For the second straight Clarence Cannon Conference game, Centralia was pouring on the runs.

The Lady Panthers defeated Clark County 16-1 in four innings after routing South Shelby 18-1 on Monday. On the Lady Indians’ field, Centralia (5-2 CCC) finished with 20 hits — one shy of the season-high against South Shelby — with only two of them going for extra bases. 

Six Lady Panthers finished with multiple hits, with Ellie Page leading the way by going 4-for-4 with two RBI. Jozelynn Bostick was 3-for-4 with three RBI, two stolen bases and a double, Madi Johnson finished 2-for-4 with two RBI, Meredith Wright drove in two runs and Autumn Hawkins went 3-for-5 with three runs and two stolen bases. Kaelyn Walters pitched all four innings while allowing four hits and an unearned run and striking out five.

Mackenzi Adkisson started the scoring in the first inning with a two-run double to help Centralia take a 3-0 lead that grew to 11-0 after two. After Bostick scored two on a double for her second RBI hit of the inning, 12 Lady Panthers dug in to hit in the second inning.

Walters being hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the fourth inning gave Centralia the 15-run cushion to clinch the game early against Clark County (6-10, 0-5 CCC).

Centralia (13-9) hosts its softball tournament today at Nathan A. Toalson Bicentennial Park with the Lady Panthers’ first round opponent being Putnam County (7-10).

Girls golf

Pace places fourth in Macon, third in New Bloomfield

Centralia golfers were competing for the top prize in two meets this week.

No Lady Panther medaled, but Bailey Pace finished fourth Tuesday at a Macon quad that involved Macon, Hannibal and La Plata and then took third Wednesday at a New Bloomfield quad involving New Bloomfield, California and Hallsville. Centralia was second in the Macon quad after scoring 220 points, trailing winner Hannibal’s 206.

On Tuesday, Pace shot a 50 to tie La Plata’s Kady Crouch for fourth place on the par 36 course at Macon Country Club. Tess Stephens shot a 52 to finish sixth out of the 17 varsity golfer-field. Kyla Spickert shot a 58, Jace Brown had a 60 and Olivia Morris finished with a 61.

Macon’s Madison Hessel was the medalist after shooting a 47, followed closely by the 48 shot by Hannibal’s Grace Kirby and Alena Gilmore.

Centralia finished fourth on Wednesday at Meadow Lake Acres in New Bloomfield with 221 points — California won with 202 points — but Pace took third after shooting a 48 on the par 36 course. Kyla Spickert was 11th out of the 20 varsity golfers with a 56 for Centralia’s next best finisher, Jace Brown had a 57, Ava Lawrence shot a 60 and Cami Moser had a 68.

California’s Alayna Butts was the medalist after shooting a 43 followed by New Bloomfield’s Dixie Moss and her runner-up score of 44.