The Blue Earth Area girls softball team saw a lot of action on the softball diamond during the last week with four games over a six-day period.

St. James 17, BEA 0

One day after traveling to St. James to take on the Saints, the Bucs played host to their Big South Conference rival at the 14th Street Diamonds in Blue Earth on Tuesday, April 15.

Unfortunately for BEA, their offense continues to struggle as they were held hitless by the St. James pitcher, Laney Bowers.

The Saints got on the scoreboard in the top of the first inning with two runs. They added five more runs in the top of the second inning, three more in the top of the third and seven more in the top of the fourth.

They accumulated 17 hits during the game.

Ava Grant and Jessi James split the pitching duties for the Bucs.

St. James 15, BEA 0

The Saints’ Laney Bowers didn’t allow a hit and the St. James offense pounded out 14 hits on their way to a 15-0 victory over Blue Earth Area in a game played at St. James on Monday, April 14.

St. James scored six times in the first inning and added single runs in the second and third innings before ending the game with seven runs in the fourth inning.

Ava Grant went the distance on the mound for the Bucs.

Maple River 11, BEA 1

The Bucs and the Eagles were locked in a close battle through the first three innings of their game played in Mapleton on Saturday, April 12.

The only run in the first three innings came in the bottom of the second inning when the Eagles took a 1-0 lead.

Maple River still held a 1-0 lead after three and a half innings of play. However, the Eagles pushed seven runs across the plate in the bottom of the fourth inning to take an 8-0 lead.

BEA broke up the shutout with one run in the top of the fifth inning. Cassandra Hagedorn led off the inning with a single and moved to second base when Brooklyn Rosenau was hit by a pitch.

A double steal put Hagedorn on third base and Rosenau on second. Hagedorn scored on a ground out by Jessi James.

The Bucs held the Eagles scoreless in the bottom of the fifth but Maple River added three more runs in their half of the sixth inning to end the game with an 11-1 victory.

Hagedorn’s hit and a single by Reagan Machacek were the only two hits in the game for the Bucs.

Ava Grant was the pitcher for BEA.

JCC 13, BEA 1

The Bucs were on the road on April 10 to take on the Jackson County Central Huskies in a Big South Conference clash.

JCC outhit BEA 13-3 and went on to defeat the Bucs 13-1.

The Huskies scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning, added six more runs in the bottom of the second inning and tallied three more in the third inning.

BEA scored their lone run in the top of the fifth inning. Aubrey Skaden led off with a double and went to third base on a ground out by Jessi James. Skaden scored on a single by Samantha Meyers.

Ava Grant pitched all four innings for BEA.