Lady Pirates dominate Fort Osage
Brett Davis, Reporter
October 17, 2011
Belton High School’s lady softball team faced off against Fort Osage Oct. 4. The Lady Pirates played tough defense but did not score until the bottom of the 2nd inning. They kept their 1-0 lead over Fort Osage until the top of the 4th inning when Osage tied the game 1-1. After Fort Osage had tied the... Read more »
Lady Pirates win districts and break record
Anthony Biondo, Sports Editor
October 13, 2011
The Lady Pirates won their 3rd district title in the last four years Oct. 8 against Notre Dame De Sion High School. Thursday the girls beat St. Teresa’s High School 6-0 to move on to the district championship. Sion defeated the Ray-Pec Lady Panthers 6-5 in a very tough game to move on and face... Read more »
Lady Pirates dominate in GKC tournament
Anthony Biondo, Sports Editor
September 13, 2011
The Lady Pirates softball team participated in the Greater Kansas City tournament that began last Tuesday, August 23rd. The team finished 4-1, being one of only three teams to win four games. The Lady Pirates began the tournament falling to Grain Valley 0-4. The pitching and defense played solid but... Read more »
Schifferdecker strikes out 20 in districts win over Warrensburg
Zack Johnson, Writer
October 13, 2009
The Lady Pirates varsity softball team won their first game of districts 7-0 against Warrensburg. Sophomore Kelsey Schifferdecker struck out 20 of the 21 outs. Schifferdecker pitched a no-hitter and gave up 2 hits. Schifferdecker reached a new career high with 20 strikeouts. “Our offense did... Read more »
Senior softball players end high school career with a win
Zack Johnson, Reporter
October 8, 2009
Senior Night for softball players occured on Monday Oct. 5, with 5 seniors playing in their final home game. Varsity spread Grandview in the 3 inning game, 15-0. Senior Ashley Cobern pitched a no-hitter. Cobern gave up just 2 walks, and 1 batter reached on an error. Cobern also had 2 hits to... Read more »
Belton softball holds out against Oak Park
Tanner Jones, Sports Co-Editor
September 28, 2009
After the long and tiring victory against the Liberty Blue Jays, the lady pirate softball team was able to keep the momentum going and win the following game against Oak Park. Senior Melissa Barnes scored in the first inning, gaining the only run of the game. Senior Alex King had a great hit that... Read more »
Belton wins a close game against Lee’s Summit West
Zack Johnson, Reporter
September 28, 2009
Belton won their fourth game of the season against Lee’s Summit West. Junior Desiree Johnson scored the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning. The Pirates had the bases loaded with Johnson on third and one out. Sophomore Kelsey Schifferdecker drove the ball into deep... Read more »
18 innings, one softball victory
Tanner Jones, Sports Co-Editor
September 28, 2009
The Lady Pirates’ softball team added another victory to their record after a grueling game against the Liberty Blue Jays. The team went through an 18 inning game, estimated at three hour and 40 minute game. Which is almost the approximate length of two seven inning games. The lady pirates... Read more »
Softball pitches back-to-back perfect games
Zack Johnson, Reporter
September 20, 2009
Belton pitched back-to-back perfect games against Warrensburg and Hickman Mills. Senior Ashley Cobern pitched Thursday’s game, going 3 innings; no hits, no walks, no runs. Belton outscored Hickman Mills 20-0 in 3 innings, which puts a mercy rule into effect. The mercy rule says that if a team... Read more »
Softball suffers first loss of the season
Zack Johnson, Reporter
September 20, 2009
Belton Softball suffered their first loss of the season to Blue Springs South. The final score was 2-1 in 7 innings. The Pirates played an outstanding game, considering that the Blue Springs South Jaguars are the defending state champions, and that they were beaten by Blue Springs South last year 15-0.... Read more »
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