St. Joseph-Ogden picks up chilly win at Bismarck. The Spartans improve to 5-5-1 with Blackburn-Kelley pitching a complete game.
Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks
St. Joseph-Ogden's Timera Blackburn-Kelley unwinds a pitch during St. Joseph-Ogden's first softball game at the newly renovated Randy Wolken Field back in 2024. Now a senior, she held Bismarck-Henning to one run in Wednesday's 8-1 road win.
St. Joseph-Ogden 8, Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin 1
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph-Ogden | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 1 |
| Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
GAME NOTES:
Timera Blackburn-Kelley racked up 10 strike outs for the Spartans. The senior gave up five hits and run without a walk. She went 2-for-3 at the plate. Four other St. Joseph-Ogden batters also delivered two hits in the non-conference win. Hayden Dahl, Ella Buhs, AJ Jannusch, and Brynn Ikemier made noise on the four appearances in the batter's box. Ella Mohr scoreed three times and Buhs scored twice in Wednesday's road game.
BHRA pitcher Eva Ronto suffered the loss to the Spartans after giving up eight runs on 13 hits. To her credit she walked only two batters and struck out five. Senior Hope Grissom led the Blue Devils' offensive effort with two hits. Tinley Siddens, Giana Brown, and Mia Ohler - all freshman, contributed on hit each. Brown scored the team's only run in the bottom of the seventh.
