Northeast Nodaway's softball team had gone through a brutal week after their 9-8 win over OSHS, completing a sweep over them. The week-long layoff after that killed any momentum they might have had, and they fell flat against Stanberry 10-0. The Bulldogs scored at least one run in every inning before ending the game early.
Blair Nelson was a bright spot during that stretch. She went two for two in the Stanberry game including a triple. Mylee Wilmes and Ashlynn Kennard also had hits.
After committing seven errors in the Stanberry game, the scoreboard didn't show it, but they showed improvement as they cut their errors down to one in their 16-1 loss to Hamilton to start the North Andrew Tournament Saturday. Hamilton teed off on Northeast, getting 16 hits in the win. Mylee Wilmes had 3 hits that game, with Paizlee Norman, Rylee Scadden, and Ashlynn Kennard getting one.
They did better against North Andrew than the last time but fell 10-2 against the Cards in the third-place game of the North Andrew Tournament Saturday. They got some good swings against Teigan Miller, but couldn't cash in. Blair Nelson had another two-hit game, going 2 for 3 with a double. Rylee Scadden, Mylee Wilmes, and Ashlynn Kennard also had hits.
The East Buchanan game Monday featured two teams desperate for a win, with the Bluejays having two so far and the Bulldogs with one. Paizlee Norman and Aubrey Fetters got hard hits, but right at people in the early innings while the lone run in the first two innings came when Bristol Hicks walked, stole second, stole third, and came home on a throwing error in the second to put Northeast up 1-0.
After hacking at the first pitch too much in the first two innings and having no hits to show for it, they showed a lot more plate discipline the rest of the way. With two outs, Paizlee Norman and Rylee Scadden worked walks and Blair Nelson singled Norman home to make it 2-0. Scadden took third and Nelson second on the throw home. Mylee Wilmes followed with a single to left center to score two more to make it 4-0.
Pitcher Addie Thummel gave up only one hit and only needed five pitches to get through the fourth, but disaster struck in the fifth as East Buchanan suddenly started teeing off. Rylee Hill doubled, and Makayla Roe singled to get home the first run. Leah Herpel forced Roe at second for the first out, but then a throwing error put runners on second and third and Herpel scored on a wild pitch to make it 4-2. Thummel, who had rarely gotten this deep in a game before, started fighting the strike zone and walked Makenzie McDowell. McDowell was thrown out stealing second by catcher Paizlee Norman, but Ember Sparks scored on the play to make it 4-3. Madelyn McCoy beat out a slow roller, Isabelle Steeby walked, and East Buchanan continued to tee off, with Ava Hall hitting a double and Lindsey Herpel hitting a single to put the Bulldogs up 6-4 before Northeast finally got out of the inning.
At that point, they could have easily folded, but when East Buchanan threw away Emma Vicker's routine grounder, allowing her to circle the bases, the floodgates opened for the Bluejays. Vicker, out for the first time this year as a junior, is the unofficial mascot of the team with the loudest voice and the most creative huddle breaks, and that play got the whole team going again. Paizlee Norman singled and stole second; the throw got away, and she came in to score to make it 6-6. Rylee Scadden singled to center, stole second, and took third on a throwing error. Blair Nelson singled her home to make it 7-6. Mylee Wilmes walked. Bristol Hicks grounded into a force at third, but a dropped throw got away as Wilmes scored to make it 8-6, Hicks took third, and Addie Thummel second.
Aubrey Fetters showed a newfound ability to bunt and got one down perfectly. Hicks broke for the plate and scored as Fetters reached first and Thummel third to make it 9-6. Fetters stole second. Piper Gray singled to center as Thummel scored to make it 10-6 and Fetters took third. Gray stole second. Emma Vickers reached on a dropped third strike as Gray took third. Fetters was out at the plate breaking for home on the play, but Gray scored on a wild pitch to make it 11-6.
East Buchanan tried to get back in the game in the sixth. With one out, Ember Sparks hit a pop fly into no-man's land between the mound and shortstop, and Makenzie McDowell beat out a grounder to third to put runners on first and second. But Madelyn McCoy hit a grounder to Blair Nelson, who stepped on third and threw to first for a double play to get out of the inning.
A dropped throw and a dropped fly ball put Blair Nelson and Mylee Wilmes on first and second. Bristol Hicks forced Nelson at third but beat out the double play try to first as Wilmes went first to third on the play. That opened the floodgates after Hicks stole second. Addie Thummel singled to left to score two to make it 13-6 and took second on the throw home. Aubrey Fetters, who had been robbed of extra bases earlier in the game, crushed a double down the left field line to score Thummel to make it 14-6. She took third on a passed ball. Piper Gray reached on a dropped third strike and the throw to first got away as Gray reached third and Fetters scored to make it 15-6. Gray came home on a wild pitch and the Bluejays, staring at defeat at one point, got to go home early.
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