Appleton North softball wins in walk-off fashion again topping Neenah

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APPLETON – Payton Willenkamp singled home Lila Griffith with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Appleton North softball team its second walk-off win in as many days as it defeated Neenah 3-2 on Tuesday at North High School.

A day after earning a 4-3 win over Fond du Lac with a run in its final at-bat, the Lightning did it again.

North tied the game at 2-2 on Tatum Begg’s RBI single in the fifth and won it in the seventh, rallying with two outs. Griffith singled, Beggs walked and Willenkamp laced a base hit up the middle to plate the winning run and give the Lightning (4-6, 3-5 FVA) their third-straight victory.

Griffith finished 3-for-4 and Beggs 2-for-3 in the win for Appleton North.

Ella Nissen picked up the pitching win, scattering six hits with no walks in a complete-game effort.

Appleton North will travel across town to play at Appleton East on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

Lightning 3, Rockets 2
Neenah   000   020   0   –   2   6   0
Appleton North   010   010   1   –   3   10   2
WP: Ella Nissen. LP: Kyleigh Mathe.
SO: Taytum West (4 1/3 inn.) 1, Mathe (2 1/3 inn.) 3; Nissen 1. BB: West 1, Mathe 1; Nissen 0.
Top hitters: AN, Lila Griffith 3×4, run; Tatum Beggs 2×3, RBI; Raegen Schwarz 2B, run; Callie Weber 3B.
Records: Neenah 5-3, 4-3 Fox Valley Association; Appleton North 4-6, 3-5 Fox Valley Association.