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Larned softball wins opener against Lyons
Brooke Simmons connects
Larned Indian Brooks Simmons rips a base hit. - photo by Janet Fleske Special to the Tribune

Larned softball wins opener

LARNED — Larned's softball team rolled to a 12-2 victory over Lyons Tuesday. The second game was suspended with the score tied 4-4.

LARNED 12, LYONS 2 (G1)—  Larned's J Hagerman drove home five runs and Brooke Simmons scored three runs with three hits and three RBI. Pitcher Karley Lemuz struck out 10 batters.

Indian Eowyn Hedding singled and rounded the bases on a first-inning error.  Maya Wilson scored on a Brooke Simmons single. Teegan Walker scored on Hagerman's single.

Gillian Smith scored on a groundout to start a 5-run second frame. Hedding and Walker scored on a Brooke Simmons single. Hagerman's single scored Simmons and Jadyn Crosby.

Crosby scored on a groundout and Simmons scored on a fourth-inning wild pitch. D Bowerson scored on Crosby's single. Simmons scored on Hageman's groundout for the winning run.

LARNED 4, LYONS 4  (G2, suspended)— Larned  matched Lyons through four innings. 

Simmons scored on Crosby's second-inning single. Crosby scored on a groundout.  Wilson scored on a Lemuz third-inning groundout. Ivy Hope scored on a fourth-inning error.

Lyons Lions Jocelyn Vargas, Peyton Kruse and Alexis Martinez drove home runs. 

Lyons 101 000 — 2 8 3

Larned 350 202 — 12 11 2

Vargas and Goforth. Lemuz and Brooke Simmons. W—Lemuz. L—Vargas, 1-2. 2B—LYONS—Linden

Lyons 002 20 — 4 6 6 

Larned 021 10 — 4 4 3

Grizzle and Kruse. Crosby and Hedding.  2B—LYONS—Martinez