It took a state-ranked Class 5 team to halt Centralia’s 13-game losing streak.

The Lady Panthers were riding high, earning a Class 3 No. 4 state ranking in the process, before finally losing 8-1 to Class 5 No. 6 Webb City in the Warrensburg High School Tournament semifinals on Saturday. Before that, Centralia already owned a 2-1 win over Pleasant Hill and a 3-2 victory over Belton in pool play on Friday and a 13-5 win over McDonald County on Saturday.

Jaylynn Brown won the pitcher’s duel against Pleasant Hill with eight strikeouts and one hit allowed in six innings and a no-hitter intact until the start of the sixth inning. Madi Johnson backed her with a solo home run, and Cora King had a RBI. Centralia had three of the total four hits in the game.

Bailey Schuering had the walk-off single against Belton after Blakely Van Dyke tied the game with a single before that. Raleigh Dutton allowed two runs on four hits in five innings and was supported by defensive plays from Ealynne Bostick, Claire Page and Tilly Fox.

Centralia (15-3) had eight hits against McDonald County with a three-RBI home run by Schuering and a solo home run by Johnson, who scored three runs. Schuering finished with five RBI, and Fox and Van Dyke each had two RBI.

Webb City managed to crank out nine hits against Brown and Dutton while the Lady Panthers had four hits. 

Centralia (2-0 CCC) plays at Clarence Cannon Conference foe Clark County (5-7, 0-3 CCC) at 5 p.m. today.