By Cort Reynolds
St. Henry scored 10 first-inning runs and rolled to a 17-0 win over host Ada in the Div. IV softball sectional finals on a warm and sunny Thursday evening.
The third-seeded Bulldogs fell to 16-7 with the season-ending defeat. Fifth-seeded SH hit four home runs and improved to 13-12 after the run-rule victory.
The slugging Redskin girls knocked out 21 hits, 11 of them for extra bases.
SH started the game with a sun-aided double and a home run by Lauren Thieman to provide an early 2-0 lead.
Redskin pitcher Carlee Rethman and third sacker Leah Lefeld followed with back-to-back doubles. Jalynn Everman then unloaded a homer, followed by a shot from catcher Kennedy Wendel.
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