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After giving up three runs to the Boulder Collegians in the top of the first inning, the Liberal Bee Jays rallied with a six-run third inning to run away with a 9-4 win.

After the Collegians started off with a big first inning, the Bee Jays cut the lead to 3-1 when Trenton Uyeda singled on a line drive to right that scored Kaden Isola.

Starter Brooks Kappelmann settled in and pitched shutout innings in the second and third, and in the bottom of the third the Bee Jays loaded the bases and tied the game after Isola was hit by a pitch and Noah Giovannelli scored on a passed ball.

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Seward County Community College softball head coach Kimber Cortemelia has announced the hiring of Kadyn Trochim as the Saints new assistant coach.

Trochim comes to Seward after wrapping up a standout playing career at Pittsburg State, where she earned NFCA and D2CCA All-America honors following the 2026 season.

Trochim appeared in 219 games across four seasons with the Gorillas and finished as a career .337 hitter. She ranks among Pittsburg State's career leaders in several categories, including hits with 197, tied for 10th; doubles with 40, tied for seventh; RBIs with 163, sixth; and walks with 91, second.

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After the first game of the season against the Liberal Rattlers was rained out, the Bee Jays opened the summer with a game against the Gameday Angels Friday at Brent Gould Field.

Drew Gartman led the Bee Jays with three hits in an 8-5 win.

Liberal took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first before the Angels before the Angels rallied for a pair of runs in the second to take a 2-1 lead.

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Seward County Community College volleyball head coach Jelena Cohaderevic has announced the hiring of Jessie Jerome as an assistant coach.

A native of Rawlins, Wyo., Jerome joins the Saints after closing her playing career at Henderson State University.

She was a senior setter for the Reddies in 2025, appearing in 17 matches and 40 sets. Before Henderson State, Jerome spent the 2024 season at Manhattan University, where she earned MAAC All-Academic Team honors as a junior.