Local high school softball action has been limited of late due to rainy weather over the past week, but clearer skies means a return to the diamond.

Waterloo (6-2) picked up an 8-6 win over Red Bud on Monday, getting a 3-for-3 showing from Ava Brown. She homered and drove in five runs for the Bulldogs, who got another pitching win from Aidan Dintelman. 

The Bulldogs played Wednesday at rival Columbia, falling 2-1 on a walk-off fielder’s choice in the bottom of the seventh inning. Brown went 2-for-3 for the ‘Dogs, who play Thursday at Belleville West and Monday at Triad. 

Dintelman is 6-1 with a 0.93 ERA in the pitching circle in addition to hitting .500 with three homers and eight RBIs.

Brown is hitting .455 with 15 RBIs.

In Wednesday’s win, Columbia (6-2) got a complete game pitching win from Paige Froess, who allowed just one unearned run. Harlie Rainbolt and Elle van Breusegen had two hits each. See photos from the game by clicking here.

The Eagles played Tuesday at Freeburg, winning 4-0 behind complete game two-hitter from Emily Webb. She struck out 10. Reagan Mathews and van Breusegen collected two hits each.

The Eagles won 5-3 last Tuesday at Mascoutah. Rainbolt went 2-for-3, Mathews added a hit and two RBIs, and Froess picked up the pitching win. 

Columbia hosts Freeburg on Thursday. 

Leading the offense so far for Columbia this spring are van Breusegen at .500 with 10 runs and Reagan Jarrard at .444.

Webb is 3-1 in the pitching circle with a 1.75 ERA.

Dupo (3-5) lost 6-3 last Tuesday to Red Bud despite 2-for-4 showings at the plate from Keara Prater and Kylie Kloess. 

The Tigers hosted Marissa on Tuesday, falling 8-3, and played Wednesday at Chester, falling 12-6.

Dupo plays Monday at Cahokia. 

Kloess is hitting .500 with 12 runs to lead Dupo’s offense.

Gibault (4-4) played Tuesday at Valmeyer (1-3), after both squads have been the victim of rainouts. The Hawks won 14-2, with Ashley Murphy going 3-for-4 with three RBIs in addition to striking out 11 in the pitching circle.

The Hawks play Thursday at Steeleville and Friday at Father McGivney before hosting Sparta on Monday. 

Leading the way on offense in the early going for Gibault is Lauren Lanham at .519 with 16 runs. Karina Jerkatis is hitting .500 with 12 runs.

The Pirates play this coming Tuesday at New Athens. 

Leading the way on offense for Valmeyer this spring are Allie Coats and Madisyn Huddleston.