HEYWORTH - The sixteenth game of the season has not been kind to Phil Applebee and the Maroa-Forsyth Lady Trojans softball team the past two seasons. After losing to Williamsville in Game 16 last year, the team repeated history in 2010. The Lady Trojans (15-1) lost their first game of the season, dropping a 5-3 decision to the Heyworth Hornets Tuesday afternoon.
Maroa-Forsyth kicked off the scoring in the top of the first when Kayti Lundin scored on a Kim Lamar triple. Heyworth answered with one in the first and used three timely hits in the second to take a 4-1 advantage.
Despite trailing by three, Lady Trojan fans that made the trip up Route 51 were just waiting for the bats to click. The team had recently put up a pair of 10+ run games and had come back from three three-run deficits already this season.
It looked like the comeback was underway when Taylor Coit doubled, stole third and scored on a Rachel Hastings flyout in the top of the third. But two stranded runners in the fourth and fifth innings prevented such a comeback from mounting itself.
Rachel England scored the Lady Trojans' final run in the top of the sixth on a Breanna Livingood RBI double.
Coit took the loss on the mound, pitching for Kayti Lundin, who took a day off from the field.
Maroa-Forsyth returns to Okaw Conference play with a home game against Monticello today.
Photo: Taylor Coit scores Maroa's second run Tuesday in a 5-3 loss to the Heyworth Hornets.
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