Panthers close week with three straight wins
Keziah McQuillen of Monticello lays down a bunt during the May 30 home game against Benton Community. (Photo by Pete Temple)
Panther third baseman Madilynn Kromminga catches a Benton Community foul ball near the fence May 30 in Monticello.
Monticello closed a five-game week of high school softball with three straight wins, boosting its early-season record to 5-2, including 3-1 in the River Valley Conference North Division.
Other than one game against Anamosa, the Panthers have won or been competitive in every game.
“If you do that night in and night out, you’re doing the right things,” Monticello coach Bret McDonald said.
The latter two wins came in Central City’s three-team, round robin tournament June 3. The Panthers dispatched Lone Tree 12-0 in four innings, as Jordan Fangmann pitched a one-hitter; and then scored a 5-2 win over Central City.
Fangmann struck out six in the Lone Tree game.
“She did a great job of controlling the plate,” coach McDonald said.
The Panthers led just 2-0 through two innings, but scored three in the third inning and seven in the fourth to end the game with the four-inning, 12-run rule.
The Panthers collected 12 hits. Brea Stahlberg batted 2-for-2 with two doubles and three runs batted in. Also getting two hits apiece were Fangmann, Madilynn Kromminga and Keziah McQuillen. Lauren Verhagen drove in three runs, and Fangmann knocked in two. Kaite Roher hit a triple.
All of the scoring in the Central City game came in the first inning. The Wildcats took an early 2-0 lead, but Monticello answered with five in its half. McQuillen had an RBI triple, and Stahlberg hit an RBI double in the inning.
Stahlberg pitched the entire game, allowing seven hits and striking out four, to get the win.
“Brea did a great job,” the coach said. “She battled out of some bases-loaded situations.”
Kinzi Schlarmann went 2-for-3 and had three stolen bases.
“Kinzi did a good job in the outfield, and Lauren Verhagen did a good job behind the plate for us,” McDonald said.
Monticello started the week May 30 with a 2-0 home loss to Benton Community in a non-conference game. The Panthers outhit the Bobcats 8-4, but couldn’t push a run across. Fangmann pitched six innings of four-hit ball, but took the loss. Stahlberg pitched the seventh inning.
“I thought that was a very well-played softball game by both teams,” coach McDonald said. “They made a couple of plays we didn’t, and that was difference in the game.”
Jaelyn Aitchison and Roher each went 2-for-3.
Then came a home doubleheader against neighboring rival Anamosa June 1. The Blue Raiders’ star pitcher, Emily Watters, held Monti to just one hit – a double by Sami McElmeel – in an 11-1, five-inning Anamosa win.
“I didn’t feel like we were ever in that game,” the coach said, “in any aspect of the game.”
The Panthers turned the tables in the second game, however, taking a 9-2 lead through five innings and holding on to win 9-7.
Monticello scored five runs in the first inning, thanks mostly to a three-run homer by McQuillen.
“That was a big difference in the game,” the coach said.
Then, a two-run double by Kromminga keyed a three-run fifth for the Panthers.
McQuillen and Fangmann each batted 2-for-3. Aitchison had a double. Fangmann pitched six innings to get the win. Stahlberg earned a save by closing out the game in the seventh.
May 30
(at Monticello)
Benton Comm. 2, Monticello 0
MONTICELLO AB R H BI
Roher c 3 0 2 0
Verhagen rf 4 0 1 0
Aitchison ss 3 0 2 0
Fangmann p 3 0 1 0
Kromminga 3b 3 0 1 0
McElmeel lf 2 0 0 0
McQuillen cf 2 0 1 0
Stahlberg 1b 2 0 0 0
Barnhart 2b 2 0 0 0
Schlarmann, K. lf 0 0 0 0
Hansen pr 0 0 0 0
Schlarmann, H. ph 0 0 0 0
Henderson pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 24 0 8 0
Benton Comm. 100 010 0 – 2 4 1
Monticello 000 000 0 – 0 8 1
SB – Henderson.
Monticello IP H R ER BB SO
Fangmann (L, 2-1) 6 4 2 1 1 2
Stahlberg 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 7 4 2 1 1 2
June 1
(at Monticello)
Anamosa 11, Monticello 1
(first game)
MONTICELLO AB R H BI
Roher c 3 0 0 0
Verhagen rf 1 0 0 0
Aitchison ss 2 0 0 0
Fangmann p 2 0 0 0
Kromminga 3b 2 0 0 0
McElmeel lf 2 1 1 0
McQuillen cf 1 0 0 0
Stahlberg 1b 2 0 0 0
Schlarmann, H. dp 2 0 0 0
Barnhart 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 17 1 1 0
Anamosa 024 05 – 11 15 1
Monticello 000 01 – 1 1 2
2B – McElmeel.
Monticello IP H R ER BB SO
Fangmann (L, 2-2) 2 4 2 2 0 1
Stahlberg 3 11 9 8 1 4
Totals 5 15 11 10 1 5
Monticello 9, Anamosa 7
(second game)
MONTICELLO AB R H BI
Roher c 4 1 1 0
Verhagen rf 3 2 1 0
Aitchison ss 4 1 2 2
Fangmann p 3 0 2 0
K. Schlarmann cr 0 2 0 0
Kromminga 3b 3 2 1 2
McElmeel lf 3 0 1 1
McQuillen cf 3 1 2 3
Stahlberg 1b 3 0 0 0
Schlarmann, H. dp 3 0 0 0
Hansen 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 9 10 8
Anamosa 000 112 3 – 7 10 2
Monticello 510 030 x – 9 10 1
HR – McQuillen.
2B – Aitchison, Kromminga.
SB – Verhagen, K. Schlarmann, McQuillen.
Monticello IP H R ER BB SO
Fangmann (W, 3-2) 6 9 6 5 1 3
Stahlberg (S, 1) 1 1 1 1 1 1
Totals 7 10 7 6 2 4
June 3
Central City Tournament
Game One
Monticello 12, Lone Tree 0
(four innings)
MONTICELLO AB R H BI
Roher c 3 1 1 0
Schlarmann, K. cr 0 1 0 0
Verhagen rf 2 1 1 3
Aitchison ss 2 1 1 0
Tallman cr 0 1 0 0
Fangmann p 3 0 2 2
Henderson cr 0 2 0 0
Kromminga 3b 2 3 2 2
McElmeel lf 1 0 0 0
McQuillen cf 2 1 2 1
Stahlberg 1b 2 1 2 3
Barnhart 2b 2 0 1 1
Schlarmann, H. ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 20 12 12 12
Lone Tree 000 0 – 0 1 0
Monticello 113 7 – 12 12 0
3B – Roher.
2B – Stahlberg 2.
SB – Henderson 2, K. Schlarmann,
Tallman, McQuillen.
Monticello IP H R ER BB SO
Fangmann (W, 4-2) 4 1 0 0 1 6
Totals 4 1 0 0 1 6
Game Two
Monticello 5, Central City 2
MONTICELLO AB R H BI
Verhagen c 3 1 0 0
Kromminga 3b 1 1 0 0
Tallman pr 0 0 0 0
Aitchison ss 4 1 0 0
Fangmann p 3 0 0 1
McElmeel lf 2 0 1 0
McQuillen cf 3 1 2 1
Stahlberg 1b 2 0 1 1
Henderson cr 0 1 0 0
Schlarmann, K. rf 3 0 2 1
Barnhart 2b 1 0 0 0
Schlarmann, H. 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 23 5 7 4
Central City 200 000 0 – 2 7 1
Monticello 500 000 x – 5 7 1
3B – McQuillen.
2B – McElmeel, Stahlberg.
SB – K. Schlarmann 3, Verhagen, Tallman.
Monticello IP H R ER BB SO
Stahlberg (W, 1-0) 7 7 2 2 1 4
Totals 7 7 2 2 1 4
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