Worth County's softball team has lost two games by a combined total of three runs. Thursday night, they came up short in a 12-11 donnybrook against North Nodaway in Hopkins. Worth County was seemingly in control with a 4-1 cushion over the Mustangs after 5 innings. But then Dave Carroll's squad came alive and scored six in the bottom of the inning to go up 7-4 and added two more in the sixth to make it 9-4. Worth County answered by scoring seven in the top of the seventh with their backs to the wall to make it 11-9, but then North Nodaway scored two in the bottom of the seventh to tie it at 7 and one in the eighth to win it. The game promises to be the start of an epic rivalry between the two coaches. Worth County Coach Dave Gilland and North Nodaway Coach Dave Carroll are good friends who have been instrumental in giving young girls the opportunity to play softball at a high level with the Trojanettes.
Gilland said that he and Carroll have coached against each other before in summer ball. In one game, time was running out and Gilland's team was at the bat in a scoreless tie. With two strikes and two outs, Gilland ordered a suicide squeeze. His team executed it perfectly and his squad won the game 1-0. But in Thursday's encounter, Carroll's squad returned the favor.
For Worth County, Haley Hunt had a triple to lead the Tigers. Hunt and Rachael Gardner each drove in a run. For North Nodaway, Chloe Schmming had 3 RBI's. Madison Thompson and MaKayla Cross had 2, and Audrey Trimble, Kelsi Oberhauser, and Ashley Thompson had 1 each.
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