JASPER, Mo. — College Heights (with McAuley) earned a 7-0 win against Liberal in the semifinals and closed the day with a 2-1 win over East Newton in the championship round to win the Jasper Invitational softball tournament on Saturday.
COLLEGE HEIGHTS 2, EAST NEWTON 1
East Newton scored a run in the first inning and held that lead all the way until the bottom of the sixth when College Heights (16-2) scored a pair of two-out runs to take the late lead and held on to win the championship game.
Maddy Colin was hit by a pitch with one out in the last of the sixth frame and was on second base two batters later when Lauren Ukena doubled to center field to score Colin and tie the game at 1-1. The Cougars took the lead in the next at-bat when Avery Eminger singled to center field to push across the go-ahead run.
Colin earned the complete-game win in the circle after allowing one unearned run on three hits, a walk and 16 strikeouts in seven innings.
Gracie McMahan took the loss after allowing two runs on three hits, two walks and four strikeouts in six innings.
Eminger and Ukena each had a hit and drove in one, while Ukena added a run scored. Colin walked and scored a run, while Addie Lawrence had the only other hit for CHC.
Josie Guinn had two hits to lead East Newton at the plate.
COLLEGE HEIGHTS 7, LIBERAL 0
College Heights (15-2) plated four runs in the first inning and Colin rode the run support to a shutout over Liberal (with Bronaugh) in the semifinals on Saturday.
The first five batters reached in the first inning for CHC, with Lawrence and Colin both picking up RBI singles during that stretch. Eminger and Kallie Spencer drew walks with the bases loaded to push home the final two runs of the inning. The Cougars added a single tally in the second inning and added two insurance runs in the sixth en route to the win.
Colin struck out 14 and scattered three hits in a six-inning shutout performance to earn the win.
Jordan Goodell took the loss after allowing five runs on three hits, six walks and two strikeouts in two innings. Kyla Porter allowed two unearned runs on five hits and a walk in four relief innings.
Jayli Johnson had three hits and scored a run in the leadoff spot for CHC. Lawrence had two hits, scored three runs and drove in one, while Colin had two hits and two RBI. Spencer had a hit and drove in one.
