It’s a game the New Bloomfield Lady Wildcats enjoy playing. “Helias is Helias, every single year,” New Bloomfield softball coach Zach Moore said Thursday after the Helias Lady Crusaders edged the Lady Wildcats 8-7 at the American Legion Post 5 Sports Complex. “Our girls get up for this game big-time. “I couldn’t be happier with the way we played. I’m obviously not happy with an 8-7 loss in a walkoff, but this game should wake us up and show us what we can do.”
It was ace against ace. But some days, the hitters have their say. Kendyll Rackers hit a one-out RBI double in the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday to send the Helias Lady Crusaders to a 6-5 victory against the Blair Oaks Lady Falcons at the American Legion Post 5 Sports Complex.
It was a pitchers’ duel between Molly Berkey and Avrey Reynolds in the circle Wednesday night at Vogel Field, but an unearned run pushed the Helias Lady Crusaders to a 1-0 win against the Jefferson City Lady Jays in Central Missouri Activities Conference action.
It looked good off the bat. The only question was it going to be good enough? “I hoped it was gone off the bat,” Fatima coach Ashlee Schnieders said after a two-run home run by Allison Schwartze keyed a 3-0 victory Monday against the Helias Lady Crusaders at the American Legion Post 5 Sports Complex.