It’s been a busy few days for the Lone Tree summer teams with a few wins piling up on the softball side. 

The Lion softball team dominated their way to a 13-1 win over Mediapolis on Friday with the offense finishing with six hits led by three RBI nights from Arlie Lorack and Avery Grover. Lorack got the win in the circle tossing five innings of one run ball giving up six hits and six strikeouts. A Saturday tournament took them to Central City where the Lions beat Monticello 8-1 and then lost to the host Wildcats 11-3. The win saw the bats shine with 12 hits led by Kayleigh Rundlett going 3-for-4 with one RBI and Lorack brought in a pair of tallies. The senior once again got it done in the circle twirling a complete game two hitter with the one run being unearned. Ellen Carow went 2-for-4 in the loss against Central City. Lone Tree battled back from a 7-0 deficit last night, but couldn’t outlast Pekin falling 8-6. The team had 11 knocks with Rundlett finishing 2-for-3 with four RBI. The defense committed six errors with just two of the runs being earned for Lorack. She threw a complete game surrendering 10 hits and one walk with six strikeouts. The Lions are now 4-6 overall. 

The baseball team had a late rally against Mediapolis on Friday, but they finished on the short end of a 6-4 affair. The offense could muster up only three hits with Tyler Bell going 2-for-3 with two RBI. Four Lion pitchers saw time with Cade Shield recording five outs and giving up two earned tallies on two hits. They had a hard time getting anything going last night in a 13-1 loss to Pekin. Shield, Cade Patterson, and Will Kleckner all had singles in the loss. Joe Boxwell threw 4 2/3 frames on the hill giving up six earned runs on seven hits and striking out four. The Lions are now 2-5 overall.