Baseball
On Tuesday Continental traveled to Leipsic for their second played game of the season and their first Putnam County League Baseball game of the year. It started out good the for Pirates as they put on a single run in the second on the scoreboard when Sam Newsome got an RBI on a single. It was all Vikings after that as they took the lead for good in the second when they plated 2 runs. The Vikings made it 4-1 after 3 and 7-1 after 4. The Vikings ended the game in the 6th when they added on 4 more runs for the 11-1 final.
Sam Newsome took the loss for the Pirates. The Pirates had 3 hits.
Continental falls to 0-2 (0-1 PCL) and will travel to Lincolnview on Friday. The Lancers last year were the DIV State runners-up. Leipsic improves to 2-1 (1-0 PCL),
Softball
On Tuesday Continental Softball traveled to Leipsic and played the Vikings close for most of the game. After the Pirates took a 1-0 in the top of the second the Vikings took control of the game with 7 in the bottom half of the inning. The Pirates would make it 7-2 after 3 but the Vikings would add on insurance runs in the 5th and 6th inning for 9-2 final score.
Ali Scott took the loss for the Pirates. Scott had a triple and scored a run for the Pirates while Madison Rayle had 2 singles and an RBI.
Continental falls to 0-3 (0-2 PCL) and travels to Lincolnview on Friday. The Vikings improve to 3-1 (1-0 PCL).
–Mike Jones, Sportswriter
