Louisville Falls 10-1 to Bloom-Carroll, Finishes as State Runner-Up – Softball
Bloom-Carroll 10, Louisville 1
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The Louisville Leopards Softball Team fell to the Bloom-Carroll Bulldogs 10-1 in the DIII State Championship Game Saturday night at Akron Firestone Stadium. With the loss, Louisville finishes the season with a record of 18-14 and as the 2026 DIII State Runner-Up.
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Claugus Leads Off with Solo Shot to Put Leopards in Front
Leah Claugus cleared the wall in left-center field for a lead-off solo homer in the bottom of the first inning. She low-fived Coach Sarah Cantley after rounding third base and was mobbed by her teammates at the plate. Claugus had put Louisville in front 1-0 in the State Championship game.
The home run was her fifth of the season, tying her with Anna Sirohman and Kaitlin Twinem for the team lead. Louisville finished with 24 homers as a team.
O’Neill & Sirohman Record Multi-Hit Games
Shae O’Neill and Anna Sirohman both went 2-for-3 at the plate to account for the Leopards only other hits.
O’Neill cracked a one-out double to left-center in the second inning. She then advanced to third when Bailee Griffith flied out to center field. A strikeout ended the frame though and O’Neill was left stranded on third base.
Sirohman singled to right field in the third and sixth innings, but would advance no further. O’Neill suffered the same fate after tallying Louisville’s final hit of the game on a line drive single to center field in the seventh inning.
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Bloom-Carroll Breaks it Open in the Third
Leopard starting pitcher Katelynn Miller struck out four Bulldogs in pitching two scoreless innings to start the game.
However, Bloom-Carroll broke through with four runs in the third inning. A hit by pitch, single by Madelyn Gates, and an error on a sacrifice bunt attempt loaded the bases. Then Emma Brandt brought two runs home on a pop fly single to no-man’s land in left field. Gates and Maddi Walters scored to put the Bulldogs in front 2-1.
Two batters later, Gabby Johnson cracked an RBI single plating Jaiden Sharrow. Then Hayden Hubner laid down a sacrifice bunt that scored Brandt to make it 4-1.
Bulldogs Add Runs on Inning-Ending Plays
Bloom-Carroll tacked on a run in both the fourth and fifth innings, but the Louisville defense recorded inning-ending outs on both plays to limit the damage.
Brandt singled home Walters in the fourth inning, but Claugus rocketed a throw home to catcher Addy Campbell who applied the tag on Sharrow for the third out.
Madison Kellett singled home Kaitlyn Stonerock in the fifth inning, but Claugus rifled a throw to third base where Sirohman tagged Hubner to end the frame.
Bloom-Carroll Removes All Doubt with 4-Run Sixth
The wheels came off in the sixth inning. Gates doubled to center field scoring Walters from first, but was tagged out advancing to third base by Sirohman again via a throw from shortstop Kaitlin Twinem.
There are two outs and the bases were cleared, but the Bulldogs managed to load them back up on back-to-back walks and an error. The free passes came back to bite the Leopards as Brandt scored on a wild pitch and Hubner then smashed a 2-run double scoring Stonerock and Johnson to increase the margin to 10-1.
Brandt Strikes Out 8 to Earn Win for Bulldogs
Emma Brandt threw a complete game, allowed 1 run on 5 hits, issued no walks, and struck out 8 to lead Bloom-Carroll. She at one point retired eight straight Louisville batters, which included retiring the side in order in the fourth and fifth innings.
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Louisville Vs. Bloom-Carroll Softball Box Score
BULLDOGS 10, LEOPARDS 1
Team 123-456-7—R-H-E
Bloom-Carroll 004-114-0—10-13-0
Louisville 100-000-0—1-5-4
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS BATTING
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leah Claugus #14 (CF) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Anna Sirohman #27 (3B) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Katelynn Miller #16 (P, LF) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Addy Campbell #4 (C) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaitlin Twinem #8 (SS) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shae O’Neill #99 (RF) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bailee Griffith #6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Taylor Thompson #22 (1B) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maggie Baker #17 (2B) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TEAM | 26 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
2B: Shae O’Neill
HR: Leah Claugus
TB: Leah Claugus 4, Shae O’Neill 3, Anna Sirohman 2
E: Anna Sirohman 2, Maggie Baker, Olivia Gulling
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS PITCHING
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katelynn Miller #16 (L) | 4.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Taylor Schneider #1 | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| TEAM | 7.0 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
WP: Taylor Schneider
HBP: Katelynn Miller
Pitches-Strikes: Taylor Schneider 58-33, Katelynn Miller 68-48
Batters Faced: Taylor Schneider 17, Katelynn Miller 21
BLOOM-CARROLL BULLDOGS BATTING
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madelyn Gates #11 (SS) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaiden Sharrow #27 (2B) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Emma Brandt #75 (P) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Addison Brown #14 (C) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| –Kaitlyn Stonerock #12 (CR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabby Johnson #5 (CF) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hayden Hubner #8 (1B) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| –Alaina Philip #2 (1B) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lilly Schimmel #7 (RF) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Madison Kellett #1 (3B) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maddi Walters #17 (LF) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TEAM | 33 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
2B: Hayden Hubner, Madelyn Gates
TB: Madelyn Gates 4, Hayden Hubner 4, Emma Brandt 2, Madison Kellett 3, Maddi Walters 2, Gabby Johnson 1
HBP: Maddi Walters
SB: Maddi Walters
BLOOM-CARROLL BULLDOGS PITCHING
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Brandt #75 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| TEAM | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Pitches-Strikes: Emma Brandt 113-79
Batters Faced: Emma Brandt 26
