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Kearney Norfolk

Bearcats

Panthers

The Norfolk (NE) varsity softball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Kearney (NE) by a score of 7-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Kearney	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	5	8	4
Norfolk	1	0	3	2	0	1	-	7	8	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Norfolk (25-26)

Kearney

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	3B
	Team Totals	.333	35	30	5	10	5	1
2	Lauren Schmeits (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
3	Ava Magnani (Sr)	.000	4	2	1	0	1	0
9	Greeley Cargill (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0
11	Avery Longshore (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0
15	Alexa Jacobsen (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	0	1
16	Siena Bonk (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
19	Emily Drackley (Sr)	.750	4	4	0	3	0	0
20	Quinn Wolf (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
23	Kennedy Lee (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0
24	Anna Brandt (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	2	0

Norfolk

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.357	34	28	7	10	7	2
3	Kenzie Zerbie (So)	.250	4	4	2	1	0	0
5	Brynn Sterud (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
14	Brynn Peterson (Sr)	.333	4	3	2	1	0	0
17	Liberty Nohr (Fr)	.333	4	3	1	1	2	1
18	Rory Vrbsky (Sr)	.333	4	3	0	1	2	0
19	Kenadee Novacek (Sr)	.000	4	2	0	0	0	0
20	Bella Hupke (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
25	E. Schroeder (Jr)	1.000	4	3	1	3	1	0
28	Jenna Allen (Jr)	.750	4	4	1	3	2	1

Kearney

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	4	1	9	.400	.400	.800
2	Lauren Schmeits (Sr)	0	1	1	3	.250	.000	.250
3	Ava Magnani (Sr)	1	1	0	1	.250	.000	.250
9	Greeley Cargill (Sr)	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
11	Avery Longshore (Sr)	0	1	0	1	.500	.333	.833
15	Alexa Jacobsen (Sr)	0	0	0	4	.500	1.000	1.500
16	Siena Bonk (Sr)	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.666
19	Emily Drackley (Sr)	0	0	0	1	.750	.750	1.500
23	Kennedy Lee (Jr)	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500
24	Anna Brandt (Sr)	0	1	0	2	.500	.333	.833

Norfolk

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	5	7	3	1	18	.441	.429	.870
3	Kenzie Zerbie (So)	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.500
5	Brynn Sterud (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
14	Brynn Peterson (Sr)	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833
17	Liberty Nohr (Fr)	1	0	1	0	0	4	.250	.667	.917
18	Rory Vrbsky (Sr)	0	1	1	0	0	6	.500	.333	.833
19	Kenadee Novacek (Sr)	0	2	1	0	0	2	.500	.000	.500
20	Bella Hupke (Sr)	0	0	2	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
25	E. Schroeder (Jr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
28	Jenna Allen (Jr)	0	0	0	1	0	2	.750	1.000	1.750

Baserunning

Kearney has not entered any baserunning stats.

Norfolk

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
3	Kenzie Zerbie (So)	1

Kearney

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.917	24	18	4	2
2	Lauren Schmeits (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
3	Ava Magnani (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
7	K. Coffman (Sr)	.000	1	0	0	1
9	Greeley Cargill (Sr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
11	Avery Longshore (Sr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
15	Alexa Jacobsen (Sr)	.500	2	1	0	1
19	Emily Drackley (Sr)	1.000	7	7	0	0
23	Kennedy Lee (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
24	Anna Brandt (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0	0

Norfolk

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.931	29	21	6	2
3	Kenzie Zerbie (So)	1.000	6	3	3	0
5	Brynn Sterud (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
14	Brynn Peterson (Sr)	1.000	7	7	0	0
17	Liberty Nohr (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
18	Rory Vrbsky (Sr)	.750	4	3	0	1
19	Kenadee Novacek (Sr)	.833	6	5	0	1
25	E. Schroeder (Jr)	1.000	3	0	3	0

Kearney

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	8.17	1	.000	1
2	Lauren Schmeits (Sr)	10.50	1	.000	1
3	Ava Magnani (Sr)	6.30	0		1

Norfolk

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	3.00	2
9	Taya Frederick (Jr)	4.20	1
20	Bella Hupke (Sr)	0.00	1

Kearney

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	11	7	7	5	7	34	29
2	Lauren Schmeits (Sr)	2.2	6	4	4	2	1	16	14
3	Ava Magnani (Sr)	3.1	5	3	3	3	6	18	15

Norfolk

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	8	5	3	4	1	35	31
9	Taya Frederick (Jr)	5	5	5	3	4	1	26	22
20	Bella Hupke (Sr)	2	3	0	0	0	0	9	9

Kearney

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P
	Team Totals	.379	.471	133
2	Lauren Schmeits (Sr)	.429	.500	53
3	Ava Magnani (Sr)	.333	.444	80

Norfolk

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P
	Team Totals	.258	.343	108
9	Taya Frederick (Jr)	.227	.346	84
20	Bella Hupke (Sr)	.333	.333	24

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Game Story

Nebraska High School Softball - Kearney tipped by Norfolk

September 16, 2025: Norfolk, NE 68701

The Kearney Bearcats softball squad (Kearney, NE), 7-5 in Tuesday's league contest with the host Norfolk Panthers (Norfolk, NE)

With the triumph, Norfolk upgrades its record to 9-9 on the year. The Panthers host Kearney (Kearney, NE) to play the Bearcats in a A District game on Tuesday, September 16. The Bearcats enter the game with a record of 13-5. Kearney lost 9-5 in their recent league game against Lincoln North Star (Lincoln, NE)

The Bearcats now own a 14-6 record. They play next when they travel to Norfolk for a A District battle on Tuesday, September 16. Kearney will confront a Panthers team coming off a 14-4 league win over Lincoln North Star (Lincoln, NE). The Panthers record now stands at 8-8.

Rankings & Records

Kearney (25-26)

National	NE	Class
198	24	9

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
15-8	10-2	6-3	5-1	4-4	.652	.833	214	140

Norfolk (25-26)

National	NE	Class
422	43	14

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
10-9	7-6	4-4	3-4	3-1	.526	.538	132	115