’Hound softball to Highland for first-round playoff
Lauren Scott bashed three home runs for Fort Scott Community College’s softball team as they swept the Haskell Indian Nations junior varsity in a make-up doubleheader at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Monday by scores of 14-0 and 18-3.
Games scheduled for Wednesday at Cottey College were rained out, which brought a conclusion to the regular season for the Greyhounds (22-31).
Scott’s first home run came in the second inning of game one, a 2-run shot with nobody out. She was 2 for 3 with 4 runs batted in while both Aimee Wimp and Hayley Bledsoe were 2 for 3. Bledsoe drove in 4 runs.
Aubrey Smith (11-13) was the winning pitcher, holding Haskell to 3 hits and a walk while striking out 3.
Scott hit two homers in game two, bringing her season total to 14. She hit a 2-run shot with one out in the third and a 2-run homer with nobody out in the fourth. Bledsoe also hit a homer in the fourth, her’s coming with one on as well.
Bledsoe (7-7) allowed 2 walks and struck out 2 in 3 innings inside the circle while also going 2 for 3 with 2 RBI at the plate. Scott was 2 for 2 with 4 RBI. Kaylan Morgan drove in 3 runs.
Fort Scott now goes on the first round of the Region VI-Division II District D Tournament. The Greyhounds are seeded 12th and will begin a best-of-3 first-round series at third-seeded Highland (31-9) this afternoon. The first two games will be played as a doubleheader beginning at noon. The third game, if it’s needed, will be played at 1 p.m. Sunday. The winner of the series advances to double-elimination play at Topeka May 6-7.
Game One
Haskell JV 000 00x x — 0 3 4
Fort Scott. 770 0xx x — 14 12 1
WP — Smith (11-13). LP — Cronemeyer.
HR — Fort Scott: Scott (12, 2nd inn., 2 on, none out).
Game Two
Haskell JV 000 12x x — 3 6 2
Fort Scott. 534 6xx x — 18 20 0
WP — Bledsoe (7-7). LP — Smith.
HR — Fort Scott: Scott 2 (14, 3rd inn., 1 on, 1 out; 4th inn., 1 on, none out), Bledsoe (2, 4th inn., 1 on, none out)