Lady Airedales rip Harrison

By Kevin Taylor

Alma Schools

Bella Plourde had four hits, and Lily Aladai went 3-for-4 with an RBI to raise her season average to .517 as the Lady Airedales throttled Harrison, 14-1, in 5A-West play.

Junior standout Jaslyn Boone singled home Aladai with the first run, and Plourde singled home Harper Jernigan to make it 2-0.

Jernigan was strong in the circle, allowing two hits, striking out six, and not allowing an earned run.

Aurora Huff drove in a run the hard way by getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. An error helped Alma pad its lead to 4-0 after one inning.

The Lady Airedales blew the game open with a six-run second inning. Eslee Travis drove home the fifth run with an RBI grounder, and Jaidon Humphrey’s RBI single made it 7-0. Maddy Moore’s run-scoring single gave the Airedales an 8-0 lead, and Aladai’s RBI double capped the second inning to give Jernigan a 10-run cushion.

Boone and Plourde hit back-to-back run-scoring singles to make it 12-0 in the fourth, and Braelyn Holmes’ first-career varsity hit made it 14-0 in the fifth.

Alma 12, Harrison 2

BASEBALL - Carson Hamilton continued his big sophomore season with his first-career four-hit game, and Brycen Lester tripled, doubled, and singled to help lead Alma to a 12-2 win over Harrison in 5A-West play.

Down 1-0 in the second, Izaac Plourde singled home Hamilton to tie the game. Sammy Moore slapped a go-ahead RBI single to right in the third, and Easton Daily’s fielder’s choice made it 3-1.

Carson Curd’s RBI single plated Lester with the fourth run, and winning pitcher Logan English doubled to center to make it 6-1. English worked 6 ⅔ innings for his third victory of the season.

Brody Baldwin’s RBI single extended Alma’s lead to 7-2, and Lester’s two-run triple made it 9-2. Hamilton’s two-run double in the seventh accounted for Alma’s final runs.

Through 21 games, Hamilton leads the team with 26 hits and a .413 batting average. He’s also knocked in a team-high 17 runs.

Lester is hitting .403 with 25 hits, 26 runs, and 13 runs batted in. Lester’s also struck out just eight times in 84 plate appearances.

Alma won the junior varsity game, 7-0, behind the batterymate of Landon Taylor and William Hamilton.

Taylor struck out six and pitched four scoreless innings, allowing only a two-out double in the fourth, and Hamilton provided all the offense needed with a two-run double.