Warrenton and Wright City both earned wins in the district softball quarterfinals Thursday. 

Warrenton (17-9-1) shutout Marshall in their 4-0 win in the opening round of the Class 4, District 5 tournament. The No. 3 seed in the district, the Lady Warriors will square off against No. 2 district seed Jefferson City Oct. 13 in the semifinals. First pitch is slated for 7 p.m. at Jefferson City High School. 

Wright City (12-14) cruised to a 15-0 win in three innings over STEAM Academy in the opening round of the Class 3, District 3 tournament.  

The No. 2 seed in the district, Wright City jumped out to an early 7-0 lead in the first inning. After Ava Swaringen threw a perfect first inning, Wright City's Sophia Wegrzyn opened the scoring with a bases clearing double after Paige Rees, Lydia Clubb and Emma Staats all walked to open the game. The Lady Wildcats scored four more runs in the inning. The Lady Wildcats scored six runs in the second inning and two runs in the third inning to clinch the mercy rule win. 

Wegrzyn had a team-leading five RBIs. She was one of three Wright City batters to record multiple hits. Sadie Sehnert and Hailey Swor also had two hits.  Lydia Clubb, Paige Rees and Bailey Love also reached base multiple times. 

Swaringen threw three hitless innings to earn the win. She recorded seven strikeouts. 

Wright City is set to square off against No. 3 district seed Palmyra at 1:15 p.m. Oct. 14 at Winfield High School.  

"Their pitcher will be much faster so we'll have to adjust to the speed," Wright City softball coach Fred Ross said. "She's got good movement...They have three or four girls at the top of their lineup that can hit. Kind of like us. They're pretty solid defensively. So we'll have to come out with our "A" game and decide who we're going to pitch."