Waukon softball team starts 2018 season off with non-conference win at home but gets swept by pair of rated teams on the road
Season’s first run, plus three more ... Waukon sophomore centerfielder Hailey Regan slides safely into home before the throw for the Indians’ first run in their 14-4 home triumph to open the 2018 season over Central Elkader Tuesday, May 22. Regan scored a team-high four runs in the contest, knocking out a double and two singles in three at-bats to further her offensive leadership in the victory. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
High-five and three-for-four ... Waukon junior first baseman Brigid Berns gets a high-five from first-year Waukon softball head coach Shane Schellsmidt after blasting one of her three hits in four at-bats in the Indians’ 14-4 home triumph to open the 2018 season over Central Elkader Tuesday, May 22. Berns’ three-for-four effort included one double and she also scored two runs in the victory. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
The Waukon softball team opened its 2018 season on each end of the win-loss spectrum, starting off the season with a win but having its initial week ended with three consecutive losses to top-15 rated teams. That win came in five innings, 14-4, in the softball Tribe’s season opener Tuesday, May 22 at home against Central Elkader before the Indians fell at Class 4A 15th-rated Waverly-Shell Rock Thursday, May 24, 9-0 and 11-1 in five innings, and then again at Class 1A top-rated Kee Friday, May 25 by a 10-0 count in six innings.
The Indians will have a busy week with four dates of competition this week, beginning with a non-conference game at MFL/MarMac Tuesday, May 29 before hosting Charles City in a home doubleheader Thursday, May 31 and then South Winneshiek Friday, June 1 before playing at the Charles City Tournament Saturday, June 2. Another busy week begins Monday, June 4 at Decorah before another pair of back-to-back NEIC games, Wednesday, June 6 at home against Oelwein and Thursday, June 7 at New Hampton, and then playing in the Riceville Tournament Saturday, June 9.
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