St Joseph Benton became the latest team to fall to the Chillicothe Lady Hornets Softball Team. Chillicothe scored 14 runs off 10 hits to win 14-0. In the last three games, Chillicothe has out scored their opponents 41 to 1.
Chillicothe’s Kinlei Boley had another gem in the circle, allowing just one hit, a lead off single in the fourth inning. The other four innings were three-up, three-down, striking out Benton batters in 10 of their 16 plate appearances.
On offense, Boley, Hope Helton and Bre Pithan all had home runs, with Bonderer getting a double. Hadley Beemer had two singles and Mika Hibner, Kirsten Dunn, Halle Rucker and Jolie Bonderer all had a single.
Helton and Pithan led in RBIs with three each.
Chillicothe is now 17 and 3 and have won their last nine games. The Lady Hornets host their own tournament on Saturday.
The Chillicothe JV won 9 to 5 over Benton with Hadley Beemer pitching three innings and Emily Schreiner pitching two.