FAST START … Corinne Cape drives a two-run double to right field to give Edgerton a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.
(PHOTOS BY BREANA RELIFORD / THE VILLAGE REPORTER)
BIG INNING … Hilltop’s Isabella Ackley smacks an RBI single as part of a six-run second inning that gave the Cadets the lead for good.
Hilltop 8, Edgerton 5
BRYAN – Hilltop sent 11 batters to the plate as they scored six runs in the second inning to overcome an early 3-0 deficit for an 8-5 win over Edgerton and a district championship.
Hilltop totaled 17 hits on the day paced by 3-4 efforts from Maggie Altman and Sophie Graham while Sophia Crossgrove went 3-5.
Corinne Cape had a double and two RBIs while taking the loss in the circle for Edgerton and Casey Everetts tallied three hits.
Hilltop faces Mohawk in the Division VII regional semifinals at Bowling Green on May 28.
HHS 062 000 0 – 8 17 2
EHS 310 100 0 – 5 6 3
Records: HHS 26-3, EHS 18-7
WINNING PITCHER: Rising (4 innings, 5 hits, 5 runs, 3 earned, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts) Other: Connolly
LOSING PITCHER: Cape (7 innings, 15 hits, 8 runs, 6 earned, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts)
LEADING HITTERS: (Hilltop) Kuszmaul – double; Jones – 2 singles, 3 RBIs; Routt – 2 singles; Crossgrove – 3 singles, RBI; Altman – double, 2 singles, RBI; Ackley – 2 singles, RBI; Graham – 3 singles, 2 RBIs; (Edgerton) Cape – double, 2 RBIs; Everetts – double, 2 singles; Giesige – triple