The Cubs finally won their World Series, and the Bluejay softball team finally got their winning season. Needing one more win to get it, they brought down one of the top hitting teams in the area, getting a 5-2 win over East Buchanan. That gave them their first winning season since 2006, when the Bluejays went 15-5 that year and made it to the district finals. Northeast's winning streak has now reached four.
The Bulldogs came into the game averaging 13 runs a game in Class 2. They have won several wild shootouts, beating St. Teresa's 19-17, West Platte 23-15, and Benton 17-10. They lost another shooting, 11-10 against North Platte. They came in with an 8-3 record; out of their 11 games, they scored 10 or more runs in eight of them.
The Bluejays are similar to the 1999 squad, which came out of nowhere to bring down perennial powerhouse Class 2 powerhouse Mid-Buchanan 8-5 before beating host Union Star 6-3 to win the Union Star Tournament behind the pitching of Talina Canon and some outstanding hitting and defensive plays. Left fielder Heather Primm made a sensational over the shoulder catch in the Mid-Buchanan game. Current assistant Abbie (Stiens) Gromer played on that team. Both Canon and Ashley Pride would go on to play for Northwest.
Northeast Nodaway will play King City Wednesday. This game will help determine district seedings, as they play in the same district. King City is another dangerous team that can put pressure on defenses; they have beaten Stanberry and run ruled Pattonsburg for one of their three losses as of Monday evening. They have had several late inning rallies this year. They trailed North Harrison 4-2 going into the sixth of their conference game, only to erupt for six in the sixth and six in the seventh to win 14-4; against Plattsburg, they broke up a 7-7 tie with five runs in the last inning during the North Andrew Tournament.
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