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LOWELL â Kankakee Valley remained in the hunt for a Northwest Crossroads Conference softball title by handing host Lowell a 3-1 loss on Monday, April 26.
The Kougars improve to 4-1 in league play and 8-4 overall. It was their third straight win.
KV gave ace pitcher MaryKate Shultz all the offense she would need with two runs in the first inning. The Kougars added a single run in the third and turned the game over to Shultz, who scattered five hits over seven innings with 16 strikeouts and two walks.
Lowellâs run was unearned.
Shultz also helped her cause by going 2 for 3 with a pair of doubles. Carly Basham had an RBI single and JoJo Short had a two-run double in the first inning.
WHEATFIELD â Kankakee Valley ace pitcher MaryKate Shultz faced 21 Andrean hitters Wednesday night.
Fourteen of them got nothing and returned to their dugout. Seven others were retired on groundouts and fly balls, giving Shultz her first-ever perfect game in a crucial 3-0 Northwest Crossroads Conference win over the 59ers.
It is believed to be just the second perfect game in KVâs long history, with Jessica Dobson completing one in the mid-2000s.
Shultz went seven innings, striking out 13 to give her 63 strikeouts on the season. Shultz said it was apparent before the first pitch that her teammates were ready for the Niners.
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The 29-year-old joined Kennet Valley School in Lockeridge in September 2014. Since then, she has gone to inspire countless classes with her creative and fun teaching style. Her Year 6 class explained that Miss Chalker had gone above and beyond during lockdown and that she would be missed very much. Her last day at the school is today (April 1.) Bella summed up the teacher as “just amazing”. Teaching assistants Helen Bushnell and Hayley Alexander said the Sarah-Jane had a strong sense of trust with her classes, and that she “just clicked”. Hayley said: “She just clicks with the kids. She s friends with everyone.”
The 29-year-old joined Kennet Valley School in Lockeridge in September 2014. Since then, she has gone to inspire countless classes with her creative and fun teaching style. Her Year 6 class explained that Miss Chalker had gone above and beyond during lockdown and that she would be missed very much. Her last day at the school is today (April 1.) Bella summed up the teacher as “just amazing”. Teaching assistants Helen Bushnell and Hayley Alexander said the Sarah-Jane had a strong sense of trust with her classes, and that she “just clicked”. Hayley said: “She just clicks with the kids. She s friends with everyone.”