Free State softball slams Leavenworth

? Emily Bermel went 4-for-4 in each game, and Free State High’s softball team swept Leavenworth in a doubleheader Thursday, 11-5 and 26-0.

The Firebirds collected 21 hits in both games. Kylee Cobb went 5-for-5 in the opener, and Meredith Morris and Emily Byers each drove in five runs in the nightcap.

Free State (3-3) will be on the road Tuesday to face Shawnee Mission North.


Free State 11-26, Leavenworth 5-0

Free State 133 310 0 — 11 21 4

Leavenworth 000 122 0 — 5 11 5

W — Meredith Morris (1-2).

FSHS highlights — Emily Bermel 4-for-4; Kylee Cobb 5-for-5, 3B; Emily Byers 2-for-4, 2 RBIs; Lily Ross 2-for-4, 3B, 3 RBIs: Morris 3B; Remington Samuels 3B.

Free State 7(12)7 — 26 21 0

Leavenworth 0 0 0 — 0 1 5

W — Kaley Delg (2-1).

FSHS highlights — Bermel 4-for-4, 4 RBIs, SB; Byers 3-for-4, 4 runs, 5 RBIs; Whitney Rothwell 2-for-5, 3 runs; Morris 2-for-3, 5 RBIs; Ross 3-for-3, 4 RBIs, 3 runs.