Northeast Nodaway showed that their epic 10-9 win over North Harrison to start the win was no fluke as they kept right on winning. Against Stewartsville, they used a parade of walks as well as timely hitting from Lauren McIntyre and Jaden Atkins to pull away for the 13-2 win. And against South Holt, an experienced team that had some dangerous bats and who could beat anyone on a given night, Hadley DeFreece blanked the Knights for Northeast's third straight win to start the season.
The Bluejays started off slowly, but hit the ball better as the game progressed, with Lauren McIntyre hitting one that nearly left the yard. Even when they were getting out, they were putting it in play as they built up a 9-0 lead after four innings.
The floodgates opened in the fifth inning as Jaden Atkins singled to left and Baylee Busby reached on an error to put runners on first and third. Busby stole second, Lauren McIntyre popped out, but Meredith Adwell reached on what looked like a routine grounder to third, but she had no play anywhere as Atkins scored and Adwell got the scratch hit. In a scene reminiscent of Worth County's game against Albany from the tournament, Northeast showed the uncanny ability to beat out infield hits, beating out four in the fifth inning alone.
Lindsey Jackson singled to right center after Adwell stole second to score two more. Kiersten Morrow walked, and then Ruby Wilmes hit a slow roller that found no man's land between the mound and the second baseman for another scratch hit to load the bases. Hadley DeFreece reached on an error as South Holt threw away a force play at third to score Lily Burns (running for Jackson). Jill Boswell hit a shot off the pitcher's glove for a scratch hit to score Makenzie Pride (running for Morrow). Jaden Atkins reached on an error as the ball rolled through the third baseman's as she reached first and Boswell third; two runs scored on the play. Baylee Busby reached on a bad hop single off the second baseman to score Boswell and put Atkins on second. Lauren McIntyre grounded into a force play at third, but Meredith Adwell reached on a dropped force play to keep the inning going and Lily Burns singled to left to score two more and cap off Northeast's nine run inning.
The game was the first shutout since 2018, the first time the Bluejays had run ruled an opponent since 2018, and the most runs they had scored since 2018, when they had 18 runs against West Platte and 18 against Winston that year.
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