The Emmetsburg softball team ended their record-setting 2012
season in dramatic style Wednesday, winning the Class 2A Consolation Runner-up
game in a walkoff, 2-1, over Wayne in Ft. Dodge.
The E-Hawks, who lost their consolation semifinal to Denver
by a 4-1 final earlier in the day, entered the bottom of the seventh versus Wayne tied at one. Senior
Faith Schmidt led off with a bloop single to left, and courtesy runner Alexa
Naig reached second on a groundout. Down to their final out, freshman Michaela
Rehm drove in the game-winning run with a single to center. Rehm finished the
state tournament with a team-high four hits. Schmidt picked up the win in
relief of Ashton Connelly, who allowed one unearned run on three hits in four
innings of work. Schmidt caps the season with 29 victories in the circle, and a
Class 2A high 322 strikeouts. Emmetsburg ends the season with a school record
33 wins and eleven losses, finishing seventh in the state.
Click here for the postgame interviews with E-Hawks coach Travis Birkey.
The Class 2A Consolation Final ended with Van Meter topping Denver, 2-1, to claim
fifth place.
In Class 1A, LeMars Gehlen Catholic ends their season in
sixth place, dropping a 4-2 contest to Marquette Catholic in the consolation
final. The Jays went 25-12. Newell-Fonda, who lost to Gehlen Catholic by a 2-0
margin earlier in the day, notched their first win, taking down Mason City
Newman Catholic, 6-1, to claim seventh place. The Mustangs were 35-9 this
summer.
The Class 3A bracket saw East Marshall
rebound from a loss to Estherville-Lincoln Central this week to claim two victories
and fifth place. The Mustangs ended with a 3-0 blanking of Mid-Prairie in the
consolation final, while Davenport Assumption doubled-up Waukon, 10-5, to take
seventh.
Class 4A’s consolation final went in favor of Carlisle, a 2-1 victor over Winterset. Sioux City Bishop
Heelan went winless for the tournament, falling 5-4 against West
Delaware in the seventh-place game.
And in Class 5A, Dowling Catholic snuck past Ottumwa, 2-1, in the consolation final, while Davenport
West blew out Marshalltown,
8-0, for seventh.
All five classes will resume the championship side of the
bracket on Thursday with semifinal games, including fifth-ranked
Estherville-Lincoln Central (28-6) taking on top-ranked Solon (36-6) in Class
3A. First pitch is set for 3pm, with coverage on Y100 to begin at 2:50pm.
