Centralia softball followed a 23-win season with history to open the season this weekend.

The Lady Panthers earned the highest finish in school history at the Greater Kansas City Tournament, placing fourth out of 24 teams. They defeated Odessa 13-0 and Truman 9-1 to go 2-0 in pool play before defeating Pleasant Hill 3-0 on Saturday.

Centralia finished with 3-0 loss to Class 5 Troy Buchanan and a 10-5 loss to Class 4 district champion Belton in the Gold Bracket third-place game.

Jaylynn Brown and Brooklyn Hardin combined for a no-hitter against district champion Odessa in five innings, with Brown striking out 12 in four innings, and they each had two RBIs to follow Ealynne Bostick’s three RBIs. Brown struck out 13 in five innings against Class 5 Truman; Bostick finished 2-for-3 with four RBIs, one triple and one double; Raleigh Dutton went 2-for-3 with two doubles and one double; and Blakely VanDyke was 2-for-2 with three runs and one triple. Against reigning 20-win Pleasant Hill, Brown struck out 13 and Claire Page finished 3-for-3 with one RBI.

The Lady Panthers hit three home runs Monday in an 11-1 win in their Clarence Cannon Conference opener at home against Macon (2-4). Brown, who struck out 14 and allowed one run on one hit in five innings pitched and drove in four runs, responded to Raleigh Weimer’s solo home run in the top of the first inning with a two-RBI home run in the bottom of the first inning. Bostick and Hardin also homered, and they each had three RBIs.

Centralia hosts a triangular Saturday against Kirksville (0-1) and Silex (4-1).