Sacred Heart Indians

Indianettes clinch District championship

  • Ella Demel is greeted at home plate after hitting her sixth home run of the season against St. Paul Thursday. Mark Lube/Shiner Gazette
    Ella Demel is greeted at home plate after hitting her sixth home run of the season against St. Paul Thursday. Mark Lube/Shiner Gazette

    SHINER – Three pitchers combined for a twohitter and Avery Beach and Ella Demel both hit home runs in a 14-0 five-inning victory over St. Paul to clinch the TAPPS District 5 Division IV championship at the StarPlex Thursday evening.

    For Beach, it was her 7th home run and Demel has six.

    The Indianettes (16-6, 6-0) accumulated 15 hits with six going for extra bases.

    SH scored a run in the first inning on an error.

    The big inning was the third when the Indianettes sent 12 batters to the plate.

    Kenzie Chance led off with a single, stole second and scored on a double by Rylan Dworsky. Dworsky came across on a double by Beach before Demel hit a 0-1 pitch over the center field fence for a two-run homer. Phoenix Richter and Ainsley Grahmann both hit run-scoring singles. Beach hit a two-run homer that scored Chance.

    Karley Kostelnik led off the fourth inning with a double before scoring on a passed ball.

    The final run came in the fifth inning when Kostelnik walked and scored on an error.

    Kenzie Chance 3-5, 2 RBI, R; Rylan Dworsky 2-5, RBI, 2B, W; Avery Beach 2-4, HR, 2B, 2 RBI, W; Ella Demel 1-2, HR, 2 RBI, W, HBP; Karley Kostelnik 2-4, 2 R; Ainsley Grahmann 1-4, 2B, RBI; Phoenix 1-4, 2B, R, RBI; Lanie Haas RBI; Kinley Migl 2-2, 2 R, SB; Madelyn Kurtz 1-2; Kennedy Zappe RBI.