Metro Sports Report

No. 9 Lions stroll past Clinton

The ninth-ranked Linn-Mar Lions scored eight runs in the first two innings Wednesday night and dropped Clinton, 10-1, in a prep baseball game at the Linn-Mar field.

Adam Bradley had a big night for the Lions with five RBIs. Adam Stolley went 2-for-3 and scored two runs. Andrew Gassmann scored four times.

Andrew Kraus pitched a complete game for the victory. He allowed one unearned run on three hits, with two strikeouts and one walk.

Linn-Mar raised its record to 10-4.

Clinton     000 100 0 - 1 3 2
Linn-Mar    440 101 x - 10 6 1

W - Kraus. L - Sullivan.

Marion splits twinbill with DeWitt

DEWITT - The Marion Indians split a Wamac Conference doubleheader with DeWitt Central Wednesday night in DeWitt.

The Indians won the first game, 5-4. Parker Ridge and David Kuhn had two hits and Ridge drove in two runs.

DeWitt Central captured the second game, 8-4. The Sabers scored five runs in the fifth inning to break it open. Gage Kray had three hits for Marion.

The split left Marion with a 7-8 overall record.

Daniels stops Prairie with 2-hitter

Zach Daniels had already thrown 109 pitches when Kennedy Coach Bret Hoyer visited the mound in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday in a tense game against Prairie.

Kennedy owned a 3-2 lead, but the Hawks had runners at first and second with only one out with the game hanging in the balance.

Lions, J-Hawks split MVC twinbill

Elison Ollinger and Maddy Ryan had back-to-back doubles in the bottom of the sixth inning to give Linn-Mar a 3-2 victory over Jefferson in the first game of Mississippi valley Conference softball doubleheader Tuesday night at Linn-Mar.

The J-Hawks, behind four hits from senior Hannah Towns, took the nightcap, 14-4.

In the opener, Christina Lincoln had a triple and drove home two runs for Linn-Mar. Ryan picked up the pitching win for the Lions.

Towns had two doubles and drove home four runs for the J-Hawks in the nightcap. Kennedy Dighton had a double and three RBIs for Jefferson, which scored five runs in the top of the first.