The North Harrison Lady Shamrocks survived a semifinal challenge from East Harrison before beating Mercer, 11-1, in Saturday’s HDC Conference softball tournament in Bethany.
North Harrison improved to 6-1 in the semifinal round, two-hitting East Harrison in a 2-0 victory. Â The Shamrocks scored a single run in the first inning and added a run in the fifth inning for insurance.
In the final, North Harrison jumped on Mercer with four runs in the first inning, before adding a run in the 2nd, three in the fifth, and three in the sixth to end the game courtesy of the run rule. Â Payton Craig earned the pitching win for North Harrison, holding Mercer to one run (3rd inning) and four hits. Â Mercer had opportunities to get multiple runs on the board, but left the bases loaded in two separate innings.
Mercer advanced to the final with a 12-2 semifinal win over Grundy R-5. Both Mercer and North Harrison had first-round byes.
In Saturday’s Stanberry Softball Tournament, the Lady Bulldogs took home the championship, going 3-0 against its competition. Â Stanberry beat Northeast Nodaway 10-0, Maryville 12-11, and North Andrew 8-0.
In the Maysville Tournament, Maysville beat Mid-Buchanan 12-11, Mid-Buchanan took a 6-0 win over DeKalb, East Buchanan routed DeKalb 10-1, while Maysville downed East Buchanan 10-1.
