Roundup: Thursday baseball, softball

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Baseball

Hicksville 11 Crestview 9 (eight innings)

CONVOY — In a wild and wooly game, Hicksville rallied from a 4-0 sixth inning deficit and defeated Crestview 11-9 in eight innings on Thursday.

The Knights scored a pair of runs in the first when Bryson Penix doubled in Zaine Cerigan, then scored on an error. Evan Hart singled home Penix for a 3-0 lead after three innings, and David Cerigan scored on a Hicksville error in the fifth. After tying the game 4-4 in the sixth, a three run double by Parker Bassett put the Aces ahead 7-4. However, the Knights were able to knot the score 7-7 in the bottom of the seventh, when Ayden Hyitt scored on an error, Penix scored on a Huxley Grose grounder and David Cerigan crossed home plate on a sacrifice fly by Owen Hecker.

In the eighth inning, the Aces scored four runs, three on Crestview errors. Penix singled in Zaine Cerigan and Hyitt scored on a passed ball, but the Knights could draw no closer.

Penix finished 3-of-5 at the plate with a pair of RBI, while Hart had a pair of hits and drove in two runs.

Crestview will play at Parkway on Tuesday.

Lincolnview 10 Fort Jennings 5

Lincolnview erupted for seven runs in the fifth inning and the Lancers went on to defeat Fort Jennings 10-5 on Thursday.

Carter Stevens, Case Young, Gavin Evans, Grant Zielke and Holden Price each drove in runs in the fifth. Price finished the game with three hits and two RBI, while Young and Zielke each drove in a pair of runs. Chayse Overholt, Myles Moody, Seth Brant,  Young and Zielke each finished with two hits and as a team, the Lancers piled up 15 hits. Conlan Hatfield pitched the first four innings for Lincolnview and allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits with four strikeouts. Evans pitched 2 ¹/₃ innings gave up two runs on a hit and four walks, and Brant pitched the remaining ²/₃ of an inning and struck out one.

Owen Calvelage paced Fort Jennings with two hits and Wyatt Gasser, Calvin Menke and Adam Hoersten each had an RBI.

The Lancers will host Ottoville on Monday.

Softball

Crestview 8 Van Wert 1

CONVOY — Neveah Ross had three hits, including a three run home run and a double and Crestview defeated Van Wert 8-1 on Thursday.

Kaylee Mollenkopf finished with three hits and Alli Thatcher pitched a complete game with five strikeouts. Emma Haines scored Van Wert’s lone run in the first.

The Lady Knights (2-3) are scheduled to travel to Miller City tonight and Van Wert (1-2) is scheduled to play at Bryan on Saturday.