Lady Cats come up short at Osawatomie

Cierra Rose makes contact with a pitch during Tuesday’s home doubleheader with De Soto at Lewis-Young Park. The Lady Cats are still looking for their first win after falling to Osawatomie and De Soto.

It has been a rough go of it for the Louisburg softball team so far this season.

Inexperience and youth have played big roles in the Lady Cats still looking for their first win of the season. On April 23, Louisburg came close to getting it against Osawatomie, but fell in a doubleheader 11-6 and 17-7.

Louisburg played well early in the opener against the Trojans as it jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Miranda White, Isabelle Hutson and Allyssa Griggs all scored, but the Trojans would answer back with five runs in the first and two more in the second.

Hutson, who had a 3-for-3 performance, singled and scored in the third inning to make it 7-4. However, Osawatomie scored three more runs in the fifth and another in the sixth to help put the game away.

The Lady Cats did add runs in the sixth as Hailey Crowder scored on a White RBI single. White then came around on an RBI from Griggs.

In the nightcap, Osawatomie got on top early and never looked back. The Trojans scored nine runs in the first inning to take an early lead.

Taylor San Agustin drove home Kallee Bartlett in the second inning and White doubled home Crowder to get the Lady Cats on the board. Osawatomie made it a 10-2 game with another run in the second.

Louisburg did manage to rally with four runs in the fourth inning. White started it off with an RBI single to score Crowder. She then stole second and scored on an RBI single from Hutson.

Griggs and Christina Dalrymple followed it up with RBI singles of their own to cut the Trojan lead to 10-7.

However, the Trojans got those runs right back with four in the fourth and three more in the fifth to seal the win.

White led the Lady Cats in the doubleheader with five hits, including two doubles and was also walked twice. Hutson also had four hits and walked twice.

De Soto sweeps Louisburg

Louisburg returned home to Lewis-Young Park on Tuesday and De Soto gave them a rude welcome.

De Soto downed the Lady Cats 16-0 in the opener before taking the nightcap 20-4. In the second game, the Lady Cats got RBIs from Cierra Rose and a two-run single from Bartlett to account for the Louisburg runs.

Rose and White each had a pair of hits to lead the Louisburg offense in the second game. White and Griggs each recorded a double in the opener.