Indians sweep Vikings softball

LARNED — Larned pitcher Madison Wood set the tone with a 2-hitter to spark the Indians past Smoky Valley 6-1 and 9-4 in Tuesday's Central Kansas softball doubleheader. The Indians (7-5, 2-4 CKL) play at Haven (8-3, 6-2 CKL) Thursday.

INDIANS 6, VIKINGS 1 — Wood (2-3) struck out five batters and yielded a pair of singles in her best game of the spring. Maya Wilson doubled and drove home three runs.

Wilson scored on a first-inning error. Kenzley Haxton scored for a 1-1 tie.

Jadyn Crosby scored on Jillian Hagerman's fourth-inning double. Hagerman scored on Wood's groundout.

Wilson's double scored Wood, Gillian Smith and Eowyn Hedding in a 3-run sixth inning.

INDIANS 9, VIKINGS 4  — Larned took advantage of 12 walks, 11 wild pitches and three hit-batters. Pitcher Crosby (3-1) struck out six batters.

Hagerman's single scored Karley Lemuz and Crosby in a 3-run second inning. Hagerman scored on a double play.

Teagan Walker scored on a Lemuz groundout. Brooke Simmons scored on a basss-loaded hit batter for a 5-2 lead.

Wilson scored on a wild pitch to start a 3-run fourth inning. Lemuz scored on Ivy Hope's bases-loaded hit by pitch. Brooks Simmons scored on a wild pitch for an 8-3 lead. Wilson scored the final run on a fifth-inning wild pitch.

Smoky Valley's Rylie Tolle drove home a pair of runs. Rylie Nywick drove in a run for the Vikings (1-7, 1-7 CKL).

Smoky Valley 000 100 0  — 1 2 3

Larned 100 203 x  — 6 10 1

Nywick and Gordon. Wood and Hedding. W—Wood, 2-3. L—Nywick. 2B—L—Hagerman, Wilson, Walker.

Smoky Valley 101 101 0 — 4 7 0

Larned 032 310 x — 9 5 4

Nywick, Groiffin (3) and Gordon. Crosby and Hedding. W—Crosby, 3-1. L—Lemuz, 2-1. 2B—L—Lemuz; SV—Tolle 2.