By Tom Anderson, Head Coach

The Iola-Scandinavia softball team lost to Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 10-5, in a CWC-East game at Iola on Thursday, April 17. The Thunderbirds dropped their conference record to 1-2 and their overall record to 5-3.

The Chargers led 4-3 after five innings but scored five runs in the sixth inning and added one more in the seventh inning to secure the win. Wittenberg-Birnamwood took advantage of three defensive miscues by the T-Birds.

Pitcher Rayanne Clendenning went the distance in taking the loss. Clendenning allowed five walks while striking out four batters.

Offensively, Iola-Scandinavia outhit Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 13-10. Maya Munoz had three hits while Rayanne Clendenning, Libby Maus, Ava Printz, and Emma Printz each had two hits.  Unfortunately, the Thunderbirds couldn’t get the key hit at the right time leaving 10 runners on base.

The varsity team will travel to Bonduel for a conference game on Monday, April 21, starting at 4:30 p.m.

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