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The Hillcrest Academy Raven softball scored a win and endured a defeat Saturday at the HLV Softball Tournament in Victor. The Ravens opened action with a dominating 11-1 win in five over the Baxter Bolts. The Bolts led 1-0 after one half inning, but the Ravens were relentless from that point, scoring twice in the first, three in the second, four in the third and two more in the fifth to end the game early. Hillcrest out hit Baxter 11-5 and drew four walks. Eight different Ravens scored a run and seven had a hit. Malia Yoder knocked in three on two hits with a run scored. Annika Schrock, Delaney Shaw and Marryn Boshart all had two hits. Schrock, Adrianne Blauvelt, Boshart, Ella Mize and Lyla Genkinger all drove in a run. Blauvelt and Schrock scored twice. In the circle, Mize worked four frames, giving up two hits, one unearned run and striking out five.

In the title game, the home Warriors were a 13-5 winner. Hillcrest scored first to go up 1-0, but HLV piled on four each in the first and second and a pair in the third to lead 10-2. Three runs in the Raven fifth got them back within 10-5, but three in the bottom of the sixth from HLV ended the game early. The Warriors out hit Hillcrest 11-8. The Ravens drew five walks and gave up two. Shaw led at the plate with three RBI on three hits with a run scored. It was also a three hit game for Yoder with an RBI and two runs scored. The split left Hillcrest Academy at 3-5 following the weekend.