AURORA — Lila Bultrowicz and Rayna Unverferth blasted solo homers, Lailah Bohanan and Sophie Retton added back-to-back doubles in the fifth and Retton tossed a complete game as Aurora softball topped Tallmadge 4-1 in its Suburban American opener Thursday.
Bohanan got the Greenmen (5-1, 1-0) going with an RBI double off the right-field wall in the first inning and Bultrowicz crushed the first pitch she saw over the left-field wall an inning later to push their lead to 2-0.
Aurora and Tallmadge traded zeroes from there until the fifth, which Unverferth led off by golfing a 2-0 pitch over the center-field wall. Bohanan and Retton plated the final Aurora run with back-to-back doubles.
Retton was masterful in the circle, yielding a single run on five hits and a walk. After the Blue Devils began the seventh with back-to-back singles, Retton responded by coercing a fielder's choice. After Tallmadge pulled within 4-1 on a walk and an RBI single, loading the bases with one out, Retton responded by coercing a grounder to third with Bultrowicz firing home to catcher Sophie Schecterman for the force at the plate. Schecterman then fired down to first where the batter had departed the bag, allowing Aurora to complete a game-ending double play.
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Field 18, Norton 1
The Falcons erupted for 13 runs in the third inning to capture their Metro Athletic Conference opener by a wide margin.
Maddie Burge and Delilah Rahe bashed a three-run homer apiece for Field (2-1, 1-0), which totaled 16 hits. Burge had a team-high three hits while Kailyn Gressman, Nyla Hindel, Tia Ulrich, Averi Weis and Rahe had two apiece.
Burge also got the win in the circle.
Baseball
Garfield 9, Mogadore 5
The G-Men erupted for six runs in the bottom of the fifth to top their former Portage Trail Conference rivals and move to 3-0.
Aidan Hill led Garfield at the plate, going 3 for 3 with two doubles, while Brandyn Bogucki scored three runs from the leadoff spot. Jack Neikirk got the win on the mound, allowing four runs (all unearned) in five innings, while Collin Cunningham and Bogucki tossed a scoreless inning apiece in relief for the G-Men.
Noah Hopkins had a team-high three hits for the Wildcats while Maddox Smith and Ryan Woitas added two apiece.
Streetsboro 11, Coventry 1
Josh Boldin went 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs as the Rockets scored in five of seven innings. Brady Long added two hits while Jack Batten and Braden Craft had a double apiece for Streetsboro, with Craft also picking up the win on the mound with five scoreless innings. Craft allowed a single hit, with seven strikeouts against four walks, while Batten tossed the final two innings in relief, including three strikeouts.
Boys Tennis
Aurora 5, Twinsburg 0
The Greenmen had a perfect day, winning all five matches. Aurora sophomore Noah Jaskolka won in straight sets at second singles while senior Chris Cifani (first singles) and sophomore Aiden Eisner (third singles) won three-setters.
Junior Kade Morgenroth and sophomore Joel Fletcher won in straight sets at first doubles for Aurora (3-0), ...
