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by Tom Coombe Ely’s high school softball team ran roughshod over three consecutive opponents, climbing to 5-2 for the season.
T he Timb e rwolve s downed Chisholm, Two Harbors and Cook County - all in contests that were decided early via the 10-run rule.
A Monday game with a presumably more difficult foe - South Ridge - was rained out.
The hot streak started April 24, as Ely scored six runs in the bottom of the second and never looked back to beat the visiting Blustreaks.
Junior Zoe MacKenzie blanked Chisholm through three innings, notching fo ur strikeouts, while freshman Naomi Archer finished up and yieled a run on two hits with one strikeout.
Ely ran wild on the base paths, swiping 14 bags during the win.
At the top of the order, Peyton Huntington went two-for-four with three runs scored and two runs batted in.
Clare Thomas knocked in two runs from the cleanup spot and also scored twice, while Amelia Penke drove in three runs.
Julia Zgonc finished with two hits and two runs scored, Maija Mattson singled and drove in a run, and MacKenzie scored twice.
The Wolves exploded for nine runs in the top of the second and blasted Two Harbors 17-0 in a four-inning road affair.
Ely had 14 hits, with Ella Perish going two-for-three with two runs scored and three runs batted in.
Makenzi Huntington drove in four runs for the winners and Peyton Huntington scored three times with two hits.
Thomas also contributed two hits with three RBI, and Rylee Larsen and MacKenzie finished with two hits each.
MacKenzie fanned five in three innings of work and Archer tossed a scoreless fourth, striking out two.
Ely scored five times in the bottom of the fifth on Saturday, finishing off Cook County and taking the home game by a 14-4 score.
Thomas continued to swing the hot bat, going three-for-four with four RBI for the day.
Peyton Huntington scored three times at the top of the order, while Zgonc added another two runs from the number-eight spot.
Perish ripped two doubles, and Mattson added a double with an RBI, and Brookly Sherman singled in a run.
MacKenzie worked the first three frames, allowing two hits and striking out five while keeping the Vikings off the board.
Archer gave up fourruns but struck out three in two innings of work.
• Ely is set to travel to International Falls Monday, opening a busy slate that includes road tilts at Chisholm and North Woods and a May 7 home clash against Silver Bay.
