BARKER — The final score of one of the Section VI Class D quarterfinal softball games Monday night read: No. 2 Barker 4, No. 7 Forestville 2.

But Hornets coach Brianne Hazelton is not settling for that outcome.

She’s protesting it.

“I’ve never experienced anything like it, even in my playing days and in my 13 years coaching,” Hazelton said. ” … The umpire kept calling illegal pitches (on Forestville pitcher Megan Gruber). As a coach, I believe she was not pitching illegally.”

Gruber’s deliveries were questioned by the plate umpire from the very first pitch in the bottom of the first inning. By the end of that frame, she had walked two batters because of “illegal” pitches and both of them scored.

The Raiders added one more run in both the second and third innings to build a 4-0 lead. Forestville’s Madison Sliwinski drilled a two-run double in the sixth to pull the Hornets to within 4-2, but that’s how the game ended … for now.

Hazelton, a former Division I pitcher at St. Bonaventure University, said she took photos of Gruber’s delivery and called Jay Hall, Section VI softball chairman, during the game to notify him of her intention to protest.

“I’ve never protested a game (before),” Hazelton said. “I’ve never argued with an umpire. It’s not what I do, but I felt so helpless. I felt so terrible.”

Gruber finished with seven strikeouts and scattered six hits, three of which came in the first inning. On offense, Aspen VanArsdale collected a pair of hits.

But Hazelton hopes that her team will get another chance to take the field this spring.

DELLOW POWERS WESTFIELD

WESTFIELD — Haleigh Dellow went 4 for 4 with three doubles, a home run, three RBIs and four runs scored as No. 1 Westfield got its Section VI Class D playoff run started with a 13-2 quarterfinal defeat of Maple Grove.

The Wolverines will host No. 4 Ellicottville in a semifinal Wednesday.

Mackenzie Schumaker had two hits, including a triple, five RBIs and a run scored; Tanleigh Bestine had two hits, including a triple, two RBIs and three runs scored; Eva Gnadzinski had two hits, including a double, two RBIs and three runs scored; and Keara Kincaid doubled and scored a run for Westfield.

Dellow allowed six hits and walked two while striking out eight in the circle.

Schumaker hit a three-run bases-clearing triple in the first inning and also scored on an error at the end of the play. The Wolverines added four more runs in the second. Drew Ernewein singled and Dellow hit an RBI double before Gnadzinski walked. Bestine followed with an RBI single, Schumaker singled and Madyson Burgess hit a two-run single.

Dellow doubled off the third-base bag in the third inning and scored on an RBI single by Gnadzinski. Dellow added a two-run home run to left field in the fifth inning, Bestine hit an RBI triple and Schumaker added an RBI groundout.

Dani Trim doubled and drove in both runs in the third inning for the Red Dragons. Megan Lockwood also doubled.

TWO IS ENOUGH FOR T’BIRDS

MAYVILLE — No. 4 Chautauqua Lake scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning and sweated out a 2-1 Section VI Class C quarterfinal win over No. 5 JFK.

Olivia Herrington went 3 for 4 with a double; Mallory Morrison was 3 for 3 with an RBI; and Jillian Miller, Jenna Waters and Karagan Fairbanks each singled for the Thunderbirds.

Olivia Rhoat doubled and scored for JFK, which loaded the bases in the top of the fifth inning before Fairbanks made a catch in left field for the third out.

Chautauqua Lake will visit No. 1 Portville for a semifinal Wednesday. The Panthers beat No. 8 Cattaraugus-Little Valley 2-0 in another Monday quarterfinal.

BLACK KNIGHTS POUND OUT 25 HITS

WILSON — Amber Lockwood hit a three-run home run in the second inning and No. 6 Silver Creek pounded out 25 hits in a 22-2 Class C quarterfinal win over No. 3 Wilson.

Next up for the Black Knights is a Wednesday semifinal at home against No. 7 Gowanda, which beat Randolph 8-5 in another quarterfinal Monday.

Kaylee Hutchison struck out 14 in the circle while adding three RBIs and a triple at the plate. Rylee Weiskerger scored four runs and tripled; Lockwood drove in five runs while Priya Sakpal and Makayla Kelly each drove in three; and Ryleigh Lawton, Caitlyn Rice and Kyla Ziegler each scored three times for Silver Creek.