Carissa Mickley drove in four runs as part of a 3-for-4 night as the Bellmont Braves went on the road and beat Columbia City in six innings, 13-3.
The victory puts the Braves in a three-way tie for fourth place along with Norwell and the Eagles.
Mickley doubled twice and scored twice to complete a career night for the senior right fielder.
It also set up freshman hurler Adi Radecki for the W after she allowed no earned runs over six innings, striking out five on just 83 pitches. She walked just one batter.
Mickley’s big night actually started by making an out. She drove in classmate Liz Bobay with one out to make the score 4-0 before the Eagles ever came to the plate.
Oni Krueckeberg drove in a run in the second and when Mickley came back up in the third, she drove in another run, scoring Taylor Sutter with a double. Mickley later scored on a base hit by Hayden DeBolt.
Mickley doubled again in the fourth, scoring Sutter again to build the lead up to 10-2 for the visitors. The senior then scored in the sixth in a two-run inning for the Braves to push the lead to ten runs and put the game on the line in the bottom half of the inning, where Radecki worked around a one-out walk to seal the deal with an inning to spare.
The Braves are set to go across the state line for their annual game against Ohio neighbors Crestview Friday.
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