The North Harrison Lady Shamrocks took a giant leap in their goal of a regular season championship in the HDC Conference, routing Mercer on the road Tuesday night, 11-0. North Harrison’s Payton Craig, in the victory, fired a five-inning perfect game against the Lady Cardinals. North Harrison, in their second game against Mercer, started quickly, scoring four runs in the top of the first inning, and ended with a flourish, scoring four in the top of the 5th frame.
A softball / baseball doubleheader from the HDC Conference, scheduled for Tuesday night at Newtown (between Tri-County and Grundy County R-5) was postponed due to field conditions. The games between the Mustangs and Panthers will be played (again at Newtown) on Wednesday, September 28th.
The Gallatin Lady Bulldogs won a GRC cross-over game against long-time rival Albany on Tuesday night, rallying from a 4-1 deficit for a 5-4, nine inning victory. Ariel Harris hit a ninth-inning homer for GHS for the game-winning run.
Smithville scored a single run in the bottom of the 8th inning to defeat Chillicothe in Midland Empire Conference play, 2-1. In GRC eastern division play, Maysville started quickly with four runs in the bottom of the 1st inning, and pulled away from Princeton late, in a 7-4 victory.
Other softball finals from Tuesday, September 20, 2016 were:
Cameron 2, St. Joseph Benton 0 (MEC)
Savannah 8, North Nodaway 3
Lathrop 11, East Buchanan 1 (KCI)
Lawson 11, West Platte 1 (KCI)
Penney 5, Mid-Buchanan 2 (KCI)
Plattsburg 4, North Platte 2 (KCI)
Braymer 12, Pattonsburg 2 (GRC West)
Tina-Avalon 16, Winston 1
Bevier 10, Meadville 9
Marceline 10, Harrisburg 0
Palmyra 11, Brookfield 1
(BASEBALL) Bevier 22, Meadville 4
