Warrior Softball: 2013 CLASS C STATE CHAMPIONS!
Wahoo goes through state tourney undefeated
SEASON RECORD: 29-6 CLASS C STATE CHAMPIONS!
ROSTER: Please click HERE to view the 2013 Warrior Softball roster.
STATE TOURNAMENT:
CONGRATULATIONS Warrior Softball: 2013 Class C State Champions!
It's officially a way of life for Warrior Softball! Wahoo has enjoyed its 6th consecutive trip to State, and has taken the title three times out of the past four years (2010, 2011, 2013)! The Warriors entered the 2013 Class C State Tournament as the #1 seed.
| FIRST ROUND Wahoo 9 Gothenburg 5 |
SECOND ROUND Wahoo 8 Wayne 7 (9 inn.) |
SEMIFINAL Wahoo 10 Neumann 5 |
CHAMPIONSHIP Wahoo 10 Wayne 6 |
WAY TO GO WARRIORS!!!
PHOTOS: Please click HERE to view State Tournament photos (courtesy of Renee Hancock).
Please click HERE to view the finalized state tournament bracket (all classes).
STATE SOFTBALL NEWSPAPER COVERAGE:
Lincoln Journal-Star
Class C: Warriors rally to top Wayne, earn 3rd title in four years
by Steve Beideck/World-Herald Correspondent
HASTINGS, Neb. - Nearly a decade of teaching, learning, playing and winning came to a successful conclusion for the Wahoo Warriors Friday in the Class C state championship game.
Warriors coach Trina Christen said she has been working with this group of seniors since they began playing together in age 10-and-under leagues.
She watched her team tear through four state tournament games, ending with Friday's 10-6 title game victory over Wayne.
"The kids and all the families have spent so much time together," Christen said. "This team is special in a different way."
It was the third Class C title in four years for the Warriors. Wayne earned its berth in the title game by winning a 15-12, eight-inning slugfest over Wahoo Neumann earlier Friday at the Smith Softball Complex.
The 29-9 Blue Devils didn't make it easy early for the Warriors. Wayne scored four runs in the top of the first inning, with the big hit being a double by center fielder Danica Schaefer.
"Once we got the four-run lead, we knew if we could stay out of the big inning we'd have a chance," Wayne coach Rob Sweetland said. "They made a lot of plays, and we had a chance to make plays, too, and we didn't."
Wahoo methodically erased Wayne's advantage over the next three innings, scoring twice in both the first and second innings. Three runs in the third gave the Warriors a lead they would never lose.
Shortstop Taylor Otte started the Warriors' comeback with a home run to left to lead off the bottom of the first. Pitcher Michaela Miller then drew a walk before being singled home by first baseman Shauna Tweedy.
Otte's home run "was a huge shot for us," Christen said. "She's our leader, and everybody follows and gets inspired by what she does."
In the second inning, Wahoo left fielder Kelsi Anderson led off with a single and was sacrificed to second by Kelsey Tomjack before Otte drew a walk. Then, with two outs, third baseman Katie Harrell reached on an error that also scored Anderson and Otte.
Anderson had a two-run home run in the third inning, and Harrell drove in Tomjack with a single to left-center to put Wahoo up 7-4.
Christen said there was no panic when the Warriors got down 4-0, the same way there was no panic during the season every time the Warriors faced the challenge of a deficit.
"They just have so much confidence in our hitting that they will just go out and chop away and get after it one inning at a time," Christen said. "After that, they really settled down."
Wayne (29-9) ............................ 400 110 0-6 12 3
Wahoo (29-6) ............................ 223 102 x-10 12 1
W: Michaela Miller. L: Hannah Belt. 2B: Wayne, Jalyn Zeiss, Danica Schaefer. Wahoo, Taylor Otte, Kelsi Anderson. HR: Wayne, Schaefer. Wahoo, Otte, Rachel Stratman, Anderson.
2013 Class C State Champions!
2013 State Champion Seniors with Coaches Trina Christen & Liz Gregg.
ALL-NEBRASKA (Omaha World-Herald):
Congratulations to the following Warriors, selected for the Omaha World-Herald's 2013 All-Nebraska Softball Team:
Taylor Otte (First Team All-Nebraska, First Team All-Omaha Area, Honorary Captain Class C Team)
Michaela Miller (First Team)
Shauna Tweedy (First Team)
Kelsi Anderson (Honorable Mention)
Katie Harrell (Honorable Mention)
Rachel Stratman (Honorable Mention)
Click HERE to read full OWH coverage of the 2013 All-Nebraska Softball Team.
ALL-CONFERENCE:
Congratulations to the following Warriors, selected for the 2013 Nebraska Capitol Conference All-Conference Softball Team:
Taylor Otte (1st Team, Co-Captain)
Michaela Miller (1st Team)
Shauna Tweedy (1st Team)
Katie Harrell (2nd Team)
Rachel Stratman (2nd Team)
Kelsi Anderson (Honorable Mention)
SCORES:
Wildcard Warriors seeded #1 for Oct. 16-18 State Tourney!
2013 State Softball Tournament
@ Hastings (October 16-18, 2013)
#1 Wahoo 10
#5 Wayne 6 WIN (CLASS C STATE CHAMPIONSHIP)
#1 Wahoo 10
#2 Bishop Neumann 5 WIN
#1 Wahoo 8
#5 Wayne 7 WIN (9 innings)
#1 Wahoo 9
#8 Gothenburg 5 WIN
Warriors finish 2nd at District Tourney; Hopeful for State wildcard
@ Home (October 10-11, 2013)
Wahoo 5
Bishop Neumann 6 LOSS
Wahoo 12
Ashland-Greenwood 2 WIN (5 innings)
Wahoo 2
Bishop Neumann 3 LOSS
Wahoo 8
Fort Calhoun 0 WIN (5 innings)
Warriors post Mon. home win over Bennington
@ Home (October 7, 2013)
Wahoo 7
Bennington 5 WIN
Wahoo Dominates Oct. 5 Neumann Quad!
@ Bishop Neumann Quad (October 5, 2013)
Wahoo 3
Bishop Neumann 1 WIN (9 innings)
Wahoo 17
North Bend Central 4 WIN (3 innings)
Wahoo 6
Logan View 5 WIN (6 innings timed out)
Arlington upsets Wahoo at home in extra inning
@ Home (October 1, 2013)
Wahoo 7
Arlington 11 LOSS (8 innings)
Warriors follow conference championship with road victory at Louisville
@ Louisville (September 30, 2013)
Wahoo 8
Cass County Central 5
Capitol Conference Tournament @ Arlington (September 28, 2013)
2013 CAPITOL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS!!
Wahoo 8
Fort Calhoun 6 WIN CHAMPIONSHIP!
Wahoo 10
Ashland-Greenwood 2 WIN (5 innings)
Wahoo 6
D.C. West 3 WIN
@ Home (September 24, 2013)
Wahoo 12
Freeman 4 WIN
@ Platteview (September 21, 2013)
Wahoo 13
Platteview 1 WIN (3 innings)
@ Home Triangular (September 17, 2013)
Wahoo 9
Tekamah-Herman 1 WIN (6 innings)
Wahoo 13
D.C. West 1 WIN (4 innings)
@ Ashland-Greenwood Tournament (September 14, 2013)
Wahoo 12
Ashland-Greenwood 1 WIN (4 innings)
Wahoo 15
Bennington 1 WIN (5 innings)
Wahoo 8
Ralston 6 WIN CHAMPIONSHIP
@ Syracuse (September 12, 2013)
Wahoo 2
Syracuse 0 WIN
@ Ashland-Greenwood Quad (September 7, 2013)
Wahoo 2
Waverly 1 WIN
Wahoo 0
Ashland-Greenwood 8 LOSS
@ Yutan-Mead (September 5, 2013)
Wahoo 12
Yutan-Mead 3 WIN
Bishop Neumann (September 3, 2013)
Wahoo 2
Bishop Neumann 4 LOSS
Home vs. Fort Calhoun (August 30, 2013)
Wahoo 9
Fort Calhoun 3 WIN
Game Photos (courtesy of Renee Hancock)
@ Milford (August 29, 2013)
Wahoo 9
Milford 6 WIN
@ Lincoln Doris Bair Tournament (August 24,2013)
Wahoo 4
Falls City 2 WIN
Wahoo 6
Freeman 2 WIN
Wahoo 9
Raymond Central 1 WIN
@ Raymond Central (August 22, 2013)
Wahoo 3
Raymond Central 4 LOSS
2013 WHS Warrior Softball Team
2013 Warrior Softball Seniors