Southland Rebels softball downs Spring Grove 11-1 Wednesday

The Southland Rebels softball team was on the road Wednesday looking for win number six in a row in a Southeast Conference matchup with the Spring Grove Lions, and it was the Rebels, who game into the contest averaging just over 12 runs per game using three home runs and solid pitching from freshman Laney Weis to down the Lions 11-1.

The Rebels never trailed in the game as they scored two runs in the top of the first inning to take a 2-0 lead, and after Spring Grove scored what turned out to be their only run of the game in the bottom half of the inning to make the score 2-1, the Rebels cracked the game open with two runs in the fourth, two more in the fifth and four in the sixth to take a 10-1 lead, and a single run for the Rebels in the top of the 7th accounted for the 11-1 final.

Grace Krebsbach helped to lead the heavy-hitting Rebels to the victory as she went 2 for 4 for the game with a home run and three RBI’s, Myiah Wagner went 1 for 2 with a homer and two RBI’s, Riana Ulven also slugged a round tripper in four trips to the plate with two runs knocked in, and Laney Weis helped her own cause in the circle by going 2 for 4 with two doubles and a run scored, as Southland wound up with 11 runs on nine hits and no errors, while Spring Grove tallied one run on four hits, while committing six errors.

Weis, who threw a five-inning no-hitter in a 13-0 win over Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons in Rose Creek Tuesday was strong in the circle again Wednesday as she gave up the one Spring Grove run, which was earned, on four hits, striking out nine and walking only one in seven innings of work.

With the win, the Rebels are now 10-1 on the season, and the club returns to action at Rose Creek City Park next Tuesday versus GMLOK in a Southeast Conference matchup, with first pitch scheduled for 4:30 p.m. that afternoon.