It was a rough non-conference game last week for the Bethel softball team, as they traveled to Riverside and fell short 15-3 in a run-rule game.
Bethel opened the game with a run, as Grace Anthony opened the game with a walk and stole second. Maddie Inman then sacrificed her to third and a passed ball allowed Anthony to score, giving the Bees an early 1-0 lead. It did not last.
Riverside took advantage of two Bethel errors, which led to six runs scoring in their first at-bat, giving the host Pirates the early 6-1 lead.
“We gave them a couple of errors, but they also put the ball in play,” said Bethel coach Jeremy Reittinger. “We had missed opportunities to get out of the inning.”
Morgan Reittinger led off with a walk for Bethel to start the second inning, but she was left stranded following two strikeouts and a groundout.
Five straight hits led to six more runs for Riverside in the second inning, and after two swings of the bat, the Bees trailed by a monumental 12-1 score.
Bethel tried to make a comeback in the third, as the first two batters walked to open the inning, then Becky Schweiteran had an RBI single scoring Ashley Buchholtz. Bethel scored their final run of the game when Reittinger doubled in Schweiterman to make it 12-3.
Riverside added a run in the third, and two more in the fourth to wrap up the scoring at 15-3 in a five-inning game.
“Once we got adjusted we were ok,” Reittinger said. “I think they were better than us, but not 15-3 better than us. You can’t recover from a 12-run deficit especially with us being so young.”
*The JV team also lost last week, falling to Greeneview 15-8.
Both the baseball and softball teams did not play Covington on Thursday due to inclement weather conditions.
Track- The Bethel track team ran a dual meet with Northwestern High School last week. The girls were first with 65 points and the boys were second with 40 points.
Placing first for the girls were Alaina Hawthorn in the 100 Hurdles in 20.78, Brooklyn Smith in the 100 in 14.97, Kaitlyn Balkcom in 1600 in 6:47, Bailey McCabe in the 400 in 69.55, Olivia Rust in the 800 in 3:06, Maggie Kahler in 200 in 30.58 and Rachel Sebastian in the 3200 in 15:43.
Also winning their events were the 4x800 relay team of Sebastian, Kayla Grable, Rust and Balkcom in a time of 12:33. The 4x200 relay team of Jasmine Kreider, Hawthorn, Sophie Yarwick, and Smith won in a time of 2:09.14. The 4x100 team of Kahler, Hannah Marzolf, Yarwick and Smith also was victorious in a time 59.89. The 4x400 team of Grable, Kahler, Balkcom and Makenzie Hoeferlin also won their event.
Placing second were Hoeferlin in the 400 in 1:14.5 and McCabe in the 200 in 32.58.
Placing first for the boys was Korry Hamlin in the 400 in 57.97 and in the 800 in 2:19, Daniel Trimbach in the long jump in 17’ 1” and the 200 in 26.80. The 4x800 relay of Hamlin, Peyton Chapman, Connor Whelan, and Daniel Garcia in 10:24, and the 4x400 relay of Hamlin, Trimbach, Garrett Gatrell and Chapman in 4:19.
