TOUCH’EM ALL … Teammates wait at home plate to greet Madelyn Hopper after her solo home run in the fifth inning.
(PHOTOS BY JACOB KESSLER / THE VILLAGE REPORTER)
D6 REGIONAL SEMIFINAL … Montpelier shortstop Kelsie Bumb throws to first after scooping up a grounder in last week’s regional semifinal game with Ada at Findlay High School.
Ada 6, Montpelier 4
FINDLAY – Ada scored four runs in the final two innings and held off a Montpelier rally in the bottom of the seventh for a 6-4 win.
A walk, error, and consecutive doubles from Madelyn Hopper and Kelsie Bumb helped the Locos score three runs before a ground out and fly out ended the game.
Hopper took the loss in the circle while going 2-4 at the plate with a homer, double, and three RBIs.
AHS 200 011 2 – 6 6 2
MHS 000 010 3 – 4 5 3
Records: AHS 23-4, MHS 18-6
WINNING PITCHER: Bassitt (7 innings, 5 hits 4 runs, 3 earned, 5 walks, 4 strikeouts)
LOSING PITCHER: Hopper (7 innings, 6 hits, 6 runs, 6 earned, 2 walks, 7 strikeouts)
LEADING HITTERS: (Ada) Griffith – home run, 2 RBIs; McLain – home run, 2 RBIs; Bassitt – double, RBI, 2 runs; (Montpelier) Hopper – home run, double, 3 RBIs, 2 runs; Bumb – double, RBI