Photo Courtesy of Hillcrest Academy Yearbook

The Hillcrest Academy Raven softball team brought the lumber to Belle Plaine Thursday in a 15-5 win in five innings over the Plaineswomen. The Ravens put up two runs in the first and BP answered with three in the bottom half to take one run lead and extended that to 4-2 with a tally in the second. From there, it was all Ravens, scoring twice in the third, six times in the fourth and five more in the fifth to end the game early. Hillcrest out hit Belle Plaine 12-7 and drew 13 walks. Delaney Shaw drove in four on two hits and scored twice. Morgyn Nafziger had three RBI on a hit with two runs scored. Marryn Boshart and Lydia Beachy each had two driven in. Malia Yoder had three hits and an RBI. Yoder also got the win in the circle with four innings, five hits, three earned runs, a walk and seven strikeouts.

The loss kept Belle Plaine winless and pushed Hillcrest to 4-7.