CANEY — The Humboldt High softball team closed the chapter on its regular season with a couple of lopsided run-rule victories at Caney Valley Monday.
The Lady Cubs (17-3) secured a share of the Tri-Valley League championship title alongside Leon-Bluestem. Carsyn Haviland hit for the cycle in a one-sided 19-2 win in game two and Shelby Shaughnessy was dominant in both starts, including a game one 12-2 win.
Game one
Humboldt got ahead first and never surrendered the lead in a 12-2 victory.
The Lady Cubs struck with three runs in the top of the third inning, two more in the fourth and three each in the fifth and sixth innings. This helped Humboldt take a 11-0 lead before Caney Valley got on the board in the sixth.
Shaughnessy was brilliant in the pitching circle, tossing a no-hitter and striking out 12. (Two runs scored on account of walks.) Karley Wools pitched the final inning in relief and sat down Caney Valley 1-2-3.
Haviland, Skylar Hottenstein and Wools each drove home two runs while Chloe Daniels, Morgan Sterling, Laney Hull, Haviland and Wools each scored two. Wools had a single, double and triple.
Game two
The Lady Cubs stuck it to Caney Valley even more in game two and only needed five innings to get the job done.
Shaughnessy pitched all five innings, allowing two runs to score on five hits with five strikeouts.
Haviland led the charge at the plate by hitting for the cycle and driving in eight runs. Shaughnessy also drove home three. Wools and S. Hottenstein each drove home two while Wools, Haviland and Hull each scored three.
“Carsyn did Caney Valley no favors, picking up four hits over five at bats, hitting a single in the second inning, a home run in the fourth, a triple in the fourth and a double in the fifth,” Humboldt head coach Brad Piley said. “That was an amazing night.”
Humboldt’s big offensive inning was the fourth inning when they scored 11. The Lady Cubs scored in every single inning, including a four-run fifth inning and a two-run second.
Humboldt awaits its regional playoff assignment next week.
