It was a day of great pitching performances by two teams in high school softball action yesterday, as there were two no-hitter's and two one-hitter's. Over in Hoyt it was the Royal Valley Panthers taking on the Hiawatha Redhawks in a double-header of softball action. Royal Valley would swept the days action with two stellar pitching performances and solid offense. In game one it was Megan Schultz earning the win for the Panthers as she threw a no-hitter, facing the minimum amount of batters of 15 as the game end in the fifth inning with a 10-0 Panthers win.

Royal Valley continued their success in game two also, as freshman Leslie Schuetz was on the mound and dealt out a one-hitter. The offense continued were it left in game one scoring in all four innings of play to notch a 15-0 win for the sweep on the day. It was a seven run third that really did the damage as Royal Valley sent batters to the plate with two-outs in the bottom of the third on their way to that seven run output in the inning. Jamie Arnold was 2-3 on the day with inside the park home-run, four RBI's and two runs scored. Katie Bausch, went 3-3 on the day with three singles, scoring twice and notching an RBI, too.

The pitching gems did stop in Hoyt as Holton swept Perry-Lecompton with 9-0 and 7-0 victories courtesy of great pitching outings, seeing a no-hitter and a one-hitter from their pitchers like Royal Valley. Game won it was a dominating performance on the mound from Logan Fornelli, who threw the no-no for the Holton Wildcats while notching 14 strikeouts on her way to doing so. Game two it was the same story for the Wildcats as Christa Merriman stepped to the mound and threw a one-hit shutout.

Oskaloosa Bears wouldn't be out done on the pitching end in their softball double-header against the Valley Falls Dragons as they saw their pitcher's throw a one and two-hitter. Lakin Thompson pitched both games for the Bears and dealt throughout the contests recording 20 strikeouts in both games while only giving up four walks and three hits. While the offense was lead by Jordan Miller in both games as she was 5-8 in both games with a pair of triples, four runs scored and five RBI's.

In baseball action McLouth and ACCHS met up on the diamond for a double-header, were they would slipt the pair of games. Game one featured a little more of an offensive output with 13 total runs between the teams, as McLouth earned the 8-5 win. In game two it was tight ball game ultimately only being decided by only one run, but it was ACCHS responding for the loss in game one to win game two 4-3 and earn the split.

It would be another split in high school baseball action as the Holton Wildcats faced off against the Perry Lecompton Kaws in a double-header. Perry would take the first game by a margin of 5-2 and that would really be the most offense put out by the two squads for the day as game two was a low scoring affair. Searching for the split Holton came away with a tight 1-0 victory over Perry in game two, to earn the split on the day.

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Softball:

Royal Valley swept Hiawatha
           Game 1: 10-0 win for Royal Valley in 5 innings (WP: Megan Schultz-- no-hitter) 
           Game 2: 15-0 win for Royal Valley in 4 innings (WP: Leslie Schuetz-- one-hitter)
                            Jamie Arnold (RV) 2-3 with 1B, HR (inside park), 2 RS, 4 RBI's
                            Katie Bausch (RV) 3-3 with 3 1B's, 2 RS, RBI 

Holton swept Perry-Lecompton
           Game 1: 7-0 win for Holton (WP: Logan Fornelli-- no-hitter with 14K's)
           Game 2: 9-0 win for Holton (WP: Christa Merriam-- one-hitter) 

Oskaloosa swept Valley Falls
           Game 1: 8-0 win for Oskaloosa (WP: Lakin Thompson-- two-hitter with 11K's)
                            Jordan Miller (Oskaloosa) 2-4, 3B, RS, 2 RBI, BB
                            Brooke Beach (Oskaloosa) 2-4, 3B, RS, 2 RBI, BB
           Game 2: 9-0 win for Oskaloosa (WP: Lakin Thompson-- one-hitter with 9K's)
                            Jordan Miller (Oskaloosa) 3-4, 3B, 3 RS, 3 RBI

Baseball: 

McLouth and ACCHS split a double-header
           Game 1: 8-5 win for McLouth (McLouth scored at least 1 run in 4 of 7 innings)
           Game 2: 4-3 win for ACCHS  
                            Ramsey Hundley (ACCHS) 2-3, 2 1B's, 2 RS, 2 SB's, BB
                            Jake Sowers (ACCHS) 2-2, 1B, 2B, RBI, RS, HBP

Holton and Perry Lecompton split a double-header
           Game 1: 5-2 win for Perry Lecompton
           Game 2: 1-0 win for Holton