DODGE CITY – DeShawna Bryant played the role of Supergirl with seven hits and eight runs batted in to spark Great Bend’s dominating 16-5 and 12-1 softball doubleheader sweep over Dodge City Thursday.
Great Bend (6-3, 5-0 WAC) maintains first place in the Western Athletic Conference for the first time in several years. The Panthers play Hays (5-3, 5-1 WAC) in a single WAC game at home Tuesday.
PANTHERS 16, DODGE CITY 5 (G1) – Bryant hammered home six runs with a perfect 5-for-5 hitting performance with a triple, double and three singles. The Panthers scored six runs in the second inning and tallied nine runs in their final three at-bats.
Panther pitcher Paige Thexton (2-2) yielded one earned run and struck out six batters.
Katherine Mazouch drove home two runs with three hits and three runs scored. Allyssa McCauley drove in two runs and scored twice. Rylee Prilling drove in two runs. Halle Post singled three times, scored twice and drove home a run. Thexton and Lauryn Davis each drove in a run.
Dodge City (1-7, 0-6 WAC) was led by Emma Bell's 3-run homer.
PANTHERS 12, DODGE CITY 1 (G2) – Great Bend broke the game open with an 8-run sixth inning after trailing 1-0 after three innings. Bryant tripled and drove home two runs. Mazouch tripled and drove in two runs. Thexton drove home three runs with a 2-run single and sacrifice fly.
Relief pitcher McCauley restored order after starter Braelyn Turner walked four batters. McCauley (1-0) pitched 42/3 shutout innings with four strikeouts.
Great Bend 160 423 – 16 15 1
Dodge City 013 010 – 5
Thexton and Davis. Steiner, Largo (2) and Venard, Steiner (2). W—Thexton, 2-2. L—. 2B—GB—Bryant, Mazouch, Davis, McCauley; DC—Musslin. HR—DC—Bell
Great Bend 000 228 – 12 12 1
Dodge City 100 000 – 1 2 4
Turner, McCauley (2) and Davis. Musslin and Lampe. W—McCauley, 1-0. L—Musslin. 3B—GB—Bryant, Mazouch
WAC SOFTBALL
Great Bend 5-0 6-3
Hays High 5-1 5-3
Garden City 1-2 5-2
Liberal 0-2 0-6
Dodge City 0-6 1-7
4-11—Great Bend 12, Dodge City 7; Garden City 8-1, Hays 2-5; McPherson 6, Liberal 5, Maize 15, Liberal 0
4-13—Great Bend 15-12, Dodge City 5-1
4-14—Liberal at Hugoton (2)
4-18—Hays at Great Bend (2); Liberal at Garden City (1)
GREAT BEND (5-0, 6-3)—L Manhattan 3-9; L McPherson 4-16; WL Hutchinson 17-6, 5-6; WW *Liberal 7-6, 7-3; W *Dodge City 12-7; WW *Dodge City 16-5, 12-1; 4-18—*Hays High (1); 4-20—*at Hays High (2); 4-25—*Garden City (1); 4-27—*Garden City (2); 5-9—at Hays TMP (2)
HAYS (5-1, 5-3)—W *Garden City 13-6; LL Valley Center 0-20, 2-8; W *Dodge City 13-0; WW Dodge City 15-0, 16-0; WL *Garden City 5-1, 2-8; 4-18—*at Great Bend (1); 4-20—*Great Bend (2); 4-27—Hays TMP (2); 5-2—*at Liberal (2); 5-5—*Liberal (1); 5-12—Manhattan, Newton
GARDEN CITY (1-2, 5-2)—WW Wichita North 15-0, 15-0; L *Hays 6-13; WW Goodland 10-0, 11-8; WL *Hays 8-2, 1-5; 4-18—*Liberal (1); 4-20—*at Liberal (2); 4-25—*at Great Bend (1); 4-27—*Great Bend (2); 5-2—*Dodge City (2); 5-4—*at Dodge City (1); 5-5—Scott City (2); 5-12—Topeka High (2)
DODGE CITY (0-6, 1-7)—WL Salina Central 33-5, 5-8; L *Hays 0-13; LL *Hays 0-15, 0-16; L *Great Bend 7-12; LL *Great Bend 5-16, 1-12; 4-20—at Hays TMP (2); 4-25—Kingman (2); 4-28—at Wichita Heights (2); 5-2—*at Garden City (2); 5-4—*Garden City (1); 5-9—*at Liberal (1); 5-11—*Liberal (2)
LIBERAL (0-2, 0-6)—L Derby 0-15; L Goddard 1-22; LL *Great Bend 6-7, 3-7; L McPherson 5-6, L Maize High 0-15; 4-14—at Hugoton (2); 4-18—*at Garden City (1); 4-20—*Garden City (2); 4-24—*Great Bend (1); 4-27—Scott City (2); 5-2—*Hays High (2); 5-5—*at Hays High (1); 5-9—*Dodge City (1); 5-11—*at Dodge City (2)
