Heart & Home Realty Claims Girls Minor League Tourney Title

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Published on July 15 2016 7:51 am
Last Updated on July 15 2016 8:20 am
Written by Millie Lange

Heart & Home Realty captured the championship of the Girls Minor Softball League Tournament Thursday evening at Evergreen Hollow Park.

In the opening contest, Chesnut Family Music trailed Martin's IGA Plus 5-1 after the first inning but had a six-run second and went on for the 14-6 victory.

Charley Kreke pitched a five-hitter for the win. Izzy Volpi had the lone extra base hit of the contest with a double.

Heart & Home Realty then defeated Dieterich Bank 7-1. Heart & Home held a 2-1 lead after two innings then tacked on a single run in the third and four more in the fourth.

Maddie Kibler had a single and double for the winners while Hadley Hagler added triple and an RBI.

Kristen Armstrong led Dieterich Bank with two singles and a double.

That put Chesnut Family Music and Heart & Home into the championship game where Heart & Home claimed a 13-8 victory.

Heart & Home took the early lead with five runs in the first and six in the second. They held a 13-1 lead until the fourth when Chesnut made a comeback bid with seven runs only to fall short.

Maddie Kibler led the winners with two doubles. Sydney Kibler threw a one-hitter. The lone hit for Chesnut came from Rylea Hodge with a single.

At Evergreen Hollow Park

Game Three

Chesnut Family Music           164    3    --    14-4

Martin's IGA Plus                  501    0    --       6-5

WP -- Kreke. LP -- Beals.

Chesnut Family Music -- Duval, single; Kreke, single; Thompson, single; Volpi, double

Martin's IGA Plus -- Loy-Coleman, single; Harvey, single; other hits had only first names listed

Game Two

Heart & Home Realty            201    40    --    7-4

Dieterich Bank                       010    00    --    1-5

WP -- S. Kibler. LP -- Armstrong.

Heart & Home Realty -- Stone, 1  RBI; S. Kibler, double, 2 RBI; M. Kibler, single, double, 2 RBI; Hagler, triple, 1 RBI; Boggs, 1 RBI

Dieterich Bank -- Armstrong, 2 singles, double; Nuxoll, single, 3 RBI; Wines, single, 1 RBI; Starkey, 1 RBI

Championship Game

Chesnut Family Music           100    7    --      8-1

Heart & Home Realty            562    0    --    13-3

WP -- S. Kibler. LP -- Kreke.

Chesnut Family Music -- Hodge, single

Heart & Home Realty -- S. Kibler, single; M. Kibler, 2 doubles