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OZARK — Revenge is sweet. Oh, so sweet. One year after losing in the Class 1 baseball state championship game to the Oran Eagles, the St. Elizabeth Hornets finally got their revenge Tuesday night, jumping out early and never looking back in a 9-2 victory at U.S. Ballpark.
For four innings, it looked like it was going to be a pitchers’ duel between the St. Elizabeth Hornets and the Platte Valley Longhorns. Then in the fifth inning, St. Elizabeth made it look one of its typical postseason outings. The Hornets broke loose with six runs in the fifth, cruising to a 10-0 win in six innings against the Longhorns in Monday night’s Class 1 state semifinals at U.S. Ballpark.
For four innings, it looked like it was going to be a pitchers’ duel between the St. Elizabeth Hornets and the Platte Valley Longhorns. Then in the fifth inning, St. Elizabeth made it look one of its typical postseason outings. The Hornets broke loose with six runs in the fifth, cruising to a 10-0 win in six innings against the Longhorns in Monday night’s Class 1 state semifinals at U.S. Ballpark.
Two outs, zero problems. The St. Elizabeth Hornets scored nine two-out runs Monday on their way to a 10-0 victory against the Weaubleau Tigers in a Class 1 baseball sectional. “Today was one of our best games all season long, start to finish,” St. Elizabeth coach Caleb Heckemeyer said. “We hit the ball well one through nine.”
There has been one constant at the Class 1 boys basketball Final Four during the past four seasons: the St. Elizabeth Hornets. St. Elizabeth is making its fourth straight Final Four appearance, but the Hornets are looking for that elusive first state championship. And to get there, they’ll have to beat the No. 1-ranked team.