AKRON – After staking visiting Triton to a 3-0 lead, Tippecanoe Valley came back to take the lead, then went on to win 6-5 in a girls softball game Wednesday evening. Katie Gunter was the winning pitcher for Valley, going for five innings and striking out four. She also had a double in the game. Abby Betten had a double among her two hits, and Katie Prater had three singles. Kayla Scott singled twice and scored twice, and Kaitlyn Ott singled twice and scored a run. Sydney Howard scored twice for the Lady Vikings. Triton’s Kaci Pugh singled three times and scored a run. Courtney Jennings had a double among her two hits, with Tatum Hargrave and Nichole Sechrist adding a pair of singles each for the Lady Trojans. Valley will host Winamac today, and Triton will host Wawasee at 11 a.m. Saturday. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 6, TRITON 5 TRI 002 110 1 – 5 12 1 TV 000 420 x – 6 12 2 Triton – Jennings (L, 5IP, 8H, 6R, 1ER, 2BB, 6K), Woodard (1 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K) Valley – Gunter (W, 5IP, 11H, 4R, 4ER, 0BB, 4K), Scott (2IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 1BB, 1K) 2B – Jennings (Tri), Gunter (TV), Betten (TV)
