The Wright City softball team fell in the Class 3, District 3 semifinal game against Winfield 10-1.
The Wildcats ended their season with a 12-18 record. This was the second year in a row …
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The Wright City softball team fell in the Class 3, District 3 semifinal game against Winfield 10-1.
The Wildcats ended their season with a 12-18 record. This was the second year in a row the squad competed in the district semifinals after a four-year hiatus.
Starting off in the first round of districts, Wright City matched up against St. Charles West and won in a dominant 8-0 game. Lydia Clubb, Lorelai Kellner, Paige Rees and Sadie Sehnert all scored runs.
In the district semifinal, the no. 4 Wildcats played no. 1 Winfield. Winfield had won their quarterfinal game 25-0 over Jennings. Kellner quickly put up the first run in the game, taking the lead in the top of the second inning.
The Wildcats remained close in score with Winfield trailing 3-1 until the bottom of the fifth inning, when the Warriors scored six runs. Ross noted the back-to-back games they had to play due to being the lower seeded team led to fatigue and they ultimately ran out of gas.
While the season has ended, Wright City accomplished a lot in just 30 games.
Clubb reached 150 career hits even after being injured for the majority of her senior season. Kellner broke a school record after striking out 19 batters in one game. Senior Sophia Wegrzyn reached 100 career hits and Wegrzyn, Clubb and Rees tied a school record after hitting four home runs in just one game.
In addition, Rees made the EMO first team all-conference and Sehnert made second team all-conference.
Throughout the season, Wright City had hit some roadblocks with injuries early on in the season. However by the end of the season, they were 6-2 in their last eight regular season games.
“We battled pretty well and other girls got to fill in some spots that hopefully will help us next year. Some got to play varsity when I didn’t really expect them to, so we’re looking for some of those younger girls to fill in those spots from the seniors,” Ross said.
Ross praised the seniors for all their work they did within their years of being with the program. These seniors were Alyvia Mikus, Paige Rees, Lillian Brown, Bailey Love, Lydia Clubb and Sophia Wegrzyn.
“This group of seniors got along very well and they’ve known each other since they were little rug rats, and I’ve known them since sixth or seventh grade,” Ross said. “They did a lot of things for the program, set some names for themselves, broke a lot of records for the school, a couple of them will play at the next level, so I’m very proud of that.”