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Women’s sports have taken a larger share of the spotlight in recent years, and while most of the attention has been on the athletes, other changes are taking place that has seen a greater interest from women.
Officiating has long been dominated by men, with the occasional woman on a crew.
But having an all-woman crew for varsity-level sports has been rare.
Zoey Torres had a strong day at the plate for the Lady Redskin softball team, but without additional support the Lady Redskins were not able to earn a Western Athletic Conference win against Garden City Thursday and dropped a pair to the Lady Buffaloes.
Liberal was competitive in Game 1 but fell short 7-3.
Torres had a two-for-three performance at the plate.
Madalynn McCarter had Liberal’s only other hit in the loss.
The Liberal Redskins traveled to Guthrie, Okla., Thursday for the first round of the Guthrie 89ers Tournament and came away with a first-round win over the host school, 4-2.
Brooks Kappelmann pitched the win, allowing two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out nine in five innings.
Zayden Martinez came on in relief in the sixth and final inning and did not allow a run or a hit while walking one and striking out three.
The Lady Red faced a tough battle against the Hays Indians, ultimately falling short in a 3-2 loss.
Hays set the tone, netting two goals in the first half.
Hays continued their momentum with another goal early in the second half, but the Lady Red defense did not allow another goal the rest of the game.
Seward County softball continued their winning streak on Wednesday with a doubleheader sweep over the Pratt Beavers where in both games the two teams entered the seventh tied before the Lady Saints managed to squeak past their opponents to grow their win streak out to eight.
Pratt struck first with an RBI double in the top of the first of game one to push ahead 1-0 over the Lady Saints before Raeana Ortiz tied the score up at 1-1 with a single on a bunt to drive in Samantha Gomez. Costly drops by Seward County in the top of the third caused them to fall behind by three as the Lady Saints struggled on the defensive side of the ball. Their offense however was able to connect on hits in timely fashion as Aaliyah Gutierrez stole home on a wild pitch while Anberlin O'Dell hit an RBI single to right field to close the gap to one at 4-3. The Beavers added another run to their total in the following inning to grow their lead back to two, but a monster three-run homer from Ortiz gave the Lady Saints a one score lead 6-5 heading into the sixth. Pratt locked things up at 6-6 heading into the seventh inning where Kamryn Martinez helped hold the Beavers at bay with a strikeout to send them back to the dugout while an RBI single from Gomez helped drive in Alyssa Morgan to finish off game one with a 7-6 win.
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