Saturday Night Sports 3-20

Saturday Night Sports 3-20

Game didn't go the way the benton girls basketball team wanted..

But the season not over... the cardinals still with a chance to end their season with a win today... benton cardinals looking to bring home third in class 4 taking on vashon == cards struggle early but find a spark... lauren burright gets the bucket..==== kelsey johnson misses the layup but gets her own re-bound and the put back!

Johnson with 16 on the day...==== later, jaida cox with the assist... finding kianna herrera in the paint wolverines lead 19-14 at the break though...==== story of the game for benton,,, very similar to what happened in the semi-final round rs on saturday... nariyah simmons and kanitra barnett converting this game va-shawn wins it by 20... final score 57-37.

And the benton lady cardinals season finishes with a fourth place finish spent the weekend down in springfield and brings us more from the cardinals run... <<no closed captioning softball season is here and missouri western hosting the hy-vee classic they had two games yesterday, 2 today, and will have 2 more tomorrow we go to the griffons first game of the daymissouri western hosting bemidgeee state====== bottom of the firstbrea blanton with the hit to short but the beavers throw her out at first=====top the 2nd runners on the corners for the beaversstephi dullum with the deep flyball to center-left field, griffons there for the out but dullum gets the rbi giving the beavers a 1 to 0 lead==========griffons trying to get their bats going but beavers doing all the can to not let that happen========= griffons still battlingbut the beavers defense would be too much todayholding the griffons to 0 runs on 6 hits====== beavers win 1 to 0===== missouri western dropping two one-run games today..

Griffons fall to 11-5..

But get two more games tomorrow in the hy-vee classic... next up at the hyvee classic isthe northwest bearcats taking on the winona state warriors===========1st inning lafayette grad...jacee win hits it to shortgreat diving stop but no throw and winn gets the bearcats on base early =========bearcats unable to score though...in the field bearcats hannah blackford fields the groundball cleanly and tags the runner out =========but from there on out it would be all warriorsthe hit up the middle into the outfieldthe throw home is cut-off and the warriors take a 1-0 lead==========later in the inningthe hit bounces off the glove of raven defrain and the throw to first is late and a run scoreswarriors lead by 2 ======and the bearcats would only get 4 hits in the game and fall to winona state 8 to zero and northwest firsts game of the day..

The bearcats fall to upper iowa..

3-2..

Northwest with two more games in the hyvee classic tomorrow... there's no getting back the lost year for high school baseball players..

But there is the return to the diamond..

Kq2's chris roush shows us what it means to city baseball players to start their 2021 seasons..

After losing last year because of covid-19... <<(nat sound: pitch)whether it be the sounds of ball smacking the glove..or a bat meeting the ball...it all means..for the first time in 22 months..high school baseball back in st.

Joseph...(sot, matt jansen: "i woke up like it was christmas morning.

It was the first day of school and i was excited.")lafayette and bishop leblond meeting in the first game of the city round robin..at historic phil welch stadium saturday afternoon...(sot, myles mclaughlin: "it's been a long two years not being here and to get the first one out of the way.

It's really a blessing.

We really enjoyed this one and looking forward to the next one.")the fighting irish picking up a 12-0 win to open the 2021 season..but more than a win..the day all about just taking the field together again...(sot, luikart)(sot, langley)first game in 22 months..complete...and unlike last year, where uncertainity filled the air..there's optimism and a feeling of relief this season will continue on...(sot, mclaughlin) (sot, jansen)chris roushkq2 sports spring training baseball... the royals and arizona finishing in a 6-all tie... but kansas city announcing brad keller as the team's opening day starter today, too... a final look at your forecast is