Chase County’s baseball team split a doubleheader at home Tuesday against West Franklin. The Bulldogs took the first game 16-14, then lost Game Two by a 9-5 final. In the first game, West Franklin got started with four unearned runs off Bulldog starter Brandon Line. In Chase County’s half of the second, walks by Tyler Mullins and Tanner Line sandwiched around a double by Dylan Kelsheimer loaded the bases for Shawn Talkington, who lined a shot to left-center field for a grand slam to give Chase County a 5-4 lead. The Bulldogs picked up four more runs in the third, with RBI hits by Jace Francka and Talkington and an RBI hit-by-pitch for Kelsheimer. They added seven runs during the fourth, including RBI hits for Kelsheimer, Tanner Line and Talkington, which preceded a two-run single by Greg Davis. Chase County won the slugfest despite committing six errors.
In Game Two, Talkington started for Chase County, and the junior became the losing pitcher in a regular-season game for the first time in his high school career. The Falcons jumped on him in the first inning, with four hits and a hit-by-pitch bringing home three runs. West Franklin later built its lead to 5-0 before Chase County added two runs in the third on RBI doubles by Davis and Brandon Line. But West Franklin added three in the sixth and one in the seventh to take a 9-2 lead.
The Bulldogs rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh to make the score respectable.
Talkington went 4-for-5 and drove in seven runs in Game One, then added two more hits in game two. Davis went 5-for-8 and had three RBIs over the two games. Now 7-3 on the year, the Bulldogs play today at Lyndon.
Olpe girls win
Sheeley Invite
Olpe’s girls track team won the Travis Sheeley Invitational on April 16 at Northern Heights High School, and the Eagle boys finished second.
Katelyn Henderson won two events, finishing the 1,600 meters in a time of 5 minutes, 43.31 seconds and also winning the 3,200 with a time of 12:35.22. Natalie Kuhlmann won the 300-meter hurdles, running with a time of 52.44. The 4x800-meter relay team of Kelsey Camien, Kathryn Flott, Camille Webb and Nicole Wendling was also victorious with a time of 11:06.81. Emily Redeker won the high jump, leaping 4 feet, 10 inches. Kendyl McDougald won the javelin competition with a throw of 104-8, and teammate Katie Moyer was second at 103-6. Haley Herrick and Meghan Murray tied the school record in the pole vault, finishing third and fourth, respectively, by vaulting 6-0. Also among Olpe’s high finishes, Jill Cole finished second in the discus with a throw of 95-2, and Wendling finished second in the 800 meters. Her time was 2:46.38.
The Eagle boys finished second behind Osage City. Lance Sadler finished second in the 3,200 meters with a time of 10:43.69 and in the 1,600 meters with a time of 4:48.90. Matt Redeker and Alex Dreier finished 2-3 in the javelin; Redeker posted a throw of 145-5, and Dreier put up a toss of 131-11. The Eagles’ 4x800 relay team of Jason Klumpe, Ricky Murray, Lee Redeker and Wade Schmidt earned a second-place finish with a time of 9:35.97.
Bulldog softball squad sweeps West Franklin
The Chase County softball team earned a sweep of West Franklin on Tuesday at Chase County to improve to 8-2 on the year.
The Bulldogs finished Game One in five innings, winning 11-0. Kylee Scott and Taylor Rains both hit inside-the-park home runs during the rout, Brenna Riley had a triple, Heather Duncan hit a double and Aubrey Watts drove in two runs. Rains went 3-for-3 and also gave up just two hits on the mound, striking out four.
Game Two was a 13-5 victory for the Bulldogs in which they fell behind by three in the top of the first, then answered with nine runs in their half of the inning. Ashley Cahoone had a double and drove in three runs, and Aubrey Watts and Kylee Scott each drove in two runs. Watts had a triple among her two hits, and Scott stole two bases. Briana Talkington and Anne Jirak each had two hits. Kelly Hannigan had three hits, including a double, and relieved starter Cahoone on the mound in the second inning. Hannigan went the rest of the way, giving up just one earned run while striking out five.
“I was happy with the way the girls hit the ball against West Franklin,” Chase County coach Katie Mann said. “We were tough all the way through the lineup.”