WEST BRANCH, Iowa – West Liberty got three hits, a double and an RBI from Brianna Runge in a 4-2 softball win at West Branch on Thursday.

Brooke Bowie added two more hits for the Belles (6-9, 3-6).

Emily Christensen struck out six and gave up no walks in earning the win on the mound for coach Norm Mitts’ club.

West Liberty 4, West Branch 2

West Liberty                 010 021 0 – 4 11 3

West Branch                100 001 0 – 2   6 3

Emily Christensen and Jordyn Weinard; Sonya Holmes and Lizzie Tucker. W – Christensen. L – Holmes. Hits (two or more) – WL (Brianna Runge 3, Brooke Bowie); WB (Tucker, Stoolman). 2B – WL (Runge); WB (Pence). 3B – WB (Tucker). RBI – WL (Runge).

Record – West Liberty 6-9, 3-6.

Next game – West Liberty at Anamosa Tournament, Saturday.

Soph boys roll twice

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Coach Clay Dillon’s Muscatine sophomore baseball squad completely dominated Davenport North in a doubleheader on Thursday.

After the Muskies’ 13-2 conference win in the opener, Muscatine led 19-0 in the first inning in an eventual 29-6 win in the non-conference game.

Muscatine batted around twice in the first inning and had a total of 18 hits, benefited from seven walks, nine errors and was hit by four pitches in the runaway victory. Four hits were by Mat Snider.

The Muskies had 16 hits in the first game.

Muscatine 13, Davenport North 2

Muscatine              050 410 3 – 13 16 0

Dav. North              000 011 0 –   2  4 0

Cole Miller, Tyson Foglesong (5), Austin Czerwiec (7) and Mat Snider; Jones, Guzzo (7) and Wallace. W – Miller. L – Jones. Hits (two or more) – Mus (Spencer Ludman 3, T.J. Husar 3, Miller 3, Alex Draper 3); DN (Kern). 2B – Mus (Ludman, Foglesong); DN (Kern). HR – Mus (Nick Clemens). RBI – Mus (Ludman, Husar 2, Miller 3, Clemens 2, Draper, Foglesong); DN (Kern).

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Muscatine 29, Davenport North 6

Muscatine              (19)21 25 – 29 18 1

Dav. North                 150 00 –   6   6 9

Chad Vander Linden, Travis Hoag (2) and Mat Snider; Wallace and Kern. W – Vander Linden. L – Wallace. Hits (two or more) – Mus (Cole Miller 3, Tyson Foglesong, Snider 4, Paul Jindrich 3, Nick Clemens, Chris Aguero); DN (Newmyer). 2B – Mus (Foglesong, Snider). RBI – Mus (Spencer Ludman, Chris Lawhead 2, Miller 2, Foglesong, Austin Czerwiec, Snider 6, Hoag, Jindrich, Clemens, Aguero 2); DN (Newmyer, Martens 2).

Record – Muscatine 8-6, 2-1.

Next game – Assumption at Muscatine, Saturday, 10 a.m.

Insurance run is big

WILTON, Iowa – Wilton needed the insurance run it got in the fourth inning in a 4-3 softball win over Williamsburg on Wednesday.

The Beavers scored three in the first and got a run by virtue of an error in the fourth in holding on against the Raiders.

Wilton 4, Williamsburg 3

Williamsburg   000 030 0 – 3 7 2

Wilton   300 100 x – 4 6 2

Hakeman and Knepper; Rachel Brisker and Kara Proctor. W – Brisker. L – Hakeman. Hits (two or more) – W’burg (Bigbee, Westcott); Wil (Carlee Grunder). 2B – W’burg (Westcott). RBI – W’burg (Wilson, Westcott 2); Wil (Alli Dieckman, Brisker 2).

Record – Wilton 10-4.

Next game – Wilton at Davenport West Invite, Saturday.

L-M shuts out IMS

LETTS, Iowa – Louisa-Muscatine’s softball team blanked IMS, 10-0, on Thursday night.

Jordyn Schaper, who earned the win on the mound for the Falcons left the game with a 7-0 lead in the fourth inning and Emily Gardner continued the shutout over the final two innings.

Schaper struck out five of the nine batters she faced and Gardner struck out four of the six batters she faced.

“Pitching was tremendous tonight,” interim coach Stacy Beatty said.

The Falcons had 10 hits to back the pitching efforts.

Louisa-Muscatine 10, IMS 0

IMS                                000 00 –   0   1 1

Louisa-Muscatine              322 03 – 10 10 1

L. Miller and B. Yoder; Jordyn Schaper, Emily Gardner and Haley Bloomquist. W – Schaper. L – L. Miller. Hits (two or more) – LM (Bailie Bonnichsen, Savannah McCleary, Megan Rankin). 2B – LM (McCleary). 3B – LM (Bonnichsen). RBI – LM (McCleary 4, Bloomquist 2, Bonnichsen 2, Sarah Barnes, Rankin).

Record – LM 6-5, 3-2 conf.

Next game – LM at Davenport West Tournament, Saturday.

Wapello doubles up

MEDIAPOLIS, Iowa – Wapello’s softball team doubled up on Mediapolis on the road, 6-3, on Thursday night.

The Arrows were led at the plate by Laura Tackenberg, who finished the night 3-for-4.

Emily McAtee struck out three and walked three in earning the win on the mound.

Wapello 6, Mediapolis 3

Wapello                    130 101 0 – 6 8 4

Mediapolis                011 010 0 – 3 5 3

Emily McAtee and Laura Tackenberg; Casey McLaughlin and Abby Darbyshire. W – McAtee. L – McLaughlin. Hits (two or more) – Wap (Tackenberg). 2B – Wap (Logan Hjerleid); Med (Darbyshire, Bergquist). RBI – Wap (Hjerleid, Erica Massner, Brooke Hammann, Helen Tobar); Med (McLaughlin).

Record – Wapello 5-7, 5-3 conf.

Next game – Wapello at Cedar Rapids Jefferson, today.

Wilton boys take 2

WILTON, Iowa – Wilton swept Mt. Vernon in a baseball doubleheader on Thursday, winning 10-1 and 11-1.

The Beavers had fine pitching performances by Drake Austin and Drew Freie in shutting down the Mustang offense.

Coach Jake Souhrada’s club got 13 hits in the opener and nine more in the nightcap to improve to 9-4 overall and 6-2 in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference.

Wilton 10, Mount Vernon 1

Mount Vernon   000 010 0 –   1  3 3

Wilton   130 150 x – 10 13 1

Nick Jirabek, Ryan Binfield (5) and Mike Kray; Drake Austin, Alec Crawford (6) and Ben Skelley. W – Austin. L – Jirabek. Hits (two or more) – MV (Luke Murray); Wil (Drew Freie, Skelley, Todd Denkman). 2B – Wil (Marcus Wagaman). RBI – Wil (Freie 2, Denkman, Jared Howell 2, Josh Peterson 2, Brent Pankow, Kyle Holmes).

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Wilton 11, Mount Vernon 1

Mount Vernon             000 001  –   1 3   4

Wilton                        104 222 –  11 9 3

Mike Kray, Tyler Craig (4), Ben Deininger (5) and Matt Winder; Drew Freie and Ben Skelley. W – Freie (4-1). L – Kray. Hits (two or more) – Wil (Brent Pankow). 2B – Wil (Alec Crawford); MV (Kray). RBI – Wil (Pankow 2, Kyle Holmes 2, Justin Brown, Skelley, Todd Denkman, Freie).

Record – Wilton 9-4, 6-2 conf; Mount Vernon 3-3 conf.

Next game – Wilton at Durant, Monday.

Durant topples Solon

SOLON, Iowa – After struggling some in the early going, Durant-Bennett scored a key 3-2 Eastern Iowa Hawkeye softball win Wednesday night over Solon.

Coach Steve Hopkins’ Wildcats, now 7-3 overall and 5-3 in the league, got two-hit pitching from junior all-stater Kassie Krummel.

Sophomore Stef Hendrych led a nine-hit Wildcat attack with three hits, including a pair of doubles.

Durant 3, Solon 2

Du,rant                       001 200 0 – 3 9 3

Solon                         101 000 0 – 2 2 1

Kassie Krummel & Katelyn Lilienthal; Becca Smith & B. Stewart. W – Krummel. L – Smith. Hits (two or more) – Durant (Stef Hendrych 3, Krummel, Jenny Paulsen). 2B – Durant (Hendrych).

Record – Durant 7-3 overall, 5-3 EIHC.

Columbus boys win

KEOKUK, Iowa – Columbus Community scored three runs over the final two innings in a 7-5 non-conference baseball win over Keokuk Wednesday.

Winning pitcher Micheal Allen helped himself with an RBI single in a two-run sixth inning.

The Wildcats added an insurance run in the seventh on singles by Boyd and Zuniga and a double by Harris.

Columbus 7, Keokuk 5

Columbus   200 202 1 – 7 8

Keokuk   020 201 0 – 5 5

Micheal Allen, Joe Zuniga (7) & Marin; Davis, Deyo (6) & N. Kelly. W – Allen. L – Deyo. S – Zuniga. Hits (two or more) – Columbus (Zuniga 3, Marin 2); Keokuk (Davis 2). 2B – Columbus (Marin, Harris); Keokuk (Bell). 3B – Columbus (Zuniga). RBI – Columbus (Marin 2, Harris 2, Allen); Keokuk (Volach, Bell, Davis 2).