Shawnee ? Dacia Starr belted two two-run home runs to dead center field to power Free State High’s softball team past Shawnee Mission Northwest, 5-4, Tuesday at the Shawnee Mission District Softball Complex.

“(Starr) almost hit two Saturday against (Shawnee Mission) South over there on Field 1,” FSHS coach Lee Ice said. “She hit one way out and one off the top of the fence. She got her arms extended in both cases for the two-run homers, and that ended up being the difference in the game.”

Starr hit her first homer in the top of the fifth to give Free State a 3-1 edge, and then cranked her second towering shot in the seventh to push the Firebirds’ lead to 5-1.

The Firebirds (3-2) will return home to play SM North at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

FSHS 000 120 2 — 5 9 2

SMNW 000 100 3 — 4 6 3

W — Elizabeth Patton (3-2). L — Katie Born (2-4).

2B — Jump, Patton FSHS; Cooper, SMNW. HR — Starr (2), FSHS.

Free State highlights — Dacia Starr 2-for-4 two 2-run home runs, four RBI; Elizabeth Patton 2-for-3, double, RBI single, 7.0 IP, 4R, 6H, 8K, BB.