Highland, KS – The Highland softball team recorded wins number 29 and 30 as they swept Metropolitan Community College- maple Woods Monday afternoon in their final regular season contest of the year.
 
The sweep also set a few milestones, as coaches Heidi and Scott Jordan recorded their 490^th & 491^st wins with the Scotties and Highland hit the 30 win mark in a season, the 13^th time in 14 seasons.
 
 
Game One: Highland 6-2
 
The Scotties jumped out early with a two-run homerun from Aubry Hernandez in the first inning give the Scotties the 2-0 lead.
 
They tacked on three more in the second with a 2-RBI double from Sam Moran and an RBI double from Sydney Anderson that scored Moran, Highland led it 5-0.
 
Raegen Hamm controlled the game through the first four innings not allowing a run. The Monarchs managed to scratch out two runs in the fifth inning but were shut down in the sixth and seventh as Hamm got win number 16 on the season.
 
A Kelly Uthe RBI in the bottom of the fifth would give Highland their sixth and final run of the game as the Scotties got the win 6-2 in a quick, 1 hour 10-minute game.
 
Aubry Hernandez finished 1-3 with two RBI's while Same Moran also added two RBI's on a 2-4 outing and two runs scored. Sydney Anderson and Kelly Uthe both knocked in one run each.
 
Raegen Hamm improved to 16-0 on the season pitching a complete game allowing two runs on five hits. She walked one and struck out seven in her 27 batters faced. With her 16th victory, Hamm is now 10th in the Nation in wins.
 
 
Game Two: Highland 9-8
 
Game two was a much tighter match as the Monarch made a late surge in the final two innings.
 
Again, the Scotties jumped out to a lead early scoring two in the first after a Sydney Anderson solo homerun and a Kami Zimmerman RBI single.
 
Maple Woods scored one run in the second but the Highland offense answered scoring three in the bottom of the second. RBI's from Moran and Sara Shinn gave Highland the 5-1 lead after two innings of play.
 
It seemed as if Highland was going to run away with the game taking an 8-2 lead after the fourth but the Monarchs had other plans.
 
Maple Woods scored one in the fifth and went off in the sixth inning scoring four to cut the Highland lead to just one, 8-7 going into the bottom of the fifth.
 
Kelly Uthe hit an RBI single to center field scoring Alyssa Wesley to give Highland what would be the winning run.
 
A solo homerun in the top of the seventh is all the Monarchs could manage and would come up short losing 9-8.
 
Haley Donaldson was credited with the win pitching 5.2 innings allowing three runs (two earned) off five hits. She walked two and struck out one. Raegen Hamm got the save finishing out the game in the seventh innings.
 
Kami Zimmerman went 2-2 with two RBI's and one run scored. Aubry Hernandez finished game two 3-4 with two runs scored and a double. Sarah Shinn went 1-1 with a double and a walk. Sydney Anderson went 2-3 with an RBI and two runs scored.
 
Highland finishes the regular season 30-7 overall (17-5) in conference and will get their minds set on post season. Highland is the No. 2 seed and will host Independence Community College on Saturday, April 28^th in the first round of the Region VI District D Tournament at Scottie Park. The first round is a best of three series with games at 12:00pm & 2:00pm on Saturday with the (if necessary) game to be played on Sunday.