OSKALOOSA — The Class 2A No. 13 East Marshall softball team scored a 1-0, eight-inning win against Keokuk to split its pair of games Saturday at the Oskaloosa Tournament.

The Mustangs (16-5) started the day with a 4-3 loss to 3A No. 5 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, coming up just short with a late rally against the Rockets (23-5). EBF went ahead 3-1 with three runs in the fifth and added another in the seventh before East Marshall tallied twice in its last at-bat.

Reagan McIlrath took the loss, allowing six hits and two earned runs on three walks and two strikeouts. Maria Rasmusson led the Mustang bats, going 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Madison Duncan had two hits, Ellen Hungerford and Madison Farrington both had a double and Melinda Puumala pitched in a single.

In the finale against Keokuk, the Mustangs and Chiefs played seven scoreless innings before East Marshall broke through in the eighth. Using the international tiebreaker rule, Hungerford started the bottom of the eighth on second base, took third on a sacrifice bunt by Hannah Birks and scored when a two-out grounder by Duncan was misplayed.

Rasmusson had the Mustangs’ only hit in the 1-0 win. Losing pitcher Jakala Hall walked two and struck out seven for Keokuk, while Kodie Hoskey struck out 13 and walked four in a four-hit shutout.

Comets go 2-1 at Roland-Story event

ROLAND — The Class 2A No. 15 BCLUW softball team went 2-1 during Saturday’s trip to the Roland-Story Tournament, beating Nevada and Gilbert while falling to Mount Vernon.

The Comets defeated Nevada 13-0 in three innings, as Lauren Anderson pitched a no-hitter while striking out two. Madison Ubben and Easton Swanson had three hits apiece, while Kiersten Kruse went 2-for-2 with a double, two RBIs and three runs scored. Ubben drove in four runs and Swanson plated three.

Bailey Ashton scattered six hits and a walk during an 8-1, six-inning win for the Comets against Gilbert. Ashston struck out six and had one of BCLUW’s 10 hits. Kruse, Cate Nason and parker Scurr had two hits apiece, while Anderson and Ubben drove in two runs apiece.

In a 5-1 loss to Mount Vernon, Ashton surrendered seven hits and three earned runs with a walk and seven strikeouts. The BCLUW bats managed just three hits, led by a double for Nason. Lili Wilson had a run-scoring single as well.

GMG softball gets season’s second win

GREEN MOUNTAIN — The GMG softball team scored its second win of the season, beating Tripoli 11-10 in an Iowa Star Conference clash on Friday.

The Wolverines (2-13) had a pair of four-run innings to fight past the Panthers for the victory. Kelsey Vaverka pitched all seven innings for GMG, surrendering four walks while striking out three.

Vaverka also had two doubles and three RBIs, while Madi Krull added a double and four RBIs to lead the GMG offense. Sidney Catherwood and Maesa Groth each had one RBI apiece in the win.

The Wolverines fell 10-0 to Dunkerton on Monday night, coming up with just two hits in the conference loss. Vaverka pitched all five innings for the loss, striking out two but walking nine.