Appleton North softball slugs past Fond du Lac

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APPLETON – Drew Brown and Charlotte Radtke each had four hits as the hot-hitting Appleton North softball team picked up its sixth win in a row with a 9-4 victory over Fond du Lac on Friday at North High School.

Claire Therkildsen drove in three runs and Valerie Baranczyk added three hits for the Lightning, who finished with 17 hits in all, and improve to 11-2 overall and 7-1 in the FVA.

Evelyn Frega threw a complete game to earn the win for Appleton North, striking out five with three walks.

Appleton North will play a nonconference game at undefeated Fox Valley Lutheran on Monday in a make-up for a game that was postponed by rain on April 27.

Lightning 9, Cardinals 4
Fond du Lac   000   022   0   –   4   7   0
Appleton North   123   102   x   –   9   17   1
WP: Evelyn Frega. LP: Mallory Thorpe.
SO: Thorpe (3 inn.) 0, Ava Martinez (3 inn.) 3; Frega 5. BB: Thorpe 0, Martinez 0; Frega 3.
Top hitters: F, Breahna Mentink 2×3, RBI; Mackenna Shultis 2B. AN, Valerie Baranczyk 3×4, RBI; Alyssa Wald 2 runs; Drew Brown 4×4, 2B, RBI; Charlotte Radtke 4×4, 2B, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Frega 2×4, RBI; Sawyer Haessly 2×4, 2 runs, RBI; Claire Therkildsen 3B, 3 RBI.
Records: Fond du Lac 6-8, 3-4 Fox Valley Association; Appleton North 11-2, 7-1 Fox Valley Association.