Kee softball team’s split of two regional games includes 10-0 home win over Central Elkader and 5-0 season-ending loss at Central City
Hammers a homer, records all her outs on strikes ... Kee softball sophomore pitcher Addison Winters steps on home plate as she’s greeted by her teammates after blasting a solo homerun in the Hawks’ 10-0 home mercy-rule win in five innings over Central Elkader in the opening round of Class 1A Region 7 Tournament play Monday, July 8. Winters went three-for-four at the plate in the win, crushing this round-tripper and two singles while also recording the rare pitching feat of recording all of her outs by strikeout, as she posted 12 strikeouts in her four innings in the circle while allowing just one Central Elkader hit. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.
The 2024 Kee softball season was brought to a close this past week, but not before the softball Hawks took a strong initial step down their postseason path and then battled to the end in their season-halting loss. The Kee girls opened their Class 1A District 7 Regional Tournament with a 10-0 home triumph in a mercy-rule five innings over fellow Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) squad Central Elkader Monday, July 8 before having this summer’s campaign brought to a close with a 5-0 loss at Central City Wednesday, July 10 in the regional quarterfinals, but not before battling the host Wildcats to just a 1-0 deficit until the bottom of the sixth inning.
Those postseason results from last week wrapped up Kee’s 2024 season with a 20-19 season record that includes a 14-2 mark in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play that placed the Lady Hawks in second place in the final UIC standings. With the regional win over Kee, Central City advanced on to a Friday, July 12 regional semifinals match-up at Class 1A ninth-rated North Linn, where the Wildcats’ season was ended with a 10-0 mercy-rule loss in five innings, with North Linn next playing 12th-rated Edgewood-Colesburg for the opportunity to advance to this year’s Class 1A State Tournament.
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