by Mike Stiltner
Sports Reporter 
  The Grundy Lady Wave advanced to the semi-finals of the Southwest District softball tournament after defeating the Graham G-Girls 12-3 at the Grundy ball field at Enoch's Branch Park Monday afternoon.
  Grundy's two through five hitters went a combined 11-of-15 to aid in the victory. Shortstop Misty Charles was 3-4 with two stolen bases and a triple.
  Lady Wave third sacker Terri Stacy was a perfect 3-3 at the plate, including a double, and Amy Crouse added three singles and three RBIs to help lead a 16-hit attack.
  Grundy senior hurler Amber Foster went the distance in the circle, striking out five and scattering five hits over seven innings. She allowed three runs, just one earned, in picking up her tenth victory.
  The Lady Wave jumped on Graham pitcher Shannie Miller early in the contest. Charles singled, stole second and scored on a RBI double from Stacy to stake Grundy to an early 1-0 lead.
  Graham ran into a list of problems in the third inning as the Lady Wave sent nine batters to the plate and came away with five runs for a 6-0 lead. Leadoff hitter Sarah Davis singled down the third base line and scored on a RBI triple by Charles. Stacy singled home Charles and scored on a Tasha McGlothlin singled and a misplay in center field.

  Josh Smith delivered five hits and Jacob St. Clair gave the Panthers six strong innings as Twin Valley (7-10, 3-6 BDD) advanced to Tuesday's BDD semifinals.
  The Panthers pounded out 14 hits, with most of them coming in two rallies, a six-run second inning and a seven-run sixth.
  A converted catcher pressed into regular mound duty late in the season, St. Clair kept Council hitters off-balance for his second win over the Cobras in as many weeks. The sophomore righthander fanned seven, didn’t walk a single batter and allowed just three hits to pick up the win.
  “Jacob has done a great job pitching for us here recently,” Twin Valley coach Steve Hamro III, said.
  “Josh did an excellent job. Several kids stepped up for us.
  “We’ve hit the ball well all year. We’re finally starting put it all together hitting, pitching and playing defense in the same game and when you do that, good things happen.”
  Smith singled four times, doubled and drove in two runs. Ethan Prater went 3-5 with three RBIs, while St. Clair and Corey Hicks each had two hits. Hicks drove 1-0 fastball onto the Council High School roof for a solo home run in the fourth.

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