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High School Softball: Cape Notre Dame wins fourth-straight district title

For the fourth-straight season, the Cape Notre Dame softball team will play in the Class 3 state playoffs.

This is because the Bulldogs were once again victorious in the Class 3 District 1 Championship game where they defeated Perryville 2-0 on Friday, Oct. 6.

Pitching the shutout was Notre Dame freshman Hailey Kutz, who is now 17-1 overall as the team’s starter.

Kutz recorded nine strike-outs against the Pirates, eight of which she had in the first three innings, retiring five batters in a row to start.

Notre Dame’s first three batters singled to start the game as senior first baseman Alex Lovell drove in sophomore centerfielder Riley Burger from third base for the Bulldogs first run.

Notre Dame held on to the 1-0 lead until the bottom of the fourth inning.

The Bulldogs scored their second and final run when courtesy runner freshman Caroline Lochman reached home plate, thanks to senior leftfielder Jesse Grant hitting a fly ball to center field.

Perryville would not go away quietly being down 2-0 as the Pirates loaded the bases in each of the final three innings.

Kutz allowed two singles and walked another batter with one out in the top of the fifth, but senior shortstop Madison Landeros was able to complete a double play to keep the Pirates scoreless.

Kutz walked two more batters in the first after allowing a single in the sixth. With the bases loaded and two outs, Notre Dame’s defense forced the ground out.

Finally in the seventh inning, Kutz walked a batter, allowed another on an error and the final a single with one out.

Perryville’s final two batters grounded out to end the game for Notre Dame to pick up the win.

The Bulldogs will now host Class 3 District 2 Champion Hillsboro (26-3) in the sectional round today with a game time of 4:30 p.m.

Nick McNeal covers high school sports, college sports and community events for The Cash-Book Journal. He graduated from Southeast Missouri State University with a degree in multimedia journalism and has lived in Cape Girardeau County for the past five years. He can be reached at cbjsports@socket. net.

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