The Plover 17-year-old girls fastpitch team recently won the Consolation Championship in the Neillsville Fastpitch Tournament.
Plover, who entered the tourney with a 5-0 record, dropped its first game to Black River Falls, 5-0. Plover came back, though, and defeated Neillsville 12-2. Pacing Plover's hitting with two hits each were Kristin Rosicky, Rachel Ploetz, Amber Perron and Krystal Kafka. Kelly Lepak and Jennifer Gruba each hit home runs.
In the consolation championship, Plover defeated Wisconsin Rapids 6-1. Ploetz hammered out two hits while Amanda Rozner and Gruba doubled and Lepak tripled. Sharing the pitching duties for Plover were Jenny Jastromski and Jodi Kostuchowski.
Other Plover players collecting hits were Courtney Lang, Amanda Finnessy, Julie Peski and Kostuchowski.
Plover now holds a 7-1 tournament record and outscored their opponents 70-16.