By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama baseball team (3-20) nearly pulled off an upset in the first round of the substate playoffs at home against Woodward-Granger (12-12) on Friday, July 3. The teams both scored one run in the first inning, where the game remained locked until the ninth inning when W-G scored to win the game and end the season for the Panthers.

Panorama had two hits in the game, both singles by Nolan Sheehy and Brody Steenblock. Hunter Kline scored the team’s lone run. Sheehy also pitched a lights-out game, striking out nine batters in seven innings of work, allowing zero hits.

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By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama softball team (9-19) lost its final regular season game at Glidden-Ralston (16-9) on Thursday, July 2.

“We played well enough to win, but the mental mistakes were the big difference in the game tonight. We had some good things happen, which is great, don’t get me wrong. But we didn’t execute, and it cost us. We will get it figured out and get ready for Woodward-Granger in the quarterfinals,” Head Coach Ismael Galvan said.

Panorama rallied to take a 4-3 lead after trailing for most of the game. G-R tied the game at 4-4 in the bottom of the sixth inning. Panorama scored in the top of the seventh to take the lead again, now 5-4. G-R scored twice in the bottom of the seventh for the walk-off win.

Peyton Walker’s offense was crucial for Panorama, knocking in three RBIs while going 1/4 with a single. Bryan Wearmouth and Bridgete White had one RBI apiece. Lexi Galvan, White and Andrea Knode had multi-hit performances. Galvan and Knode split time on the mound, with Galvan striking out three batters in four innings of work.

The next game for the girls is the Class 2A Region 1 Quarterfinals at Woodward-Granger (14-14) on Wednesday, July 8. W-G won both games in a doubleheader earlier this season, 14-8 and 8-0.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The ACGC softball team (7-22) won in the Region 4 First Round at home against Treynor (2-19) on Monday, July 6. The game was deadlocked until Treynor scored one run in the top of the third inning to take a 1-0 lead. ACGC quickly punched back, scoring four runs. Treynor adding another run in the fourth, with ACGC hitting back again with another eight runs.

Jerzee Huss and Kailee Kautzky had three RBIs apiece and multi-hit games. Trinity Calhoun went 2/2 with two RBIs. Karli Kautzky had one RBI. Caydence Boals and Megan Underwood both had multi-hit performances as well. Underwood also pitched all four innings, striking out two batters.

The girls travel to Riverside (23-5) on Wednesday, July 8 for the Class 2A Region 4 Quarterfinals. These teams last met in 2023, a 9-2 win for Riverside.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The ACGC softball team (6-22) secured a much-needed home win over Coon Rapids-Bayard (7-10) on Friday, July 3. The win will help give the Chargers some momentum heading into the playoffs. ACGC did a majority of its damage in the second inning, scoring seven runs. ACGC piled on five more runs in the fourth inning to seal the win.

Jerzee Huss and Kailee Kautzky led the offense with two RBIs each. Kailee Kautzky had a multi-hit game, going 2/3 with a single and a double. Other RBIs came from Caydence Boals, Karli Kautzky, Slaybaugh, Kiera Boals and Megan Underwood. The girls stole six basses. Megan Underwood pitched all four innings, striking out three batters and earning the win.

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By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The ACGC softball team (5-22) lost at home to AHSTW (10-14) on Thursday, July 2. The Charger offense was producing well, matching AHSTW for hits with 11. Caydence Boals was stellar on offense, going 4/4 with two doubles, two singles and three RBIs. Jerzee Huss and Kailee Kautzky both had multi-hit games — Huss with two singles and an RBI, and Kautzky with two doubles. Olivia Mahaffey made her one hit count, knocking it over the fence for a homerun. Tessa Slaybaugh had one RBI.

Huss and Megan Underwood split time on the mound. Huss pitched four innings, striking out one batter. Underwood pitched the other three innings, also striking out one batter.