North Callaway runner-up in Cairo softball tournament
Megan Schmidt and North Callaway had a good weekend.
The Ladybirds (8-4) finished second in the Cairo softball tournament on Saturday …
This item is available in full to subscribers.
We have recently launched a new and improved website. To continue reading, you will need to either log into your subscriber account, or purchase a new subscription.
If you are a digital subscriber with an active subscription, or you are a print subscriber who had access to our previous website, then you already have an account here. Just reset your password if you have not yet logged in to your account on this new site.
If you are a current print subscriber and did not have a user account on our previous website, you can set up a free website account by clicking here.
Otherwise, click here to view your options for subscribing.
Please log in to continue |
North Callaway runner-up in Cairo softball tournament
Megan Schmidt and North Callaway had a good weekend.
The Ladybirds (8-4) finished second in the Cairo softball tournament on Saturday after beating Cairo 7-1 and Moberly 7-3 and losing 5-3 to Class 2 No. 4 Marceline. Schmidt pitched 18⅔ innings and struck out 35 hitters and was 8-for-11 at the plate with two doubles, one triple and one home run. She broke her own school record against Marceline with 17 strikeouts in 6⅔ innings and didn’t allow an earned run in the game.
Kendra Pennell was 2-for-3 with two RBIs against Cairo, Ella Neal was 2-for-2 with one RBI and Abria Olsson was 2-for-3 with one RBI. Pennell was 3-for-4 with two RBIs against Moberly, and Sophie Olsson was 3-for-4 with one RBI.
Paris finishes second in North Shelby, Van-Far wins opening game
Paris played for a championship on Saturday in North Shelby.
The Lady Coyotes (7-7) beat Knox County 10-8 and Mark Twain 4-3 before losing in the North Shelby Tournament championship game 2-0 to Class 1 No. 3 North Shelby.
Ella Key and Lilly Wheaton each had two hits and two RBIs against Knox County, Wheaton had two RBIs against Mark Twain, and Ava Crain allowed five hits and two unearned runs with five strikeouts in seven innings against North Shelby.
Van-Far (2-13) beat Scotland County 13-6 in the first round after being led by Kylee Gibson’s 2-for-4 with three RBIs, and two RBIs each from Ashlyn Marshall and Elliott Utterback. The Lady Indians then lost 12-2 to North Shelby and 7-6 to Mark Twain. Kenya Jones and Adyson Barnett each went 3-for-3 with two RBIs against Mark Twain.
Centralia softball takes two from state-ranked Doniphan
That’s the second straight time Class 3 No. 2 Centralia won a state-ranked battle.
After beating Class 1 No. 1 St. Elizabeth 3-2 five days prior, the Lady Panthers (12-4) won both games on Saturday in Salem over Class 3 No. 6 Doniphan (7-2) by scores of 4-1 and 5-4 in eight innings.
In the first game, Ealynne Bostick was 3-for-3 with three RBIs and two home runs, and Karli Andersen had one RBI. Jaylynn Brown struck out 16 and allowed two hits in seven innings.
In the second game, Centralia came from behind 4-3 in the sixth inning to win thanks to Andersen’s game-winning RBI hit in the eighth inning. Brooklyn Hardin pitched four innings with five hits, four strikeouts and two earned runs, and Brown added 10 strikeouts in four no-hit innings.
