Worth County’s softball girls hung six runs on North Harrison in the third inning before the Shamrocks struck back in the bottom of the inning with freshman Ava Rinehart’s first varsity home run at the Jamboree in South Harrison. South Harrison beat Worth County in the Tigers’ second game. The third game was unplayed as a surprise popup storm came up.
Both teams fought to a scoreless tie in the first two innings. Lani Briggs pitched for the Shamrocks while Kristen Tracy pitched for the Tigers.
Worth County was able to get runners to second and third with two outs in the top of the first, but Shamrock second baseman Carmon Fordyce made a shoestring catch to end the inning. Addison Milligan made a shoestring catch at short in the second to keep the Tigers off the board.
The floodgates were opened in the third after back to back Shamrock errors let in the first two Tiger runs. That led to a single from Audrey Runde, walks from Rylee Ruckman and Addison Gray, and another single from Megan Tracy that put the Tigers up 5-0. Addison Gray came home on a wild pitch before Shamrock catcher Ava Rinehart tagged Megan Tracy trying to come home on another wild pitch. Rinehart was shaken up, but remained in the game.
Gracie Young walked for the Shamrocks but then Tiger shortstop Rylee Ruckman made a running catch of a pop fly near the third base line for one out. Lani Briggs grounded for what might have been a base hit, but second baseman Kambree Briner made a diving stop and flipped to Megan Tracy at first for the second out as Young scored to make it 6-1. The only tense point was whether Kristen Tracy could complete a no-hitter against the Shamrocks, but with North Harrison down to its final out, Ava Rinehart crushed one into the right field gap and circled the bases to cut it to 6-2. After Carmon Fordyce followed with a single, the Tigers’ only thoughts were about survival, but then Kambree Briner retired Kayka Wilson for the third out.
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