Cass wins crown
Published 11:43 pm Monday, June 9, 2008
By Staff
CLIMAX – The Cassopolis softball team made history again on Saturday as it captured the school's first regional championship.
The Lady Rangers (32-9) defeated Lake Michigan Catholic in the first game 8-1 and then romped past Decatur in the title contest 12-3.
Symone Pompey continued her impressive pitching for Cassopolis as she struck out seven in the title game and allowed just four hits.
The Lady Raiders jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second, but Cassopolis responded with a three-run third inning and a six-run fifth inning to break the contest open. The Lady Rangers added a run in the sixth and two runs in the seventh to complete their scoring.
Decatur (22-13) scored its final two runs in the fifth inning.
Cassopolis finished the championship game with 16 hits.
Molly Vite, Nicole Green, Samantha Vlasicak and Emily Phillips all had three hits for the Lady Rangers. Vite tripled, while Green and Vlasicak both doubled.
The Lady Rangers struck early and often against the Lady Lakers, putting up three runs in the first inning, a run in the third, two in the fourth and eight runs in the sixth.
LMC (24-9) scored its lone run of the semifinals in the sixth.
Cassopolis had 13 hits in the opening game, including two each from Vite, Green and Brittany Francis.
Phillips had three hits and three RBIs. All three hits for Phillips were doubles.
Vlasicak added a triple.
Division 4 Softball Regional
At Climax-Scotts High School
Championship Game
Cassopolis 003 061 2 – 12 14 2
Decatur 010 020 0 – 3 5 5
WP – Symone Pompey (C) and Brittany Francis
LP – Danielle Moser (D), Erin Burkett (4), Moser (5) and Stacey Krikke
2B: Samantha Vlasicak 2 (C), Nicole Green (C), Burkett 2 (D)
3B: Molly Vite (C)
Records
Cassopolis 32-9, Decatur 22-13
Semifinals
Cassopolis 301 202 0 – 8 11 2
Lake Michigan 000 001 0 – 1 4 3
WP – Symone Pompey (C), Torie Conner (4) and Brittany Francis
LP – Katelyn Schultz (LMC), April Patnaude (4) and Jamie Herzog
2B: Herzog (LMC), Emily Phillips 3 (C)
3B: Molly Vite (C)
Record
Lake Michigan Catholic 24-9