Tuesday, May 04, 1999
No. 1's Hamilton, Ross toppled
Fairfield, Mason pull the upsets
The Cincinnati Enquirer
It was a bad day for two No.1-ranked baseball teams from Butler County. Both suffered costly defeats.
Fairfield took a 4-1 lead and held off a late Hamilton rally to hand the Big Blue a 4-3 setback in a Greater Miami Conference game at Hamilton.
Ross also suffered a costly 8-0 defeat at the hands of Mason, with Brad Tester throwing a three-hitter.
The Rams, ranked No. 1 in The Enquirer's Division II-III-IV poll, saw their lead cut to one in the FAVC with Kings and Mason in pursuit.
Ranked No. 1 in The Enquirer's Division I baseball poll and No. 8 in the USA Today Super 25 Poll, Hamilton saw its lead in the GMC cut to one game and its chances for a national title greatly diminished.
Junior Ryan Pettit drove in what proved to be the winning run in the seventh inning, a single that scored Everett Hibbard. Hamilton cut the deficit to one on Terry Stone's two- run homer in the bottom of the inning.
• Cincinnati Christian 9, Georgetown 5, Division IV at Tealtown Park — The Cougars won their first tournament game in three years with Matt Garrettson's two-run double the big hit.
Softball
• Norwood 27, Winton Woods 11, Division I sectional at Lakota West — The Paul sisters, Kelly and Ashley, combined for six hits, seven runs scored and three runs batted in for the Indians, setting a school record for the most runs scored.
• McNicholas 13, Turpin 2, Division I sectional at Rumpke Park — Freshman Casey Ruberg smacked three triples and Carrie Alberts drove in four runs.
• Loveland 15, Milford 4 — The Tigers took advantage of 23 walks to record the lopsided victory.
• Anderson 9, Kings 3, Division I at Rumpke Park — The Redskins scored six runs in the third inning, with Lisa Hensley coming through with a two-run single.
• Colerain 14, Western Hills 0, Division I sectional at Lakota West — Senior pitcher Tracy Joeckem went the distance and didn't allow an earned run for the second consecutive game.
• Hamilton Badin 2, Purcell Marian 1, Division II sectional at Riverstar — Christa Strunk led off the seventh with a single and scored from third on a wild throw with no outs for the winning run.
• Indian Hill 8, Mariemont 4, Division II at Riverstar — The Braves avenged two regular-season losses to the Warriors with pitcher Mandy Barnes scattering five hits to pick up the victory.
• Roger Bacon 3, Bethel-Tate 2, Division II at Riverstar — Jackie Gering struck out nine and allowed only two hits while Emily Holt came through with the game winning sacrifice fly.
• Portsmouth Notre Dame 8, North Adams 6, Division III sectional at Portsmouth — Notre Dame scored seven unearned runs on five errors by the Green Devils.
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