Bulldogs Open District Play with a Bang

The Kearney Bulldogs Softball team started Class 4 Tournament play with a huge win over the Raytown Lady Jays on Wednesday, October 16. They shutout Raytown 15-0 in three innings.

Reghan Lueken hit a grand slam to center field and cleared the bases in the 1st inning.

Kearney’s bats were hot in all three innings as Brooke Paalhar grounded out and scored one right away in the first inning. Reghan Lueken then hit a grand slam to center field and cleared the bases.

In the second inning, Morgan Pennington hit an inside the park home run, scoring three runs, and Lueken doubled, scoring one run. In the third inning, Jocelyn Lincoln doubled, scoring two runs, and the Lady Jays committed three errors that allowed four runs.

Reghan Lueken also showed her masterful pitching skills in the circle for the Bulldogs. She pitched all three innings to shutout the Raytown Jays. She had 5 strikeouts and allowed 0 walks and 0 runs.

Here are some other highlights of the game:

Macy Marrow went 1-2 with 2 runs scored

Kennedi Casey went 2-3 with 1 run scored

Brooke Paalhar had 1 run scored & 1 RBI

Morgan Pennington went 2-3 with 3 RBIs & runs scored (Inside the park HR)

Kate Stumpenhaus went 1-3 with 2 runs scored

Jocelyn Lincoln went 2-3 with 3 runs scored

Reghan Lueken went 2-3 with 5 RBIs and a grand slam

Caroline Jury went 3-3

Kearney’s next outing is the District Semi Final will be played at Winnetonka High School vs Marshall.

Brian Watts contributed to this story.

Bulldog Softball Dominates Over Winnetonka

Jocelyn Lincoln scored and drove in one when she smashed a homerun on Thursday, October 3 against the Winnetonka Griffins.The Bulldogs would go on to win the game in just three innings, 16-1.

Jocelyn Lincoln scored and drove in one when she smashed a homerun on Thursday.

Winnetonka struck first in the top of the first with one run in after a ground out. Kearney came back in the bottom of the first by scoring eight runs on six hits to take the lead, 8-1. Lincoln hit a two-run homerun over the left field fence. Kennedi Casey had a huge at-bat that drove in three runners on a single.

The Bulldogs scored eight runs on eight hits in the bottom of the third inning. Brooke Paalhar singled, scoring one run, Morgan Pennington singled, scoring one run, Kate Stumpenhaus doubled, scoring one run, an error scored one run, Reghan Lueken doubled, scoring two runs, and Caroline Jury singled, scoring one run.

Reghan Lueken pitched all three innings and had 4 strikeouts. She allowed two hits and one run over three innings and walked one.

Other highlights include:

- Macy Morrow went 1-2

- Kate Landewee had 1 RBI

- Caroline Jury went 1-2 with 1 RBI

- Ryleigh Van Emmerik went 3-3

The Bulldogs are now 23-4 and 7-0 in conference play. Senior night will be Tuesday October 8th against Raytown South.

Brian Watts contributed to this story.

Bulldogs Shutout Tigers in Conference Game

The Kearney Bulldog Varsity softball team put another notch in their win column against the Excelsior Springs Tigers on Monday, September 30. The Kearney shutout the Tigers in a Suburban Blue Conference game, 5-0.

Brooke Paalhar broke the tie in the third inning with a home run to left field in the third inning, scoring three runs.

Brooke Paalhar broke the tie in the third inning with a home run to left field in the third inning, scoring three runs. Then and singled in the fourth inning, scoring one run.

Macy Morrow led the Bulldogs with three hits in four at bats and Kennedi Casey collected two hits in three at bats.

Alyssa Quick pitched all seven innings in a gem of a game. She struck out 12 batters and allowed four hits and zero runs over seven innings while walking none.

Other highlights include:

Alyssa Quick went 1-3

Morgan Pennington went 1-3

Jocelyn Lincoln 1-3

Ryleigh Van Emmerik went 1-3

Kearney is now 22-4 on the season and 6-0 in conference.

Brian Watts contributed to this story.