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RFH 2010, HCS Softball

HCS Wins Boosters Softball Tournament

Sun, May 15, 2011

Becca Rogers pitches fifth no-hitter and HCS boom to win Booster's tournament Saturday.

The HCS softball team picked up its third and fourth wins of the week by winning the 10th Annual Hamilton Sports Boosters Softball Tournament Saturday.

HCS opened the tournament with an 18-0 win over neighboring Madison and walked to the championship with a 13-0 win over DeRuyter. In both games Bill Dowsland's Lady Emerald Knights relied on very mature performances of two young pitchers and offensive firepower that seems to get stonger with each game.

Against Madison in the opener, Hamilton exploded for nine runs in the first tinning and put it in cruise control. Their 18 runs came on 13 hits and three Madison errors.

Catcher Kelby Watkins continues to develop her batting chops, going 2-4 (including a double), with five RBI's, while all-state shortstop Katie Weeks went 2-5 with two RBI's and three stolen bases. Katherine Keever had a triple.

Eight grader pitchers Becca Rogers and Hayden Nolan combined for a no-hitter, with Nolan getting her first varsity win.

Haley Ponton was Madison's pitcher of record.

1 2 3 4 5   R H E  
Madison 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 3    
Hamilton 9 0 4 0 5   18 13 1    

In the championship game Saturday afternoon, it was more of the same:

  • overpowering pitching by Rogers;
  • overpowering performance at the plate by the entire lineup.

Rogers pitched her fifth no-hitter of the season, striking out 17 in the title match. She is now 12-2.

In addition, the skilled eighth grader went 3-4 and had three RBI's. Sara Whyatt went 4-4, with 3 RBI's and Rachel Holcomb was 2-4 and had three stolen bases. Whyatt and Jenna Schell had doubles for HCS and Jordan Peterson ripped a triple.

Hamilton is now 13-2 overall and 9-2 in league play.

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7   R H E
DeRuyter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 5  
Hamilton 2 3 0 4 4 0 X   13 15 0  
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