Banes and Jr. Wilson wins playoff openers

Banes edged Dubby’s 4-2 and Jr. Wilson downed Parkitects 12-5 in the opening round of the Medina Women’s Softball ‘A’ League playoffs.

The playoffs will resume on Saturday as Banes will face regular season champion White Birch at 8 a.m. Dubby’s will also play Parkitects at 8 a.m. in a losers bracket contest. Jr. Wilson will then play the White Birch vs. Banes winner at 9:45 a.m.

Banes 4, Dubby’s 2
Breaking away from a 1-1 tie, Banes took the lead for good by scoring 3 runs in the third inning on singles by Connie Heschke, Jami Chatt, Lindsay Chatt, Kathy Allen and a sac fly by Morgan Allis.

Heschke and Lindsay Chatt had 2 hits each. Chatt’s included a double.

Jr. Wilson 12, Parkitects 5
Junior Wilson’s scored 3 runs in the first, and 6 in the second to take a quick 9-0 lead.

Stormi Beach had a triple and Jodi Zacher a sac fly in the first inning to score Sara Flansburg and Jaclyn Rodriguez, who both walked.

In the second inning, hits from Sharon Korzelius, Jenna Wlostowski, Connie Hornquist and Jenn Thom helped score 6, along with a triple from Jessica Rosenbeck.

Korzelius had an RBI double in the third and later scored on an RBI single from Hornquist.

Korzelius, Wlostowski, Beach, Hornquist, and Rosenbeck all finished with two hits for Junior Wilson’s.

Kelsey Mest and Alishia Foss had two hits for Parkitects.