The Mathews High School varsity softball team defeated Nandua, 10-8, on the road on Monday. Down 8-0, the MHS girls rallied to score four runs in the fourth inning and six more in the seventh to secure the win. The MHS girls had five hits in the top of the seventh, including a bases-clearing triple from Kylee Swanson.
Angel Shultz pitched all seven innings with five strikeouts. Shultz also contributed two singles. Also getting hits were Addison Lowe (two singles), Bentlea Lawrence (triple) and Emily Coons, Lindsay Coons and Mya Schroeder with one single apiece.
West Point
Mathews put up a good fight on Thursday, but fell to the visiting West Point Pointers, 12-7. In spite of the loss, a highlight for Mathews was the out-of-the-park homer hit by Lawrence, who also contributed a single. Marley Brock just missed out hitting for the cycle, ending the day with a single, double and triple. Addison Griffith collected two singles, while Lowe, Swanson, Shultz, Schroeder and Hannah Davis contrib...