Monarch softball team sweeps doubleheader from Pickerington North
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April 29, 2025
Addi Altizer of MHS rips a base hit in this file photo. Altizer helped the Lady Monarchs to a doubleheader sweep over Pickerington North. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

Monarch softball team sweeps doubleheader from Pickerington North

By Tim Miller 

The Lady Monarch softball squad got back on the winning track Saturday by sweeping a doubleheader from Pickerington North.

MHS clubbed Pickerington North 18-0 in the opener and won 7-2 in the nightcap.

The twinbill sweep puts MHS at 13-4-1 on the season.

Marysville plated 10 runs in the visitors’ por...

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