Making Mush (of the Huskies) Webster 23, Ritenour 8

Not our best game, by far. We played down to the competition, a little, but Ritenour is a tough place to play -- lots of distractions and noise (football in the background), an uncertain field and a floating strike zone. A "lost bus" (the company's explanation, which I'm not buying; in this age of radio communication and GPS, how lost could a bus get?!?) also put the rush on game prep as we didn't arrive at RHS until 4:15 and got started on just past 4:30. We were able to do a thorough inspection of the area in front of Roberts Gym at WGHS, however, and did not find any safety issues.

The first inning was only one of the four we didn't bat around; we scored just 3 runs with 8 batters. After that we did a generally good job of adjusting to the slower speed of their pitchers and, while we stopped stealing after the second inning, still put pressure on their very shaky defense with aggressive base running.

Every player again saw significant playing time again, always a good thing. Josie Krueger won her fourth game and joined Olivia Weik, Zoe Schulz, Emma Hintze and Julia Love with multi-hit games. We got our first put-out at first base with a throw from RF (Karlee Scholtes), proving why we practice that particular play. The conference win evens our record at 1-1 with another conference foe on the agenda for Wednesday as we travel to Parkway North. Road Warrior Week concludes with a trip to Festus on Thursday. We'll see who takes on the role of Imperator Furiosa for that game.

Congratulations to Olivia Weik who earned a well-served promotion and will travel with varsity to the Liberty Tournament this weekend as a potential courtesy runner.