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Madison Moore, Wheaton North hold off big Oswego East comeback, advance to regional final · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Madison Moore, Wheaton North hold off big as we Go
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  Speaker 1: East comeback, advanced to regional final. Written by Joshua Welge.
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlett. Madison Moore handed the ball to
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  Speaker 1: freshman Aaron Johnson with one out in the fifth inning,
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  Speaker 1: and the Wheaton North senior pitcher went to keep the
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  Speaker 1: book in the dugout. She didn't check out mentally, though
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  Speaker 1: I'm definitely thinking about it, like, hey, I might have
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  Speaker 1: to go back in. I'm always still in the game,
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  Speaker 1: Moore said. They were talking about putting another picture in
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  Speaker 1: and then they were like, Madison go in, and I
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  Speaker 1: was like, oh my God. Brought back in for Johnson
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  Speaker 1: with none out in the sixth and As we Go
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  Speaker 1: East rallying more grounded that momentum. She retired the last
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  Speaker 1: six batters she faced, and twelve seeded Wheaton North, which
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  Speaker 1: led by seven runs in the fifth, held on to
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  Speaker 1: upset fifth seeded as we Goo East eight to seven.
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  Speaker 1: In Tuesday's Class four Oswego East Regional semifinal. Moore came
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  Speaker 1: back in the game after Oswego East, Olivia Owls and
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  Speaker 1: Katie Midday walked to start the sixth, Moore walked, Katie
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  Speaker 1: Silva and a wild pitch scored owls to make it
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  Speaker 1: eight six, but then Moore retired the next three batters,
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  Speaker 1: two scoring runs. How she settled down, just a lot
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  Speaker 1: of deep breaths, telling myself, I can do this, that
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  Speaker 1: I got it. Moore said, I got to let things go.
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  Speaker 1: I breathe. Wheaton North coach Kirsten Anderson was breathing easier
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  Speaker 1: after her pitching tag team held the lead late despite
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  Speaker 1: the Falcons committing six errors. Madison came back in and
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  Speaker 1: she was lights out. Anderson said, today we said everybody
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  Speaker 1: needed to be ready. We brought Aaron in. She did
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  Speaker 1: her job to get out of the fifth inning. We
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  Speaker 1: decided to go back to Madison, and she was ready
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  Speaker 1: and did her job. I wanted to go back to
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  Speaker 1: Madison's senior pitcher. She has that confidence. The Falcons nine
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  Speaker 1: to twenty two, got confidence early, jumping out with two
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  Speaker 1: runs in the first on Mikaila Hammer's two out, two
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  Speaker 1: run triple to the gap, and then Wheat and North
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  Speaker 1: batted around in the third for a six to one lead,
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  Speaker 1: with Delaney Serb drawing a bases loaded walk Emma Dodge
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  Speaker 1: singling in two runs, and Sophia Walter singling in a run.
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  Speaker 1: Hammer batting fifth, had a single in the middle of
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  Speaker 1: the rally. We moved Hammer down and that kind of
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  Speaker 1: built her confidence, Anderson said. We came out firing, We
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  Speaker 1: put some bunts down, made them half to work, and
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  Speaker 1: tried to be a little scrappy to get some runs
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  Speaker 1: on the board. Hammer, a starter on Wheaton North's sectional
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  Speaker 1: final teams the last two years, admitted she'd been in
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  Speaker 1: a slump but found her own way out. The thing is,
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  Speaker 1: it's basic, don't think Hammer said. That sounds easier said
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  Speaker 1: than done, but if you're not thinking about it, it helps.
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  Speaker 1: Just try to have fun. That's when you play your best.
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  Speaker 1: Hammer's contributions weren't limited to her bat to her running
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  Speaker 1: catch in center, saving two runs with two outs in
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  Speaker 1: the fifth. She's like a vacuum cleaner out there, Anderson said.
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  Speaker 1: As we go East twenty five to ten had won
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  Speaker 1: twelve of thirteen, coming in with a number of rallies
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  Speaker 1: like Tuesdays. Katie Silva, who reached all four times and
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  Speaker 1: singled in a run in the first, tripled in Miday
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  Speaker 1: in the fifth. Megan Halvatsen drove in a third run
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  Speaker 1: with an RBI ground out, and Michaylee Melberg delivered a
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  Speaker 1: pinch hit RBI single to make it eight to four
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  Speaker 1: that eventually became a one run game. I'm really proud
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  Speaker 1: of them for doing that. As we go, East coach
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  Speaker 1: Sarah Davies said, to come back from eight to one
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  Speaker 1: down is incredible. It's just incredible softball we've been able
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  Speaker 1: to play. It's just too many mistakes early, let things
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  Speaker 1: get out of hand. Still, a season that started with
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  Speaker 1: seven straight wins was won for Davies to savor. Probably
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  Speaker 1: my best year other than going farther in the playoffs,
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  Speaker 1: Davy said, this is one of my best groups. They
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  Speaker 1: all got along, they all love each other and worked
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  Speaker 1: their butts off. Wheaton North, which made the Sectional five
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  Speaker 1: the last two years, will play for a regional championship Friday.
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  Speaker 1: After a regular season that left limited playoff expectations. Dodge
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  Speaker 1: and Madeline Schumacher had two hits for the Falcons. We
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  Speaker 1: had a lot of doubts how we were seated. In
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  Speaker 1: years prior we were ranked higher, Hammer said, but as
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  Speaker 1: our old coach used to say, the postseason is a
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  Speaker 1: whole different season. It doesn't matter who did what during
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  Speaker 1: the season. It just matters how you come out