NTL SOFTBALL: RIDALL'S RBI DOUBLE SENDS TROY PAST NORTHWEST (2024-05-24)

Northern Tier Sports Report
EAST TROY  — Lauren Ridall doubled in Sydnee Bellows in the bottom of the fifth, pushing Troy to a 3-2 win over Northwest during District IV, Class AA quarterfinal softball action Friday.

The game was 2-2 after the first and it looked like extra innings was in the offering until Ridall’s big hit.

She finished 2-for-3 with the RBI while Amber James (1-for-3), Bellows (1-for-2) and Kali Ayres all scored runs. Olivia Champluvier added an RBI.

Ridall got the start, going four innings with two strikeouts, two walks, four hits, and two earned runs.

Champluvier went the final three innings for the win, striking out three while allowing one hit, no walks, and no runs.

The Rangers scratched across two runs in the top of the first, but the Trojans responded as James hit a 1-out single. She would later score on an error off the bat of Ayres.

Ayres would tie the game up with a Champluvier sacrifice fly.

Northwest was close to breaking the tie in the third but Troy got the final out when a Ranger was caught heading home.

Then in the fifth Bellows led off with a hit. After out outs Ridall had the game winner to send Troy through to the semifinals.

They’ll meet familiar foe South Williamsport on Tuesday at Elm Park with a 5 p.m. start.

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PHOTOS BY JOE CARREON

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