Crookston Softball ends season with playoff loss at Wadena-Deer Creek

The Crookston Pirate Softball team’s season came to an end with a 15-2 loss in five innings at the hands of Wadena-Deer Creek in the first round of the Section 8A tournament.

FIRST INNING-
Crookston would be retired in order in the top of the first.
In the home half of the first inning, Ally Wagner got the first two outs quickly, but the Wolverines followed that with an offensive response. A single and two walks loaded the bases, and Alyssa Carr would follow that with a walk to score the first run of the game, making it 1-0. Then, Lilly Parker would drive in two with a single to left to make it 3-0, and a wild pitch on the very next pitch made it 4-0 Wolverines. Wagner would then get a popout to end the inning.

SECOND INNING-
Crookston got a one-out single from Peyton Demerais in the 2nd inning, but Brea Lessard would ground into a 4-3 double play to end the inning.
In the home half, the Wolverines ran away with, as they piled run after run. After back-to-back walks started the inning, an error would score those runs, making it 6-0. After a strikeout, a sac fly would make it 7-0. The rest of the offense would be fueled by walks, as six straight walks would score three runs, making it 10-0 Wolverines. After a pitching change, Jada Dykhoff drove in two to make it 12-0, and an error after that would score the final two runs, meaning that the Wolverines would take a 14-0 lead into the 3rd inning.

THIRD INNING –
After a leadoff single by Shyuh Burnette, two strikeouts and a groundout would quickly end the inning for the Pirates.
After two groundouts, the Wolverines got three walks in a row to load the bases. However, a wild pitch caused the runner from third to try and score, but Demerais made a great throw to get her at the plate, ending the inning and keeping WDC scoreless.

FOURTH INNING-
Crookston got runners on second and third with nobody out to start the 4th inning. Kambelle Freije would drive a run in with a single to make it 14-1, and then Madi Bruggeman would then come home on a successful delayed steal to cut the lead to 14-2. Crookston would go down quietly to end the inning.
After a popout started the inning, WDC got runners on the corners with one away, and some smart baserunning would cross up the Crookston defense, and a run would score, making it 15-2 Wolverines. A popout would then end the inning.

FIFTH INNING-
Crookston got a single and a walk to start the fifth, but two popouts and a caught stealing would end the game, giving the Wolverines a 15-2 win.

Crookston’s season ends with a 6-15 record, and they say goodbye to two seniors, Kambelle Freije and Emily Bowman.