If you look at the results from last weekend's series the Lowry High School softball team played, it would resemble a football score instead of a softball contest.
The Lady Bucks had little trouble with the Dust Devils, outscoring the Lyon County school 72-0 in a three-game sweep. Lowry won the opener 27-0 on Friday, March 28, and swept a doubleheader 22-0 and 23-0 on Saturday.
The Lady Bucks improved to 8-1 in the Division I-A North and 11-2 overall. Lowry is second in the league, while Fernley is first at 7-0 and Churchill County is third at 7-1. Elko sits in fourth at 6-4, with Lowry sweeping the Indians earlier this season.
The top four teams advance to the regional championships in Dayton on Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9. The state tournament will be played in southern Nevada from May 14-16 at a site to be determined.
In the series opener, the senior and freshman combination of Alyssa Dendary and Alyssa Kuskie held Dayton to just one hit, which came in the second inning. Dendary (7-2) started and picked up the victory in four innings of work. She struck out three and walked one, while allowing one hit. Kuskie threw a perfect fifth inning, striking out one batter.
After being set down in order in the first inning, it was all Lowry from there. The Lady Bucks scored six times in the second inning. Kylee McClellan led off the frame with a double and scored after Stevie DeStout reached base on an error by the catcher. Kuskie and Alyssa Jones singled and tripled, respectively, to add to the lead and McClellan picked up her second hit of the inning to close out the rally.
Lowry added to the advantage in the third inning with four runs, which included a two-RBI double by Ashlee Barron. Jones also drove in a run with a base hit.
The lead grew to 18-0 in the fourth inning, as Kuskie connected on a three-run home run and Jones also had a two-run homer. The Lady Bucks plated nine more runs in the fifth inning, as McKinnon picked up two hits, including a three-run home run. McClellan and DeStout used a triple and double to drive in three more runs and Jones closed out the rally with her second hit of the frame.
Lowry pounded out 22 hits, with Jones leading the way with a 5-for-5 performance with five RBI and five runs scored. McKinnon and McClellan each had four hits and they combined for nine RBI.
In Saturday's first game, Kuskie went the distance in the circle for the Lady Bucks to improve to 3-0 on the year. The freshman allowed just one hit, while striking out two and walking two.
Lowry sent 12 batters to the plate in the first inning, scoring all of its seven runs with two outs. McKinnon led off the game with a double, which was followed by two outs. From there, Lowry strung together eight consecutive hits by McClellan, DeStout, Kuskie, Kyllie Sappington, Alana Miller, Jones, McKinnon and Barron.
Lowry tacked on two runs in the second inning and put the game out of reach with seven runs in the third inning. As part of the big inning, Dendary drove home a run with a double, Miller had a two-RBI single and McKinnon also knocked home two runs.
The Lady Bucks added three runs apiece in the fourth and fifth innings, with McClellan driving home two of those runs. DeStout, a freshman, had a RBI-double and McKinnon and Jones drove home runs with base hits.
Lowry had 23 hits in the contest, with McClellan, DeStout, Sappington, Miller and Jones picking up three each. McKinnon and Dendary had two hits apiece.
In the series finale, McKenna Jones earned the victory, as the sophomore gave up two hits to the Dust Devils. She did not have a walk or strikeout.
Lowry sent 19 batters to the plate in the first inning, scoring 14 runs. Sappington, another freshman, had two hits in the inning and drove home four runs. McClellan and DeStout added extra base hits that combined to drive home three runs.
Lowry collected six more hits in the second inning and closed out the game with five runs in the fourth inning on seven consecutive hits by Miller, Maddi Rose, Caitlynn Cooper, McKinnon, Barron, Alyssa Jones, McClellan and DeStout.
Cooper, DeStout, McClellan, Barron and McKinnon each had three hits for the Lady Bucks.
Lowry is back home this weekend to host South Tahoe, beginning today at 3 p.m. The two schools play a doubleheader on Saturday at 11 a.m. The Vikings are 3-7 in the Division I-A North and out of the playoff picture.[[In-content Ad]]
