Camanche beats Tipton in Reginoals, 15-0

CAMANCHE — The Tipton softball team ran into a red-hot softball team in their Class 3A Region 1 opener last week. The Tigers traveled to 3A No. 9 Camanche to take on the Indians. Camanche entered the game with 30 wins in 39 games.
They left with win No. 31 as Ca- manche eliminated the Tigers from the postseason with a 15-0 win in three innings. The Tigers lost to the Indians 10-0 in Camanche on June 4.
The Indians took command of the game in the bottom of the rst inning, scoring 10 runs and batting around in their batting order. Camanche lead- o hitter Tarah Wehde singled, followed by singles from Cam Carstensen and Madi Parson, the third one scoring Wehde. The Indians came into the game on a three-game losing streak and had only scored three runs in there previous three games. Camanche led 10-0 after the rst inning. The Indians batted around again in the bottom of the second inning scoring ve more runs to push the score to 15-0. The game ended after three innings by the 12-run mercy rule when the Tigers were retired in order in the third inning.
Morgan Wendel took the loss after working two innings. She gave up 15 runs, eight earned, on nine hits. She struck out two and walked one batter. Indian starting pitcher Abby Stock, a senior, nearly pitched a perfect game. Stock settled for a no-hitter, giving up a walk to Madelyn Ham in the second inning. Senior catcher Madi Parson led Camanche at the plate going 3-for-3 with three RBI’s. Stock and Abby Beal each had two RBI’s. Every player in the Indian lineup had at least one hit.
Coming into the game, since 2010, Tipton had played Camanche three times in the postseason. The Tigers lost to the Indians in 2011 and 2013 by scores of 7-4 and 10-2 respectively. The Last Tipton postseason win came against Camanche in 2010 in a 1-0 win. Tipton beat the Indians out of the Big East 1-0. Jaden Comp- ton and Jordyn Hamann each had hits. Christina Newton  had an RBI. Taylor Doermann was the winning pitcher - 7 IP, 1-hit, six strikeouts, one walk.
 The Tiger's recent history has had back-to-back seasons with close postseason losses to North Cedar - 5-4 in 2018 and 4-2 in 2017 - and losses to Wapello (1-0) in 2016, North Cedar (12-0) in 2015, and Ben- ton (17-0 in 3 innings) in 2014.  

 The Tigers end the season 5-29. Tipton will return two of their top three batters from this season. Tipton had two seniors on the team this year in catcher Laken Hermiston and in elder Bryanna Sim- mermaker. Hermiston led Tipton in batting with 31 hits, a .348 batting average and a .402 on-base percentage. She also had a team-high 13 RBI’s and a slugging percentage of .416. Simmermaker batted .186 with 18 hits, and seven RBI’s. Tipton had two teammates collect 30 or more hits in the same season for the first time since 2013. Junior Britney Ford joined Hermiston with 30 hits and a .288 batting average. Junior Grace Nichols had a career-best hit total for a season with 21 to go with a .208 batting average. Both return next season.
 Tipton has been hit hard with pitching depth in recent years but will return their two varsity pitchers next season in sisters Morgan and Taylor Wendel.