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Sunday May 12, 2024
CHILLY VICTORIES: Rockets Cruise Past Hancock

RAPID RIVER---The Rapid River High School softball team beat the Hancock Bulldogs, 11-1, under cold, sunny, and blustery conditions Friday in Rapid River.

Brittany Schwartz and Natalie Belanger shared the pitching duties, with Schwartz going the first three innings and Belanger the last three.

Erica Proehl ended the first game with a three-run homer in the sixth inning, and Schwartz added an RBI double during a three-run Rockets fifth inning.

In the second game, Rapid River cruised to a 13-3 victory.

Belanger pitched all five innings of that one, and she had a big game with the bat, going 4-for-4 with two doubles and her first varsity grand slam home run. Riley Edwardsen got her first varsity base hit: a walk-off two-run double, ending the game in the fifth inning.

The Rockets host Westwood in a doubleheader on Monday at 4:00.

Click the thumbnails in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box above to see photos, video highlights from the game.







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