The South Hamilton Hawks softball team returned to action on Tuesday, as they traveled to Britt to take on the West Hancock Eagles and Lake Mills Bulldogs in non-conference action at West Hancock High School. South Hamilton entered with a record of 5-16.
West Hancock would start off the opening game by putting up 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st, only to have South Hamilton answer with a run in the 2nd on a Lillie Ammerman steal of home, followed by 2 runs in the 3rd off a Jill Hesse sac fly and an Emma Lammers RBI single to make the score 3-3. West Hancock would put up 2 more runs in the bottom of the 3rd to take a 5-3 lead, a lead that held until the 7th, when South Hamilton exploded for 7 runs on an Emma Ammerman RBI single, a Stella Martensen RBI single, a Jill Hesse RBI single, an Emma Lammers 2-run RBI double and a Claire Hewitt RBI single to take a 10-5 lead and clinch a 10-5 win.
Emma Lammers went 2-for-4 with a double and 3 RBI, as Emma Ammerman went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Jill Hesse went 1-for-3 with 3 RBI, while also pitching the complete game, allowing 5 runs (0 earned) on 6 hits and struck out 4.
South Hamilton followed by taking on Lake Mills, putting up 2 runs right away in the 1st with an Emma Lammers RBI single and a Claire Hewitt RBI single to go ahead 2-0. Following a scoreless 2nd, the Hawks added 4 runs in the 3rd off an error, a Lillie Ammerman 2-run RBI single and a bases-loaded walk from Claire Hewitt to take a 6-0 lead. Lake Mills would score a run each in the 4th and 5th to cut the lead to 6-2, but South Hamilton added a run in the 6th off an Adey Trask RBI groundout and 2 runs in the 7th off a Lillie Ammerman RBI double and an Allie Neuberger sac fly to help clinch a 9-2 win.
Lillie Ammerman would go 2-for-4 with 3 RBI and a double, while Adey Trask went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Emma Lammers picked up the win in the circle, allowing 2 runs (0 earned) on 4 hits and striking out 7 in a complete game.
South Hamilton softball returns to action on Wednesday, when they host the PCM Mustangs in Heart of Iowa Conference action with 1st pitch at 7:30 PM.