The Webb City High School softball team went 3-1 at the Warrensburg Tournament over the weekend.
The Cardinals won three straight games to open the event before dropping an 8-5 decision to Sherwood in the finale.
Webb City is now 19-2.
SHERWOOD 8, WEBB CITY 5
The game was tied at four after three innings, but Sherwood plated two runs in the fourth and two more in the fifth. The Cardinals got a run back in the fifth, but would not score again.
Haidyn Berry went 2-for-3 with two RBI for Webb City, while Kaylyn Gilbert had one RBI. Peyton Hawkins and Emma Welch had one hit apiece.
Berry took the loss in the circle after allowing eight earned runs.
Sherwood is the defending Class 2 state champion. Sherwood’s Mac Morgan, the reigning Gatorade Missouri Softball Player of the Year, hit two home runs and also earned the pitching victory, striking out six and allowing three earned runs.
Sherwood also handed McDonald County its first loss of the season at the event, as the Marksmen won 10-0. The Mustangs are now 16-1.
WEBB CITY 22, BELTON 3
The Cardinals erupted for 26 hits.
Hannah Wells went 5-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored. Welch, Lydia Lortz and Ripley Shanks had four hits apiece.
Welch drove in five runs, Berry had four RBI. Wells, Welch and Berry all homered.
Berry’s 13th homer of the season tied Nicole Hudson’s single-season school record.
Berry and Lortz both pitched.
WEBB CITY 10, HARRISONVILLE 0
Berry’s grand slam was a highlight of the victory.
Lamar had three hits, while Bri Batson drove in two runs. Hawkins, Gilbert and Lortz all had two hits apiece.
Lortz was the winning pitcher. She gave up just four hits.
WEBB CITY 9, CENTRALIA 1
Welch drove in three runs on two doubles, while Hawkins and Lamar contributed two hits apiece.
Berry earned the win, allowing just one run on seven hits.
WHAT’S NEXT?
Webb City travels to Neosho on Tuesday.
