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The Lady Red faced a tough battle against the Hays Indians, ultimately falling short in a 3-2 loss.
Hays set the tone, netting two goals in the first half.
Hays continued their momentum with another goal early in the second half, but the Lady Red defense did not allow another goal the rest of the game.
Seward County softball continued their winning streak on Wednesday with a doubleheader sweep over the Pratt Beavers where in both games the two teams entered the seventh tied before the Lady Saints managed to squeak past their opponents to grow their win streak out to eight.
Pratt struck first with an RBI double in the top of the first of game one to push ahead 1-0 over the Lady Saints before Raeana Ortiz tied the score up at 1-1 with a single on a bunt to drive in Samantha Gomez. Costly drops by Seward County in the top of the third caused them to fall behind by three as the Lady Saints struggled on the defensive side of the ball. Their offense however was able to connect on hits in timely fashion as Aaliyah Gutierrez stole home on a wild pitch while Anberlin O'Dell hit an RBI single to right field to close the gap to one at 4-3. The Beavers added another run to their total in the following inning to grow their lead back to two, but a monster three-run homer from Ortiz gave the Lady Saints a one score lead 6-5 heading into the sixth. Pratt locked things up at 6-6 heading into the seventh inning where Kamryn Martinez helped hold the Beavers at bay with a strikeout to send them back to the dugout while an RBI single from Gomez helped drive in Alyssa Morgan to finish off game one with a 7-6 win.
After leading the Seward County Lady Saints softball team to a perfect 6-0 week in Jayhawk Conference action, Alyssa Morgan was named the KJCCC Player of the Week for the first time in her SCCC career as announced by the conference on Tuesday.
Morgan was a consistent force for the Lady Saints over the past week as she helped lead Seward County to a perfect 6-0 week where the freshman short stop went 12/20 at the plate while scoring 11 runs and recording 11 RBIs, 2 2Bs, 1 3B, and 2 HRs. She scored 3 runs in each of the Lady Saints run rule wins over the NW Kansas Tech Mavs and hit two home run bombs in game two against Garden City to help SCCC climb up the KJCCC standings. On the defensive side Morgan was able to record 2 POs and 19 assists over the six-game stretch as Seward County grabbed three doubleheader sweeps while run ruling their opponents in their final three games of the week.
On the season Morgan is hitting .403 with 46 RBIs, 11 2Bs, 3 3Bs, and 11 HR in 36 games for the Lady Saints.
Seward County will be back in action tomorrow as they continue KJCCC action against the Pratt Beavers at home on French Family Field as the Lady Saints look to stretch their win streak out to eight.
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Cameron Cartwright's bat was red hot over the past week with hit after hit leading to scores for the Saints in a series sweep over Garden City to help earn the sophomore infielder KJCCC West Player of the Week honors for the first time this season.
Cartwright was a leader for the Saints over the past week as Seward County swept the Garden City Broncbusters with a run rule win in three of those games. He scored 10 runs over the four-game stretch while hitting 8/14 at the plate for an average of .571 while also recording 10 RBIs, 3 2Bs, and 2 HRs during the week. A three-run homer from the sophomore infielder in game three helped the Saints close out the game in run rule fashion as he dominated the third game of the series with 4 runs and 4 RBIs while going .667 at the plate.
Cartwright on the season is hitting .340 with 29 RBIs and 6 HR in 42 games through the 2024 calendar year while scoring 43 runs for the Saints.
Seward County will continue their Jayhawk Conference play on Thursday when they head to El Dorado to face the Butler Grizzlies in a doubleheader to kick off a four-game KJCCC series with game one beginning at 1 p.m.
The Liberal Redskins traveled to Woodward Friday for a double header with the Boomers and came away with a pair of wins.
Brooks Kappelmann led the Redskins at the plate with two hits and four RBIs in a 14-7 win in Game 1.
Erek Lira also had a pair of hits and three RBIs.
Liberal and Woodward were tied 1-1 after three innings, and after the Redskins took a 3-1 lead in the top of the fourth, the Boomers answered with five runs in the bottom half of the inning to take a 6-3 lead.
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