AGWSR softball goes 5-3 in busy week

   WEST UNION – The AGWSR softball team moved to 8-3-1 after picking up five wins and dropping three games in a full week of softball this past week. The Cougars won one and lost two at West Union Saturday, dominating Don Bosco 13-0 in four innings but falling to Waverly-Shell Rock 4-1 and Monticello 5-1.  Previously in the week the Cougars picked up wins over Grundy Center and South Tama, and split a pair of games with East Marshall.  
Ashley Sicard recorded 10 strikeouts and walked none in AGWSR’s 3-1 win on their home field over Grundy Center Thursday night. Offensively, Sicard connected for a home run that brought in an additional run to give the Cougars an early 2-0 lead and eventually secure the win by two.
   The Cougars brought the first game of a double header with South Tama to an early end Wednesday, 12-0 in four innings. Ashley Sicard struck out six batters, walked none, and allowed no hits. Sicard also led the Cougar offense with two hits in three at bats, a home run, and four RBIs. Madison Fryslie and courtesy runner Anna Jaspers both scored twice. Though South Tama fared better in the second game, pushing it a full seven innings, AGWSR took the win again, this time 3-1. Sicard went the distance on the mound again, striking out nine and walking one. Fryslie connected for a triple and scored two of the three Cougar runs.
 

For more of this story, see the June 12 Grundy Register.