RIVERTON, KS. — Bentley Rust led the way with a team-high 4 RBI for Sarcoxie Softball in a dominant 13-2 win on the road against Riverton, spoiling the Rams’ season opener.

Despite the game ending via run-rule, the first inning saw Riverton hold a 2-1 advantage after six outs were recorded before the Bears erupted at the plate.

Sarcoxie managed to pile on 10 runs in the top of the second inning alone to bring the game nearly out of reach before the halfway mark.

Bre Shumake held things down in the pitching circle, holding Riverton scoreless for the final four innings of the game while the offense managed to tack on a pair of security runs; one in the fourth and another in the fifth inning.

The Bears will be back in action Tuesday, March 24 against Galena while the Rams will look to bounce back next time out on Friday, March 27 against New Heights Christian Academy.

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LAMAR, MO. — In the Lamar Tiger Classic baseball tournament, the visiting team was Lamar and the home team was Diamond and the Tigers fell 8-2 against the Wildcats in the championship game.

Both teams were aggressive in base running, stealing several bases early in the game, putting runners in scoring position, which later turned into scores a couple of times.

In the bottom of the first inning, the bats were going for Diamond and the Wildcats couldn’t be stopped on offense, scoring six runs.

The Tigers tried to claw their way back and was able to score one run in the top of the second inning.

Adam Brown had a night on the mound, dealing a couple of strikeouts for Diamond early on and Korbin Steinkamp got the Tigers out of trouble with a strikeout to end the bottom of the first.

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