By Fred Kroner
Logan Lillard and Vanessa Wright each collected two hits on Thursday (April 29), but the Villa Grove softball team came up on the short end of a 5-3 score at Casey-Westfield.
Lillard scored two of the VG runs. Wright, Alexandria Brown and Addison Fisher had the Blue Devils’ runs batted in.
Lillard pitched all six innings. She issued one walk and struck out three.
On Friday (April 30), Allison Pangburn’s fourth-inning double drove in Emma Bratte-Noice and Brown, but that was all the offense the Blue Devils could manage against Owensboro (Ky.) Catholic in a 6-2 loss.
Seven players had hits for VG. Kyleigh Block (three innings) and Brown (two innings) shared the pitching duties.
On Saturday (May 1), the Blue Devils lost the final two games on their Kentucky trip, 9-1 to Green County and 6-0 against Central Hardin.
Kayln Cordes drove in Maci Clodfelder with the lone VG run for the day. Block connected for two hits against Central Hardin.
Block was one of four Villa Grove players with hits in all three games in Kentucky. Joining her were Lillard, Clodfelder and Brown.
Villa Grove (1-7) returns to action on Monday (May 3) at Tolono Unity.
