Northeast Nodaway’s softball team beat Albany 8-0 in a run rule shortened game after Lindsey Jackson no-hit the Warriors and struck out ten batters in five innings of work. In a sign of the Bluejays’ growth, they beat a team that had beaten them last fall. The Warriors lost Abigail Troncin, but still have pitcher Makenna Moffat, whose pitching turned around the Warriors’ season last fall after they started off 0-4.
The Bluejays made some mistakes, but they were able to play through them this time. After Bailey Busby was out trying to stretch a double into a triple in the first, Hadley DeFreece beat out a bunt single and Brianna Meyer reached on a scratch hit, beating out a bad hop to put runners on first and second. Hayley Yost was plunked and Blair Nelson walked to force in a run to make it 1-0.
Meanwhile, the Bluejays had some solid plays in the field behind Lindsey Jackson. That gave her all the confidence she needed to throw strikes when she needed to.
Sasha Deardorff started off the Bluejay second when she worked a walk on a 3-2 pitch. Mylee Wilmes beat out a bad hop single to put runners on first and second. The infield was treacherous and both teams had to contend with the potential for bad hops, making Jackson’s no-hitter that much more impressive. Baylie Busby hit a pop fly single that landed to load the bases and then Hadley DeFreece crushed a triple over the center fielder’s head to empty the bases and make it 4-0. Brianna Meyer hit a grounder to third; she bobbled it, and that was all Hadley needed to make it home safely to make it 5-0.
Lindsey Jackson continued to deal in the third inning, getting one batter out on a change and locating another on the outside corner to freeze another. Albany kept the Bluejays off the board in their half of the third, but Jackson got one to chase a high change, overpowered another, and fought back from 3-0 to the third batter to strike out the side in the fourth.
Baylie Busby stretched a single into a double to start the Bluejay fourth and Hadley DeFreece made it all the way to third on a dropped fly ball as Busby scored to make it 6-0. Brianna Meyer’s pop fly dropped into right field for a base hit to make it 7-0.
Jackson got one out on a change and froze another batter for her sixth straight strikeout before the Warriors reached on a dropped pop fly with two outs. But Jackson froze the next batter to get out of the inning.
Sasha Deardorff once again started a Bluejay rally as she hit a squib down the third base line and beat it out, and she took second on a wild pitch. Mylee Wilmes beat out a carbon copy as Deardorff took third and she stole second. Sadie Hall grounded out to the pitcher, but Deardorff was able to come home and score on the pay to end the game on the run rule, which is eight in town ball.
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