CARROLL — The Perry offense produced 13 hits and was 11-of-12 in stolen bases Wednesday to fuel a 16-2 five-inning win in Raccoon River Conference softball.
Perry scored three times in the first inning and once in each of the next two frames to open a 5-0 lead. Senior Maddie West clobbered her first career home run — a two-run shot — as part of a four-run Perry fourth inning, with Jo Diw yanking her third homer of the season — a three-run dinger — to spark a seven-run fifth inning.
Carroll managed to plate a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth, but it was not enough to continue the contest.
Emma Olejniczak threw three innings, allowing two hits and striking out four. Sid Vancil cleaned up, yielding four hits and two runs in two frames on the rubber. She tallied one strikeout.
Vancil was 2-for-3 at the plate with three steals and three runs scored, with Alyssa Kruger 2-for-4 with two steals and three runs. Olejniczak was 2-for-3 with three RBIs, a steal and a run with West and Diw blasting the aforementioned home runs.
Rachel Kinney, Brooke Huntington, T.J. Sheehy, Gabby West and Kennedy Tunink all had singles for the Jayettes.
Rylee Ludwig and Chloe Gallegos each had RBI singles for Carroll (0-4, 0-3), with Taylor Lux adding two hits and a scoring once.
Julia LaRue went 3-1/3 innings, yielding nine runs (seven earned) on eight hits and two walks while striking out one. Emma Snyder walked one, fanned one and allowed three runs on three hits in one inning on the rubber, with Sydney Haakenson recording two outs. She was touched for four runs on two hits and four walks.
Perry head coach Tina Kenney collected career victory number 99 in the win and can reach the century mark tonight when the Jayettes travel to Boone. Kenney became head coach in the 2010 season, and after 37 wins in her first four years has led Perry to 62 wins and counting over the past three seasons and the first six games of this year.
