Washington High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Washington girls enjoy good day

The Washington softball team rolled to a pair of big victories over Dubuque Hempstead Thursday on their home field, 10-0 in six innings and 11-1 in five innings.

Payton Bruner tossed a no-hitter for the Warriors in the first game.

Emily Oler belted two home runs and drove in five runs in the nightcap. She also was the winning pitcher.

Lions hope 'laugher' will get them going

The Linn-Mar baseball team has gone through a rough year with tight losses, injuries and all-state catcher Brandt Ollinger leaving for travel ball, but the Lions finally got to laugh a little Thursday night.

Linn-Mar belted Washington, 17-2, in four innings in the second game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at the Linn-Mar Complex to wash away some of the frustration.

Washington took the first game, 7-3, for a much-needed victory of its own.

Linn-Mar sent 12 men to the plate and scored seven runs in the first inning of the nightcap, then sent 13 men to the plate and scored seven more times in the second for a 14-1 bulge.

"We'll take it," said Linn-Mar Coach Chad Lechner after his club won by the 15-run rule in the bottom of the fourth. "We need wins at this point to get our confidence up.

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Young Cougars sweep young Warriors

The rosters of the Washington and Kennedy softball teams tell a tale.

The Warriors have just two seniors and one junior that play, the Cougars one senior and two juniors.

Both lineups instead are packed with sophomores and freshmen. And with young first-year coaches, their future is bright.

The fact that a University of Northern Iowa assistant coach showed up at Kennedy Tuesday night to watch them play each other shows there’s talent aplenty on both sides.

Kennedy swept the doubleheader, 7-3 and 7-4, but what the college scout saw were two pretty well-pitched games with some timely hitting.

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Lenten hits 2 homers for Warriors

WATERLOO - Bria Lenten belted two home runs for the Washington Warriors Thursday night in a 5-4 loss to Waterloo West in the second game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader in Waterloo.

Waterloo West took the opener, 1-0, on a one-hitter by Jaclyn Spencer. Spencer hit a solo home run for the only score in the game.

Payton Bruner pitched a strong game for Washington in the opener but was the hard-luck loser.

Haley Jones hit a three-run homer and drove in all five runs in the second game for Waterloo West (16-12).

Washington's records fell to 17-10 overall and 11-9 in the MVC.

Game 1

Washington     000 000 0 - 0 1 0
Waterloo West  001 000 x - 1 5 0

Game 2

Washington     120 001 0 - 4 10 1
Waterloo West  200 030 x - 5 8 0