Maggie Maus (right) is greeted at home by her teammates after hitting a homerun in the fourth inning. Maus (left) stretches to get a hit to centerfield in the sixth inning. Trey Foerster Photos

By Tom Anderson, Head Coach

Trailing 15-12 in the eighth inning at home, the Iola-Scandinavia softball team rallied for four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to win in dramatic fashion over Amherst, 16-15, in a CWC-East showdown!

With one out, sophomore Maggie Maus hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Braelyn Jueds from third base for the winning run. The win improves the Thunderbirds’ conference record to 5-3 and their overall record to 8-3.

Ava Printz (left) hits a bunt single in the fourth inning. Braelyn Jueds (right) looks the ball into her glove for an out in centerfield.

The game went back and forth several times.

The T-Birds took a 2-0 lead in the first inning.  Amherst scored three runs in the second inning and added two more runs in the third inning for a 5-2 lead. Iola-Scandinavia scored four runs in the fourth inning, but the Falcons responded with one run in the fifth inning to tie the score, 6-6.

The Thunderbirds scored two runs in the fifth inning and four more runs in the sixth inning to take a 12-6 lead. Amherst rallied for six runs in the seventh inning to tie the game, 12-12.

Brooklyn Berrens is greeted at home by her teammates after hitting her homerun in the sixth inning.

The T-Birds didn’t score in the bottom half of the seventh inning to send the game into extra innings. The Falcons scored three runs in the top of the eighth inning, but Iola-Scandinavia responded with four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning for the win.

Ten different Thunderbirds got at least one hit as the T-Birds outhit Amherst 21-18.

Second baseman Maddie Karolus receives a throw at first base on a bunt attempt in the second inning.

Maus not only drove in the winning run, but she had four hits, including a two-run double in the first inning and a two-run homer in the fourth inning. Maus finished the game with five RBIs.

Jueds and Maya Munoz each had three hits. Jueds had a run-scoring single in the eighth inning, and Munoz had two run-scoring singles. Brooklyn Berrens, Rayanne Clendenning, Jueds and Katie Rosenthal each had two hits.

Berrens hit a leadoff solo homerun in the sixth inning and a two-run double in the eighth inning. Clendenning had a double in the fifth inning. Jueds had a two-run single in the fourth inning.

Charlotte Isermann pitched the final two outs in the eighth inning to pick up the win for the T-Birds. Pitcher Clendenning started the game and pitched the first seven innings. She allowed four walks and three strikeouts.

Ruby Maus scores home on a misplayed ball by Amherst in the fifth inning.

The varsity team will host Menominee Nation today, May 5, in a CWC-East game. The game will start at 4:30 p.m.

As always, call the high school softball hotline (715-445-2411, ext. 5000) before each game to check the status.

In the sixth inning, first baseman Brylee Jueds stretches to catch the ball to get Amherst runner Aubrey Chandler diving back to first base to complete the second out in a double play.

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