COLFAX – Colfax-Mingo scored five runs in the sixth inning and edged Montezuma 9-8 in the softball season opener for Montezuma on Wednesday, May 22.
The Bravettes led 8-4 through their half of the sixth inning before giving up that big sixth to the Tigerhawks.
Madison Van Zee was two-for-four with a double and a run scored for the Bravettes.
Kamryn Schmidt drove in two runs with a single, stole a base and scored a run.
Leah Urfer was Montezuma’s starting pitcher. She worked two-and-one-third innings and struck out four.
Syd Burgess relieved her and worked four innings, giving up 8 hits and 6 runs, 5 of them earned. She walked 3 and struck out one. She was tagged with the loss.
Schmidt also gook a turn in the circle.
Chloe Snook scored two runs and was three-for-three in stolen bases. Schmidt and Burgess each stole a base.
The Bravettes lined eight hits. Getting a single each were Snook, Ellen Cook, Schmidt, Vivian Cook and Laila Kercheval.
