Photo Courtesy of Hillcrest Academy Yearbook

Monday, the Hillcrest Academy Raven softball team played party crashers at the Nelson Athletic Complex in West Burlington, beating the home Falcons on their Senior Night 3-2. The Ravens broke the scoreless tie with a pair of runs in the third and added to their lead with another in the fifth to go up 3-0. WBND would plate a pair in the bottom of five to get within 3-2, but Hillcrest slammed the door on the home team to take the win. The Falcons out hit the Ravens 5-4, Hillcrest drew three walks and gave up two. Delaney Shaw delivered two clutch hits and a pair of RBI at the plate for Hillcrest. Malia Yoder drove in the other run and scored once. Claire Withrow and Ella Mize added a hit each. Morgyn Nafziger scored twice and stole two bases. Mize was masterful in the circle, going the distance, giving up just five hits, two earned runs, two walks and striking out four. The Ravens climbed to 11-13 with the win as the Falcons fell to .500 at 14-14.