Yates Center explodes at plate, blows past Moran

It was much of a similar story from last season when the Yates Center High softball team took down Marmaton Valley in lopsided victories on the road Tuesday. The Wildcats used their core group of hitters to score 43 runs as the visitors.

April 14, 2023 - 2:54 PM

Marmaton Valley’s Payton Scharff goes for a tag on a Yates Center runner last season. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

MORAN — The Yates Center High softball team dominated Marmaton Valley Thursday in a two-game sweep.

The Wildcats won 19-0 and 24-1. Molly Proper scored a team-high eight runs between the two games and Kinley Morrison scored another six runs. Proper and Morrison also impressed in the pitcher’s circle.

Game one

Yates Center’s Morrison, Proper and Emma Grogg led off the lineup by each scoring followed by Callyn Miller and Lauren McConaghie scoring two more runs for a 5-0 first inning.

The floodgates opened again…

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