Region 1 Softball Tournament Semifinals – Central Cass vs Kindred-Richland

Recap

A battle between the top two seeds in the region came down to the final at-bats with the Central Cass Squirrels defeating the Kindred-Richland Vikings 2-1 to guarantee the Squirrels return to the State Tournament. Strong pitching and defense from both sides kept the other from scoring through the first five innings of the game. In the Sixth back to back base hits had the Vikings with runners on second and third before a RBI groundout finally broke the stalemate. The Squirrels responded in the bottom of the inning with a leadoff single followed by a bunt attempt that resulted in a infield base hit, but on the play the Vikings tried to catch the lead runner too far off second base when the throw went wide into center field allowing the tying run to score and put the go-ahead run on third base. Two batters later an RBI ground out game Central Cass the lead going into the seventh inning. The Vikings would get a two-out base hit to bring the tying run into scoring position at second base before the following batter flew-out to end the game on the Squirrel victory. Central Cass advances to the Region Championship game and guarantees thier spot in the State Tournament after a one year hiatus (Central Cass had made every State Tournament since 2012, except the 2020 Covid year, before a loss in the State Qualifier last year.). Kindred-Richland will play in a State Qualifier/Elimination game versus Northern Cass with the winner facing Central Cass in the Region Championship game.

Central Cass:

2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors, 3 Left on Base

Batting:

Whitney Mitchell: 1/2, Single, Run, BB

Sophie Scherweit: 2/3, 2 Singles, Run

Grace Fletschok: 1/3, Single

Bradey Bosse: 0/3, RBI

Aspyn Prien: 0/3

Olivia Haugen: 0/2

Natalie Fontaine: 0/2

Madeline Steig: 0/2

Paige Wixo: 0/3

Pitching:

Whitney Mitchell: (Win) – 7 IP, 1 Run, 5 Ks, 8 Hits, 2 BB, 1 HBP

Kindred-Richland Vikings:

1 Run, 8 Hits, 1 Error, 8 Left on Base

Batting:

Jansen Jordheim: 0/3, BB

Danica Rath: 1/3, Single

Leah Rolland: 1/4, Single

Mackenzie Fuxa: 1/2, Single, BB

Avery Amerman: 2/3, 2 Singles

Cora Johnson: 0/3, RBI

Elyanna Schmitz: 1/3, Single

Braya Mauch: 1/3, Single

Janna Taszarek: 1/3, Single

Siera Nipstad: Run Scored

Pitching:

Danica Rath: (Loss) – 6 IP, 2 Runs (1 ER), 4 Ks, 4 Hits, 1 BB