The Princeton Lady Tigers opened softball season with back-to-back wins, but saw their bats go silent in Saturday afternoon’s championship game, falling to the host North Harrison Lady Shamrocks 5-0 in the North Harrison Softball Tournament.
The Lady Shamrocks were steady in their play in winning Pool A, defeating the South Harrison Lady Bulldogs in their first game of the day 7-2, and coming back with a comfortable 7-3 win over North Nodaway.
Princeton’s first game of the season saw the Lady Tigers hammer East Harrison 11-1. In a much different affair that turned out to be a ‘tournament semifinal’, Princeton locked themselves into a pitcher’s duel with Worth County, emerging with a 3-2 victory in an 8 inning thriller. Worth County, in the first “Pool B” game of the day, that already beaten East Harrison, 6-1.
South Harrison won the consolation (5th place) game against East Harrison, getting the rebuilding Lady Bulldogs program in the win column for the first time this season, while North Nodaway won a hotly contested third place game against Worth County, taking a 5-4 win.
Princeton leaps into Grand River Conference play this week, hosting South Harrison on Tuesday night and Trenton on Thursday night (both at 5:30). On Saturday, the Lady Tigers will play in the Bill Hill Tournament in Albany, taking on Gallatin in an 8:30 morning quarterfinal. Gallatin is the #3 seed with Princeton seeded 6th in the annual event.
