Great Bend Quicksilver 14-and-under battled through the losers bracket to place runner-up in the USSSA Western Kansas 14-and-under state softball tournament.
Quicksilver lost 13-9 in its opening game before reeling off six consecutive wins. Quicksilver played five consecutive games in 100-degree heat with 40 mph wind gusts.
HAYS SPARKS 11, QUICKSILVER 1 (1ST) — Jaycee Gibbs drove in three runs and B Gerber drove in two runs to spark Hays to a 10-1 lead after two innings.
Quicksilver's Cataline Schenek scored a run.
QUICKSILVER 9, HAYS THUNDER 4 (SEMIFINAL) — Quicksilver downed Hays Thunder 9-4 to qualify for the championship game.
Catcher Kyla Grizzell singled, doubled, tripled and drove home two runs. Gigi Pivonka singled twice and drove in two runs.
QUICKSILVER 6, HITSTREAK, COLO. 3 — Quicksilver avenged an early-round setback with a hard-fought victory over Hitstreak, Littleton, Colo.
Marlee Gaddis, Grizzell, Isla Cairney and Emery Vinduska drove in runs. Racey Schaffer earned the pitching victory.
QUICKSILVER 12, SWEET THUNDER 0 — Marlee Gaddis struck out four batters in a 3-inning no-hitter.
Pivonka doubled, scored three runs and drove home three runs. Schenek drove in two runs.
QUICKSILVER 3, PURPLE PANTHERS 2 — Gaddis struck out 10 batters to preserve a hard-fought 3-2 victory.
Schenek scored the game-winning run on Makynna Bryant's groundout. Kyndall Chansler scored on Schenek's groundball. Pivonka's double scored Schaffer.
QUICKSILVER 14, COLORADO 1 —Gaddis doubled and drove home three runs. Chansler singled three times, scored three runs and drove in two runs.
QUICKSILVER 14, SPARKS-HANSEN 2— Chansler and Grizzell each drove home two runs.
HITSTREAK, COLO. 13, QUICKSILVER 9 — Quicksilver nearly rallied from a 6-0 deficit. Schenek drove home three runs.
Quicksilver 010 0 — 1 2 3
Hays Sparks 460 1 — 11 8 1
Gaddis, Schaffer (2), Pivonka (3) and Grizzell. Herl and Offutt. W—Herl. L—Gaddis.
Quicksilver 224 1 — 9 12 2
Hays Thunder 220 0 — 4 6 1
Schaffer, Gaddis (3) and Grizzell. Lang, Schoepf (1) and Beiker. W—Schaffer. L—Lang. 2B—Q—Grizzell; TH—Zimmerman. 3B—Q—Grizzell.
Hitstreak 101 1 — 3 5 5
Quicksilver 213 x — 6 4 3
Berchem, Jaeger (3) and Valdez. Schaffer and Grizzell. W—Schaffer. L—Berchem. 2B—H—Jaeger. 3B—H—Berchem.
Quicksilver 606 — 12 9 1
Sweet Thunder 000 — 0 0 5
Lindberg, McKee (1) and McCarty. Gaddis and Grizzell. W—Gaddis. L—Lindberg. 2B—Q—Pivonka, Chansler.
Purple Panthers 000 11 — 2 3 3
Quicksilver 100 20 — 3 3 1
Brown and Lamon. Gaddis, Schaffer (5) and Grizzell. W—Gaddis. L—Brown. 2B—Q—Pivonka.
Colorado 100 — 1 2 13
Quicksilver 653 — 14 7 2
Tafoya and Walsh. Schaffer and Grizzell. W—Schaffer. L—. 2B—Q—Pivonka, Gaddis.
Quicksilver 563 — 14 9 1
Sparks Hansen 200 — 2 0 6
Schaffer and Grizzell. Musil and Robben. W—Schaffer. L—Musil. 2B—Q—Chansler.. 3B—Q—Pivonka, Gaddis.
Hitstreak 621 4— 13 8 4
Quicksilver 521 1 — 9 10 6
Brayton and Dill. Gaddis and Grizzell. W—Btayton. L—Gaddis. 2B—Q—Bryant; H—Jones. HR—H—Berchem.
