Lady Mounders stampede Buffaloes, crush Cardinals
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By Marlys Kruger
Sports Correspondent
The Elk Mound girls managed to get two of the three conference games in last week and outscored both opponents 33-6.
They started the week with a 13-2 defeat of Mondovi on May 25 then played just 3 innings after walloping Spring Valley 20-4.
A third game against Durand was rained out on Thursday and has been rescheduled for next Tuesday, June 8. The Lady Mounders hosts a pair of D-SC games this week. Elmwood/Plum City was in town on Tuesday, June 1 and conference front runner Glenwood City comes calling on Friday, June 4. They will finish out the conference and regular season with a Monday, June 7 game in Boyceville and host the Panthers in that reschedule contest on June 8. WIAA playoffs begin Wednesday, June 9.
Mondovi
Elk Mound blasted 12 hits in the contest and after falling behind 1-0 in the first inning, put five runs across the plate for a four run lead.
They gave up one more run in the third but the defense and pitcher McKenna Diermeier shut the Buffaloes down the rest of the way.
After tacking on three runs in the fourth, the Mounders added to their total with one in the sixth and four in the seventh to finish things off.
Diermeier had two hits and four RBIs with two runs scored and threw a three hitter with 14 strikeouts for the win.
Morgyn Hallum picked up a pair of hits and scored twice, Hannah Larson banged two hits with a pair of RBIs and Kallee Rhude was 3-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI.
Spring Valley
The Cardinals are winless in conference action and were no match for the mighty Mounders the next day.
Six runs in the first inning and 13 in the second made for a quick contest. With one more in the third the 20-4 lead was enough for the Mounders to head for home early.
Diermeier got a break from her mound duties with Issie Hollister pitching all three innings, allowing six hits with four Ks.
Diermeier, Lauren Garnett, and Rhude all had two hits while Diermeier and Rhude both brought in three runners. Garnett, Hollister, and Stella Rhude crossed home plate three times, and Kallie Rhude scored four times.