The Panthers treated the large Senior Day crowd to an 11-1 thrashing of the Orion Chargers. Senior, Ava Grawe led the way with 5 RBIs on a grand slam and double.
Panther starter, Wynn Renkes mowed down the visitors in their opening at bat with two strikeouts and a pop fly. EP’s Chloe Hamilton walked with one out in their half and moved to second on a Charger error on a grounder by Lilly Swatos. Isabella Olvera then lined a single to right center driving in both runners to make it 2-0.
In the Panther second, Eden Jensen and Hamilton singled and a walk to Laken Renkes loaded the bases before Grawe connected on her team leading 7th home run of the season to put the Panthers up 6-0.
EP pitcher, Wynn Renkes was in control throughout the contest allowing one run, while giving up only 4 hits and striking out 6 Charger batters. The single run came in the fifth inning.
In the Panther’s fifth at bat, singles by Jensen, Alyssah Padia and Laken Remkes and doubles from Hamilton and Grawe scored four and a Charger error allowed Grawe to score with the winning run and sent the fans home happy.
Head coach Jessie Russell is thrilled with the Panther’s late season charge.”It is really exciting to see our players energized and playing together as a team this late in the season. We had a great crowd and it was great to send our seniors out with a win like this.”
The Panther seniors who will actually have 3 more regular season home games are Grawe, Jensen, Padia, Swatos, Leah and Taylor Richmond.
The 13-10 Panthers host Hall on Tuesday In Prophetstown at 4:30.
