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WHEATFIELD â Kankakee Valleyâs softball team played three games in under 24 hours last weekend, winning two while dropping one as it participated in the annual Twin Lakes Invitational.
On Friday, May 7, the Kats were on the wrong end of a walk-off single to fall to Class 3A No. 9 Northwestern High School. KV racked up 13 hits and Northwestern notched 14 in the high-scoring affair as the Tigers (17-2) won 10-8 when Northwesternâs Jaci Elson singled on a 0-1 count to score two of her teammates.
KV (11-7) jumped to an early lead, scoring two runs in each of the first two innings while holding the Tigers scoreless.
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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.
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Haley Alexander was crowned Miss Delaware s Outstanding Teen April 19 at the Milton Theatre.
A Delaware native, Haley currently attends Cab Calloway School of the Arts, where she is a senior dance major. When she isn’t in the dance studio or studying for a future career in sports medicine, she is actively promoting environmental sustainability and advocating for her platform; Think Smart, Think Green - Recycle! In her free time, she enjoys playing with her pet rabbit and two dogs, or hiking in Delaware’s many state parks.
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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.