Game Report, May 25

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

AUBURN, Ind. — Among those with experience in high school athletics, conventional wisdom says that it's hard to be the better team in a matchup twice in a season. Doing it three times is even harder. But four? Darn near impossible. Bethany proved that conventional wisdom wrong Tuesday night, defeating county parochial rival Elkhart Christian 12-2 in the semifinals of the IHSAA softball sectional at Lakewood Park Christian School. The Bruins and Eagles have met four times in the last 11 days with Bethany prevailing in all four.
With the win, the Bruins advance to play the winner of Thursday's Hamilton/Lakewood Park semifinal this weekend. The final game is scheduled for Friday at 5:00 p.m., but will be played at 10:00 Saturday morning if Hamilton advances due to that school's graduation ceremonies the night before. Bethany and Hamilton have not met this season, while BCHS was victimized by seven errors in falling 11-1 to the hosts in Auburn on May 4.

Bethany 12, ECA 2, 6 innings
E 200 000 —  2  4 0
B 640 011 — 12  7 3
Faith Gill (L, 2 strikeouts), Kaylie Colon (3) and Carrie Risner; Mattie Lehman (W, 8 strikeouts) and Kelly Snyder.
Hits — Bethany: Mattie Lehman 2. 2B — Bethany: Lauren Hooley, Chris Minter. RBI — ECA: Emily Knight, Risner; Bethany: Lehman 3, Caitlin Fecher 2, Minter, Laken Richer. SB — ECA: Gill, Knight; Bethany: Ali Hochstetler 3, Leanne Hochstetler, Lehman, Snyder.