS now has Frontier League games Thursday at Eudora and Tuesday at Paola.
LINESCORES
Spring Hill 13, Tonganoxie 5
Spring Hill 143 002 3 — 13 12 2
Tonganoxie 000 320 0 — 5 10 7
Tonganoxie 10, Spring Hill 7
Spring Hill 200 120 2 — 7 10 1
Tonganoxie 932 959 x — 10 13 2