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Appleton West softball drops home game to Hortonville

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APPLETON – Hortonville scored multiple runs in three different innings and pulled past Appleton West 12-2 in a Fox Valley Association softball game Tuesday at the Nienhaus Sports Complex.

The Terrors (1-3, 0-3 FVA) had eight hits, but mustered just two runs, with Lillian Hanke and Madison Buchinger driving in runs in the loss.

Abbie Sippola had four hits, scored four times and drove in three to pace Hortonville (5-1, 2-1 FVA).

Appleton West will host Kaukauna on Thursday.

Polar Bears 12, Terrors 2
Hortonville   032   115   –   12   11   0
Appleton West   010   001   –   2   8   3
WP:
Olivia Peters. LP: Madison Buchinger.
SO: Peters (4 inn.) 7, Kierra Wunderlich (2 inn.) 5; Buchinger (5 inn.) 0, Hattie Moscinski (1 inn.) 0. BB: Peters 3, Wunderlich 1; Buchinger 1, Moscinski 2.
Top hitters: H, Abbie Sippola 4×4, 2B, 3B, 4 runs, 3 RBI; Bella Dontje 2B, 2 runs; Lainie Schroeder 2×2, 2B, 3 RBI; Peters 2×3, 3 RBI; Addison Schroeder 2 runs. AW, Lillian Hanke 2×3, 2B, RBI; Morgan Baehman 2B; Buchinger 2×3, RBI.
Records: Hortonville 5-1, 2-1 Fox Valley Association; Appleton West 1-3, 0-3 Fox Valley Association.