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Jun 24, 2017

T-R PHOTO BY ROSS THEDE Colfax-Mingos Mackensie Brown (12) slides safely into second base with a double ahead of the tag by Marshalltown shortstop Regan Mazour during Fridays game at the Bobcat Softball Classic at Marshalltown Community College. The Class 1A No. 11-ranked Tigerhawks topped the Bobcats 6-0.

If the Marshalltown softball team learned anything from its fleeting five-game win streak, head coach Jim Palmer hopes his squad discovered that the energy and enthusiasm they need to succeed must come from within.

MHS opened its annual Bobcat Softball Classic on Friday afternoon with a 6-3 victory over Des Moines Roosevelt, but ended with a 6-0 loss to Class 1A No. 11 Colfax-Mingo.

The Bobcats (7-20) scored three runs in their first at-bat of the tournament, going in front to stay against a fellow Central Iowa Metropolitan League program, but managed only three hits against the backup pitcher of a ranked 1A squad.

Marshalltowns success ebbed and flowed throughout the day, and Palmer hopes his squad can find a way to manufacture positive vibe even when things arent going the Bobcats way.

Youve got to bring that energy to every game, said Palmer. Theyve got to have their own drive and fire in their belly.

T-R PHOTO BY ROSS THEDE Marshalltowns Madi Finch lifts a single to left field during the Bobcats 6-0 loss to Class 1A No. 12 Colfax-Mingo on Friday evening.

Erica Johnson went 2-for-3 with a run and three RBIs, and McKaylee Dawson was 2-for-3 with two RBIs as Marshalltown took down Des Moines Roosevelt in the days opener. Dawson dealt a five-hitter from the circle as well, limiting the Roughriders (13-18) to five singles in a complete-game performance. She struck out three and did not walk a batter, and only one run was earned to the junior left-hander.

We played really good defense and McKaylee Dawson pitched a really good game, said Palmer. Roosevelt made a comeback toward the end, but by then we were just trying to trade outs for runs after we got up 6-1.

Dawsons two-run single capped Marshalltowns three-run eruption in the bottom of the first inning, and a throwing error led to two more Bobcat runs in the second.

Marshalltown went up 6-1 when Johnson drove in McKenna Major with a single in the fourth, before Roosevelt tallied single runs in the fifth and the seventh.

Well take a win any way we can right now for this team, Palmer said.

T-R PHOTO BY ROSS THEDE

Colfax-Mingo stung Dawson for 11 hits in 5 1/3 innings, chasing her from the circle when Amy Russell ripped her seventh home run of the season a two-run shot to make it 6-0 in the top of the sixth.

Marshalltown simply couldnt match the Tigerhawks offensively, finishing with three singles against C-M sophomore Colbee Cunningham. The right-hander generated a lot of weak contact from the Bobcat bats as she struck out only one and walked two, and her defense committed just one inconsequential error.

We just didnt hit, said Palmer. Their pitcher wasnt overpowering by any means, but they did a good job of keeping us off-balance.

The Bobcats made three errors, but only one run came unearned to Dawson.

Regan Mazour, Madi Finch and Major had Marshalltowns three singles. Major and Mazour reached on back-to-back infield hits with two outs in the fifth, but Colfax-Mingo escaped unscathed.

Tigerhawk leadoff hitter Ries Wilson finished 3-for-4 at the plate with a double and two runs scored.

In todays Bobcat Classic, Marshalltown meets up with Marion at 11:45 a.m. and BCLUW at 1:30 p.m. The Bobcats lost 4-3 to BCLUW during the Comets home tournament two weeks ago.

Comets beat Lisbon, get roughed up by Roosevelt

The Class 2A No. 13 BCLUW softball team edged 12th-ranked Lisbon, 3-2 in eight innings, before getting 10-runned by Des Moines Roosevelt during Fridays Bobcat Softball Classic.

The Comets (20-8) used their small-ball specialty to scratch out the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning against Lisbon thanks to the international tiebreaker rule. Pinch-runner Kiersten Kruse moved to third on Easton Swansons sacrifice bunt and scored the winning run without a play after Sara Sharps well-placed bunt.

Samantha Ubben struck out eight, walked three, and scattered five hits and two unearned runs for the win in the circle.

BCLUW scored single runs in the first, sixth and eighth innings, while the Lions tallied a run in both the fifth and sixth but couldnt capitalize on the free baserunner in the top of the eighth.

Ubben led the Comets with three of their eight hits, and Sharp had two singles. Jenna Willett, Jordyn Beeghly and Swanson each had a hit.

Des Moines Roosevelt racked up 13 hits against BCLUW hurler Lauren Anderson and the Roughriders ran away with an 11-1, five-inning victory.

Leah Yantis went 2-for-3 at the top of the batting order for BCLUW. Beeghly doubled and scored the Comets only run on a groundout by Sharp. Ubben and Willett added singles in the lopsided loss.

BCLUW opens today with a 10 a.m. game against Bondurant-Farrar (7-19) and faces host Marshalltown (7-20) at 1:30 p.m.

Marshalltown Bobcat Softball Classic

At Marshalltown Community College

Fridays Games

Marshalltown 6, Des Moines Roosevelt 3

BCLUW 3, Lisbon 2, 8 innings

Colfax-Mingo 11, Bondurant-Farrar 7

Lisbon 6, Marion 3

Des Moines Roosevelt 11, BCLUW 1

Colfax-Mingo 6, Marshalltown 0

Marion 4, Bondurant-Farrar 3

Saturdays Games

10 a.m. Des Moines Roosevelt vs. Lynnville-Sully (1); Colfax-Mingo vs. Marion (2); BCLUW vs. Bondurant-Farrar (3)

11:45 a.m. Marshalltown vs. Marion (1); Lisbon vs. Lynnville-Sully (2); West Marshall vs. Des Moines Roosevelt (3)

1:30 p.m. Marshalltown vs. BCLUW (1); Colfax-Mingo vs. Lisbon (2); Bondurant-Farrar vs. West Marshall (3).

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Bobcats and Comets both break even - Marshalltown Times Republican