By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
Thursday's softball games at the Great Bend Sports Complex were moved by more than two hours to beat potential storms. Yet the Lady Panthers created a storm of their own with a 16-run third inning in game one to end things early 17-1. Great Bend completed the sweep with a 12-0 win in the late game.
Senior Paige Thexton got the rare start in the circle for game one, throwing all three innings and allowing one earned run on four hits. She struck out three before the offense ended the game early.
High winds made defensive play difficult and statistics may vary. Camdyn Post, Alyssa McCauley, Denver Ringo, and Katherine Mazouch each had two hits in game one. Thexton doubled for her lone hit, finishing with two RBIs and two runs scored. DeShawnna Bryant also doubled for her lone hit and walked, driving in two and scoring three times. McCauley, Ringo, and Post each drove in two runs.
Game two was more of the same as Great Bend scored in each of the first four innings, including a 5-run second and four runs in the fourth to set up the run-rule win.
Sophomore Braelyn Turner got the start in game two, allowing just one hit and walking one with a strikeout. Freshman Chayla Prendergast pitched the final three innings, striking out six with a walk and just one hit against.
Even against a stiff wind, Behr knocked a double off the centerfield fence in the second inning. She finished with two hits and a walk, driving in one and scoring twice. Post, Camdyn Koelsch, and Rylee Prilling each added two hits. Turner doubled for her lone hit, and Thexton added another double.
Great Bend improves to 17-5 on the season.