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STATE SOFTBALL: Jasper headed back to Final Four

Posted on by Jason Peake

MILLER, Mo. — For the second straight year, the Jasper Eagles are headed to the Final Four of the spring softball state tournament.

Jasper rode a pair of big innings to an 11-4 win over Miller on Wednesday in a Class 1 quarterfinal. 

Jasper (22-12) will meet Concordia (26-1) in the semifinals at 11 a.m. on Monday at Killian Softball Complex in Springfield.

A year ago, Jasper reached the Class 1 title game before falling to Wellington-Napoleon.

On Wednesday, Jasper trailed 4-2 after the top of the fourth inning.

But the Eagles rallied in a big way.

Jasper scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth and six more in the fifth to blow the game open.

In the fourth, Livia Dumm hit a two-run home run to center and Shiloh Storm contributed an RBI single.

In the six-run fifth, Emersyn Bass drew a bases-loaded walk, Brie Haddock contributed a two-run single and Taylor Hinds launched a three-run homer to left.

Jasper scored its 11 runs on 12 hits.

Dumm went 4-for-5 with two RBI, while Hinds drove in five runs on two hits and Haddock scored three runs and had two RBI. Alivea Roberts had two hits and Addison Atnip scored twice.

Grace Osborne was the winning pitcher. She allowed three earned runs on 11 hits. Osborne didn’t walk a batter and struck out eight in the complete-game effort. 

Four players had two hits apiece for Miller, Hailey Mart, Rachel Nunez, Addison Stockton and Ashlynn Helton.

Loghann Leivan took the loss after allowing nine earned runs on 12 hits and five walks. She struck out five.

Miller ends the season with a record of 20-6.

Monday’s other Class 1 semifinal features Valle Catholic (18-3) vs. Ellington (16-6).

Two area teams will be competing at next week’s Final Four, as Mount Vernon advanced in Class 2.

DISTRICT SOFTBALL: Jasper knocks off top-seeded Liberal in title game

Posted on by Jason Peake

JASPER, Mo. — A four-run second inning proved to be the difference as second-seeded Jasper knocked off top-seeded Liberal (with Bronaugh) 7-3 on Wednesday in the championship game of the Class 1 District 6 softball tournament.

The game was deadlocked after the first inning before the Eagles pushed across four runs in the second inning.

Neither team scored the rest of the way and the Eagles captured a second straight district title.

Jasper (21-15) now gets a date with Miller (20-5) on May 16 in the quarterfinals. Miller defeated Purdy 10-9 for the District 5 title.

Last year’s Class 1 runner-up, Jasper took an early three-run lead on Shiloh Storm’s first inning bases-clearing triple. 

The Bulldogs responded with three runs of their own in the bottom half, as Kyla Porter drew a bases-loaded walk before Laney Simpson hit a game-tying two-run double.

Jasper plated four runs in the second on an RBI single from Emersyn Bass and a three-run double off the bat of Taylor Hinds.

There was no scoring after the second inning.

Liberal threatened in the seventh before the Eagles turned a game-ending double play.

Bass went 3-for-4 with two runs scored for Jasper, while Hinds and Storm drove in three runs apiece. Livia Dumm and Brie Haddock scored two runs apiece.

Grace Osborne was the winning pitcher. She went the distance and allowed two earned runs on just two hits. Osborne walked six and struck out nine.

Liberal’s Jordan Goodell took the loss after allowing seven runs on seven hits and seven walks. She struck out nine.

Liberal’s lone two hits of the game were recorded by Simpson. 

The Bulldogs went 20-12 this season.

STATE SOFTBALL: Wellington-Napoleon rallies past Jasper to win Class 1 title

Posted on by Lucas Davis

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Wellington-Napoleon rallied from an early deficit to earn a 7-2 win over Jasper in the Class 1 state softball championship on Tuesday at Killian Sports Complex.

The Eagles (16-10) opened the game as the aggressor, plating two runs in the top of the first inning to stake themselves to an early advantage. The Tigers (19-2) responded with a run in the first and two more in the second to take a 3-2 lead. Wellington-Napoleon added insurance with one tally in the third inning before two runners scored in the fifth inning and a final run in the sixth. 

Ayden Shannon was clutch at the plate finishing a home run short of hitting for the cycle and in the circle, earning the complete-game win after allowing two runs, one earned, on four hits and 14 strikeouts without walking a batter.

Grace Osborne took the loss after allowing seven runs, five earned, on 11 hits, two walks and three strikeouts in six innings for the Eagles.

Jasper wasted little time reaching the scoreboard as Livia Dumm led off the game with a double to center field before coming around to score two batters later on a one-out RBI single to center field by Bri Haddock for a 1-0 lead. A second run came home in the top of the first inning when courtesy runner Crystal Smith stole third and scored on an error when the throw to the bag ended up in left field to push the lead to 2-0. 

Wellington-Napoleon answered back with a run in the button of the first inning when Ayden Shannon tripled to right field before scoring on the throwing error back to the infield to trim the lead to 2-1.

The Tigers tied the game in the top of the second inning when Melanie Thornburg tripled past the left fielder to plate Kailey Henry, who singled with one out in the previous at-bat. Thornburg came around to score later in the inning on an error to give Wellington-Napoleon a 3-2 lead.

Ayden Shannon doubled to lead off the top of the third before coming around to score from third later in the frame on a single up the middle from Isabelle Miller to push the lead to 4-2.

Ayden Shannon collected her third hit with a single in the bottom of the fifth before stealing second and scoring on an RBI single to right field by Morgan Hamilton to make the score 5-2. Another run came home in the inning on an RBI infield hit from Henry with two outs.

Bree Shannon doubled and scored on a run-scoring single by Brilynn Zykan in the bottom of the sixth. 

Dumm had two hits and scored a run, while Haddock had a hit and drove in one for Jasper.

STATE SOFTBALL: Osborne’s gem propels Jasper into title game

Posted on by Jason Peake

 

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Grace Osborne tossed a complete-game shutout, leading Jasper to a 3-0 win over Holcomb on Monday in the semifinals of the MSHSAA Class 1 Spring Softball State Tournament at Killian Softball Complex. 

The Eagles (16-9) will meet Wellington-Napoleon (19-2) at noon on Tuesday in the state championship game. 

A sophomore right-hander, Osborne surrendered just one hit and three walks while striking out 14 in a stellar pitching performance. 

Jasper plated the game’s first run in the third inning. Julia Case walked, with Crystal Smith pinch-running. Smith took second on Abigail Dumm’s groundout and then came home when the Hornets failed to corral Livia Dumm’s ground ball up the middle.

The Eagles added two insurance runs in the bottom of the fifth. Emersyn Bass walked and later scored on Osborne’s RBI double to center. The second run scored on Abigail Dumm’s groundout. 

Holcomb’s Alyssa Brown was charged with the loss. 

In the other semifinal, Wellington-Napoleon defeated Plato 3-1.

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