Fredericktown baseball posts wins in dramatic fashion

Drama was the name of the game for the Fredericktown baseball team this week.

Fredericktown needed eight innings to knock off Cardington, 10-9, on April 22.

Kaiden Gibson doubled in Jayce Beeman for the winning run with one out in the bottom of the eighth after the Pirates had rallied in the seventh to tie it up.

Graham Overholt led the Freddies with two singles. Grady Mills also doubled, while Vince Lavin, Beeman, Zane Luckmeier and Mason Bennett all singled.

The Freddies used a four-man committee on the mound – Lavin, Luckmeier, Bennett and Gavin Buzzard. Bennett fanned four in four innings of work.

Fredericktown shut down Johnstown in picking up a 4-0 victory on April 25.

Bennett threw the first 5.1 innings, fanning two, while Buzzard finished, striking out two.

Overholt smacked three singles to pace FHS. Lavin and Reese Hannan had two singles each.

The Freddies rallied from a 5-0 deficit to pin a 6-5 loss in eight innings to rival Danville on Tuesday.

FHS scored one run each in the fifth and sixth innings, then tied it up with three in the bottom of the seventh. Mills then gave the Freddies the victory with a two-out single that scored Beeman in the bottom of the eighth.

Mills finished the day with three singles to pace FHS. Lavin added a double, single and three RBI, while Gibson and Cole Burnside had two singles each.

Carson Rinehart pitched the first six innings, fanning eight. Buzzard finished up, fanning one.

Softball

The Fredericktown softball team brought the big bats in three victories this week.

The Freddies smacked eight hits in beating Cardington, 8-1, on April 22.

Abbey Wittman belted a double and a single to pace FHS. Vika Arnett and Rylei Schulties added two singles each, while Halie Mull and Natalie Mull had one hit apiece.

Natalie Mull went the distance on the mound, striking out three.

The Freddies fell to Madison, 6-2, on April 24.

Wittman had a double and a single to lead the Freddies. Arnett added two singles and Baylee Newton had one.

Arnett pitched the first four innings, fanning one. Natalie Mull and Haylee Frye each tossed an inning with Frye fanning two.

Fredericktown then swept Loudonville, 13-4, and 8-7.

In the opener, Arnett had two triples and two singles to lead the Freddies. Halie Mull and Jazzy Wittman each added two doubles and a single, while Abbey Whittman had a double and two singles. Kiersten Mills cracked two singles and Aubree Whitley doubled.

Natalie Mull started on the hill, striking out three in five innings. Frye finished up, fanning two.

In the nightcap, Fredericktown held off a late rally to win, 8-7.

Ella Au and Halie Mull each had a double and a single to pace the Freddies. Whitley added a triple, while Abbey Wittman had two singles. Arnett and Mills both doubled.

Arnett threw the first three innings, whiffing two. Natalie Mull and Frye finished up.

Danville scored two runs in the seventh inning to edge the Freddies, 3-1, on Tuesday.

Jazzy Wittman smacked a double to lead Fredericktown. Arnett and Natalie Mull both singled.

Arnett pitched all seven innings, striking out four.

Track

Ella Bouton set a meet record, winning two events, at the Gerald Swankhouse Memorial at Upper Sandusky on April 25.

Bouton tossed the discus 139-foot-7 to set the meet record and win the event for Fredericktown, which finished fifth as a team. She also won the shot put with a toss of 41-6.5

Jenny Alexander came in second in the pole vault, leaping 10-6, while Gwen Lavin was fourth in the 1,600 (5:54.56) and Gracyn Toombs fourth in the shot put (34-3.25). The Freddie 4x400 relay team of Jeanna Aurand, Sophia Overholt, Lavin and Haley Thompson finished fourth in 4:46.31.

The boys team finished fifth overall, as well.

Cooper Rine came in second in the 110 hurdles in a time of 15.92, while Blake Sipes was second in the 100 (11.57).

The Freddie relay teams also finished well. The 4x100 team of Sipes, Gavin Toombs, Logan Roush and Tanner Estep were third in 46.16; the 4x200 team of Rine, Griffin Garver, Estep and Sipes were fourth in 1:36.98; and the 4x800 team of Isaiah Dickerson, Carter Budd, Jonas Bostic and Patrick McGuckin were fourth in 9:29.57.