MONTAGUE — Montague came back to edge North Muskegon in a hard-fought 11-9 victory in the first game of a Monday doubleheader.
The ‘Cats trailed 6-1 and 8-5 in the early innings before rallying for six straight runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth. Montague pushed across the decisive runs in the sixth inning. Jocelyn Rodriguez-Perez reached on a dropped third strike with two outs, scoring Hayden Boutell, and after a wild pitch brought in a second run, Chloe Boutell followed with an RBI single. Fourth-inning RBI singles by Sophia Beishuizen and Kayden Johnson launched the comeback.
Johnson and Abby Thommen each had three hits in the win, and Greta Auch, Kennedy Johnson and Chloe Boutell added two apiece. Thommen earned the win in the circle, catching a line drive back at her off the bat of Mila Van Tol to end the game.
In game two, the Norse caught fire early with a 12-run second inning en route to an 18-1 win in four innings. The ‘Cats had two hits and scored their only run when Hayden Boutell’s single led to a run-scoring error.
