GHS softball finishes regular season on 18-1 high note

Abigail Burns

The Lady Bulldogs take a 6-13 record (2-4 GRC) into today’s (Oct. 14) Class 2, District 6 first round contest against Brookfield (10-9). Safety rules will be in effect at Marceline High School. Masks are required in areas where social distancing is not possible. There will be separate concessions for home and visiting fans. It is recommended that masks be worn when home and visiting fans intermingle. Fans are also asked not to stick around for games not involving their teams.
Oct. 12: Gallatin 18, Gilman City 1
The Lady Bulldogs pounded out 13 hits and road a big 13-run fifth inning to an easy win over the Lady Hawks. Caragan “Home Run” Baker went 4-for-4 including a homer and 3 triples, 2 runs batted in and 3 runs scored.
Betty Rogers singled 3 times, drove in a run, and scored twice for Gallatin. AnnaBelle Ball doubled, singled scored 3 runs, and picked up an rbi. Carli Beck walked twice and scored 3 runs. Madi Michael went 2-for-4 with a run and 3 rbi. Abigail Burns scored a run and drove in a pair. Ashley Feiden singled, scored and picked up an rbi. Presley Wells scored twice. Addie Riley had an rbi and run scored. McKinley Waters singled and drove in a run. Alex Endicott scored once.
Laina Ward had one of 4 hits for Gilman City and scored her team’s lone run. Reese Sperry, Sidney Gibson, and Ava Langfitt also singled for the Lady Hawks.
Ball threw 5 innings, striking out 4 without allowing an earned run.
Gilman City won the 3-inning jayvee contest, 4-0.
Oct. 10 @ Princeton Tournament
Milan 6, Gallatin 3
The Lady Wildcats did their damage early in the consolation final as they took a 6-0 lead after 2 innings. The Lady Bulldogs scored twice in the fourth and once again in the fifth.
Madi Michael opened the fifth inning with a line drive inside-the-park homer to right field. Gallatin strung together singles by Caragan Baker, AnnaBelle Ball and McKinley Waters to score twice in the fourth.
Ball pitched a complete game and blanked the Lady Wildcats over the last4 innings, striking out 6 batters in the process.
Gallatin 10, Mercer 2
The middle game of the tourney saw the Lady Bulldogs score in 4 of 6 frames. Baker, Ball and Ashley Feiden each contributed 3 hits for Gallatin. Baker finished a single short of hitting for the cycle after cashing in on a home run, triple and double.
Carli Beck singled twice for the Lady Bulldogs. Baker, Feiden, Presley Wells and Madi Michael each scored twice. Ball led Gallatin with 2 runs batted in.
Baker earned the victory on the mound in a 5 inning, 3 hit and 5 strikeout performance. Ella Bradford struck out a pair of batters in 2 relief innings.
Princeton 8, Gallatin 3
The Lady Bulldogs were limited to just 4 hits, including 3 by Baker (home run, 2 singles) but were in contention in the tournament opener after 4 innings. The Lady Tigers scored 4 times in the fifth and kept the Lady Bulldogs off home plate in the final 3 innings.
Baker finished with 5 total bases for Gallatin. Beck’s single scored a run.
Oct. 5: Gallatin JV 5, E. Buchanan 4
Two runs in the bottom of the third inning pushed Gallatin’s junior varsity squad to a 5-4 win over East Buchanan last week.
Abigail Burns and Kaydence Clevenger each had a hit and run scored. Jasmine Cecil also added a hit. McKinley Waters, Alex Endicott, and Taylor Hoover plated runs. Hoover finished with 2 runs batted in. Libby Wilson and Emma Christopher each had an rbi.
Baker, Bradford, and Christopher combined for the win on the mound.
Oct. 6: King City JV 9, Gallatin 6
The Lady Bulldogs outscored the Lady WildKats, 6-5, over the final 2 innings but could not make up a 4-0 deficit after2 innings of play.
Waters singled, scored, and drove in a pair of runs. Endicott and Wilson each had a single and run scored. Cecil and Alli Baker each scored. Christopher scored and drove in a run. Clevenger and Hoover each picked up a run batted in.