Elk Mound girls blast Boyceville, dump Durand
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ANOTHER HIT — Mounder senior Kallee Rhude prepared to hit the ball for a single during a game in Boyceville June 7. Rhude finished with three hits in four plate appearances and scored three runs in a 13-3 Elk Mound victory. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
by Marlys Kruger
Sports Correspondent
The Elk Mound softball team will head into the WIAA Division 3 regional tournament with a pair of wins under their belts after bombing Boyceville 13-3 June 7, then sliding past Durand 3-2 the next day to end the regular season tied for second place in the final Dunn-St. Croix standings with Mondovi at 10-4.
The Mounders, 12-8 overall, received a bye in the first round of regionals as a number six seed and will travel to Neillsville, the number three seed on Monday, June 14. The victor will play in the regional championship on Wednesday, June 16.
Boyceville
Elk Mound took an early 1-0 lead after the first inning then put the hammer down and scored nine times in the third to pretty much put the game away. Another single run in the fourth and two more in the sixth put the finishing touches on the game.
Boyceville came up with a run in the third and two in the fifth off Mounder hurler McKenna Diermeier but they picked up just three hits in the game.
Diemeier struck out seven batters and walked just one to earn the win. She helped her cause by slamming three hits including a homer and scored twice while bringing in two runs. Kallee Rhude spanked three hits with one double, two RBIs, and came home three times. Issie Hollister and Chloe Dummer both had two hits with Hollister knocking in a pair of runs and Dummer crossing home plate twice. Stella Rhude slammed a triple and brought in three runs while scoring twice to add to the win.
Durand
The Mounders again took an early lead at 3-0, then had to hold off the Panthers to earn the win.
They scored all their runs in the third inning and the Panthers came up with one in the sixth and made things interesting with another in the seventh. But, Diemeier and her defense came through to finish off the win.
Elk Mound had just three hits in the game but made the most of them with Diemeier slamming her second homerun in two days. Hannah Larson drove one of the Mounder runs in and Kallee Rhude banged one hit and brought a run in. Morgyn Hallum scored once and had the other hit for the team.
Diemeier earned another win from the mound, allowing four hits with six Ks and four free passes.