NewCath Baseball, Softball teams advance

By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM

Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter

The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds baseball team shut out the Bellevue Tigers, 4-0 in the 36th District semifinals Monday.
Josh Cain pitched the first six innings and threw a masterpiece striking out 11 and walking one for the Thoroughbreds (20-12). Teammate Colin DuPont pitched the seventh as the two allowed just six hits.

The Thoroughbreds did not score until the fourth inning. They scored one in each of the fourth and fifth innings before adding two insurance runs in the sixth.

NewCath managed nine hits against Bellevue pitcher Briley Seiter. Cain, Connor Bartels and Kevin Hoffstedder all managed two hits each for the Thoroughbreds. Cain, Bartels and Alex Grau had doubles for NewCath and DuPont tripled.

The Thoroughbreds also displayed their aggressive base running. Cain swiped tw bases with Bartels and Hoffstedder nabbing one each.

The Tigers did not record any extra-base hits. Zack Poinsette and Tate Grainger both went 2-for-3 to lead them offensively.

The second-seeded Thoroughbreds receive two days off before playing host to the district championship at Morscher Field on Thursday. Game time is 5 p.m.

36th Softball Semifinals:

Newport Central Catholic 6, Newport 3:

The second-seeded Thoroughbreds (14-13) built a comfortable 4-0 lead after three innings and held on to defeat the Lady Wildcats (11-8) on Monday at Northern Kentucky University.

Sophomore pitcher Sarah Neace threw a two-hitter for the Thoroughbreds on the mound. She struck out 12, walked four and allowed just one earned run.

The Thoroughbreds banged out nine hits. Kristin Schreiber led the way going 3-for-3 with a double and three runs batted in and Loren Zimmerman went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and a double. Morgan Martini added a triple.

NewCath will face either Highlands or Dayton in the district championship on Thursday at NKU. Game time is 5 p.m.