GERMANTOWN — Blanchester banged out 18 hits Monday in a 17-5 win over Valley View in non-league softball.
Jocelyn Lansing led the hit parade with four hits, including a homerun, and four runs batted in.
Alayna Davenport also knocked in four runs.
Lansing, Davenport and Bailie Bare, the first three batters in the BHS lineup, were a combined 9-for-13 at the plate with seven runs scored and 11 RBI.
Blanchester (7-16) closed the game with an 11-run fifth inning. In the Valley View fifth, the Spartans scored three runs but the BHS defense stepped up to stem the tide. On a fly bal to right, Lansing made the catch then relayed to Riley Ledford who threw to Hope Blankenbeckler at first for a double play.
Quynn Dawley came in to the game in the second inning and pitched the final four frames.
SUMMARY
April 29, 2024
@Valley View High School
Wildcats 17, Spartans 5
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VV^0^1^1^0^3^^5-10-3
(17) BLANCHESTER (ab-r-h-rbi) Lansing 5-4-4-4 Davenport 4-2-2-4 Bare 4-1-3-3 Q. Dawley 5-1-2-0 H. Blankenbeckler 2-1-1-1 Tedrick 4-1-0-1 Ledford 3-2-2-0 Abbott 4-2-2-3 M. Blankenbeckler 3-3-2-1 TOTALS 34-17-18-17
(5) VALLEY VIEW (ab-r-h-rbi) Kozuszek 4-0-1-0 Powell 4-0-2-0 Riley 3-0-1-0 Duncil 3-0-1-0 Shell 3-2-2-0 Coleman 3-2-1-1 Hamric 2-0-0-1 Turner 2-0-1-1 Stamper 2-1-1-1 TOTALS 25-5-10-4
2B: B-Bare 2, Davenport, Abbott, M. Blankenbeckler, Q. Dawley; VV-Turner, Shell
3B: VV-Coleman
HR: B-Lansing
HBP: B-Bare, M. Blankenbeckler
SB: B-Lansing
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Blanchester
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Q. Dawley (W)^4^9^4^3^0^1
Valley View
Turner (L)^4.1^14^11^10^2^0
Shell^0.2^4^6^0^2^0
