Banes captures softball playoff championship

Contributed Photo – Banes celebrates the playoff championship victories. In front are Rileigh McCabe Sue Seefeldt, score keeper Samantha Heschke, Connie Heschke and Lindsay Chatt. In back are Amy Lavender, Morgan Allis, Teri Schrlau, base coach Bruce Seefeldt, Patti Page, Kathy Allen, Jami Chatt and base coach Mark Allen. Missing from the photo are Sophia Goyette and Krissy Schrlau.

Banes captured the Medina Women’s Softball ‘A’ League playoff championship by sweeping a doubleheader from Jr. Wilson by scores of 14-1 and 10-5 Monday evening.

Banes 14, Jr. Wilson 1
Banes erupted for 10 runs in the first inning to key the win over previously unbeaten  (in the playoffs) Jr. Wilson to force a second game for the championship.

Batting around the decisive first inning uprising included singles by Connie Heschke, Jami Chatt, Kathy Allen and Patti Page; RBI singles by Lindsay Chatt, Sue Seefeldt, Amy Lavender, Rileigh McCabe, Heschke, Jami Chatt, Lindsay Chatt and a double by Teri Schrlau.

Banes capped off the win with 4 runs in the fifth on a double by McCabe, singles by Schrlau and Page and RBI singles by Heschke, Jami Chatt and Lindsay Chatt.

Jami Chatt finished with 4 hits as Heschke and Lindsay Chatt both had 3,

For Jr. Wilson, Jessica Rosenbeck and Lizzy Hazel both had 2.

Banes 10, Jr. Wilson 5

Both teams scored 2 quick runs in the first inning.  Banes tallied on singles by Heschke, Jami Chatt, Lindsay Chatt and Morgan Allis and Jr. Wilson on a triple by Alyssa Robarge and singles by Hazel, Rosenbeck and Jaclyn Rodriguez,

Jr. Wilson then jumped out to a 5-2 lead by scoring 3 runs in the second inning on singles by Connie Hornquist, Chasity Chinn, Hazel and a triple by Robarge but would not score again.

Banes closed the gap to 5-4 by scoring twice in the fourth inning on an RBI single Rileigh McCabe and a double by Teri Schrlau

Banes then took the lead for good at 7-5 by scoring 3 in the 5th inning on singles by Jami Chatt and single Lindsay Chatt a 2 RBI triple Morgan Allis and an RBI single Kathy Allen

Banes capped off the title clinching win with one run in the sixth on a double Schrlau and RBI double by Page and 2 in the seventh on singles by Allis and Allen and an RBI double by Lavender.

Banes pitcher Sue Seefeldt then made a double play to end the game.

Multiple hitters for Banes were Morgan Allis with 3 including a triple and Schrlau with 3 include 2 doubles.

Playing well defensively were  Lindsay Chatt and Morgan Allis in the outfield.

Multiple hitters for Jr. Wilson included Hazel with 4 including a double, Robarge 2 including 2 triples  and Rosenbeck 2.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Rileigh McCabe of Banes gets the out on Lizzy Hazel of Jr. Wilson at third base.

Stormi Beach bangs out a hit for Jr. Wilson.