Sweet Springs outhit the Northwest Lady Mustangs, but the host team put up crooked numbers in two innings and registered a 5-2 victory in the semifinal round of the Class 1, District 7 softball tournament May 12.
A night after downing Archie 9-6 in the quarterfinal round of the Class 1, District 8 softball tournament, the Santa Fe Lady Chiefs ran into the defending state champion Concordia Lady Orioles.
Marshall put eight runs on the scoreboard in its game at Higginsville May 9. But the host Huskers scored 10 times in the second and added a run in the third and two more in the fifth to claim a 13-8 victory.
Prior to last year’s Class 1 Sectional 2 meet at Paris High School, a particular record had stood for nearly two decades at Slater High School.
Both teams had double-digit hit totals, but when all was said and done, the fourth-seeded Santa Fe Lady Chiefs had outlasted the No. 5-seeded Archie Lady Whirlwinds 9-7 in the first round of the Class 1, District 8 Tournament at the Concordia Sports Complex Monday.
As a team, the Slater Wildcats didn’t qualify for the state tournament.
Several Marshall High School athletes finished in the top eight in events at the Smith-Cotton Open May 7.
At one time, it looked like the Slater Wildcats were in cruise control. They led host Glasgow 6-1 after the top of the fifth. But the Yellowjackets rallied with two in the bottom of the fifth and three in the bottom of the sixth to tie the score.
A night after dropping a 3-1 North Central Missouri Conference decision at Kirksville — their 11th loss by three runs or less or in extra innings – the Marshall Owls put everything together and pounded out a 10-4 non-league win at Odessa.
Vada Johnson’s Santa Fe Lady Chiefs’ softball squad earned its fourth straight win — a 13-12 walk-off victory over Saint Paul in I-70 Conference regular-season action May 2.