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West High sweeps Cedar Falls

West High continued its late season surge on Wednesday with a sweep of Cedar Falls in a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader in Iowa City.

West High won the opener 1-0 and took the night cap 12-1 in five innings to push its winning streak to seven in a row.

The Women of Troy improved to 15-17 on the season and 8-14 in MVC play with the sweep while Cedar Falls dropped to 9-23 and 4-16 in conference play.

Regina Splits Doubleheader With West Liberty

Regina snapped a season-high four-game losing skid and secured a doubleheader split with a 5-1 win over Class 3A No. 12 West Liberty in a River Valley Conference South Division doubleheader on Wednesday in Iowa City.

West Liberty won the opener 5-2 before 2A eighth-ranked Regina forced the split with a 5-1 win in the nightcap.

Regina improved to 18-15 on the season and 12-4 in RVC play while West Liberty moved to 19-8 and 11-4 in conference play.  

Paisley Gardner tossed six innings of two-hit ball to earn the win in game two.

Gardner struck out four and walked seven and also went 3-for-3 with an RBI in the game-two win.

Jess Hunter, Taylor O’Conner and Emma Nibaur each had two hits and drove in a run in game two.

Lauren Marth had a hit and an RBI while Annie Gahan and Katie Bracken each added a hit in the win.

Bracken took the loss in game one allowing five runs on eight hits while striking out eight in a complete game.

Hunter, Bracken, Gardner, Marth, Taylor O’Conner, Annie Gahan and Nibaur all had hits for Regina in the opener.

Game 1

West Liberty   001  103  0  –  5  8

Regina            011  000  0  –  2  7

W – Janey Gingerich              L – Katie Bracken

2B – WL: Janey Gingerich

Game 2

West Liberty    100  000  0  –  1   2

Regina            111  110  x  –  5  13

W – Paisley Gardner               L – Emma Martin  

2B – ICR: Jess Hunter