State softball · Recap · Class B
Ostrander homers as Hastings hands Gretna East its first loss
Hastings beat Gretna East 5-3 in Class B Game 11, forcing an if-necessary Game 12.
HASTINGS, Neb. — No. 2 Hastings handed top-seeded Gretna East its first loss of the state tournament, 5-3, in Class B Game 11 on Saturday at the Bill Smith Softball Complex. The win forced the if-necessary Game 12 between the same two teams later in the day on Field #4. Gretna East won that rematch 5-3 to reach Monday's final, and that game has its own recap.
How it went: Hastings scored three runs in the top of the first. Gretna East got one back in the bottom of the first, and Hastings made it 5-1 with two more in the third. The Griffins scored once in the fifth and once in the sixth but got no closer than two runs. Hastings did not score after the third.
At the plate: G. Ostrander hit a home run, drove in three runs, walked and scored twice. B. Rutt went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs. E. Tinsman went 2-for-4, and E. Kratzer singled and scored. P. Witte, who was hit by a pitch, also scored, and courtesy runner B. Woodworth scored once. A. Schroeder had a sacrifice. Hastings had six hits and two walks and left four runners on base. It made one error, by Ostrander.
In the circle: Tinsman pitched a complete game. She allowed three runs on seven hits with three walks and four strikeouts, on 101 pitches (59 strikes), and gave up one home run. On Friday, she struck out 15 in an eight-inning loss to Gretna and then threw a no-hitter with 15 more strikeouts against Crete.
Gretna East: K. Hinerman went 2-for-4 with a home run, an RBI and two runs scored. A. Weis singled, walked and drove in a run, and H. McDowell drove in one with a sacrifice fly. A. Bachman doubled, and A. Horst, R. Hayduk and S. Gillespie singled. Courtesy runner B. Blair scored, and Gillespie and courtesy runner A. Trede each stole a base. The Griffins had seven hits and three walks but left seven runners on base.
B. Beyer pitched all seven innings in the loss. She allowed five runs on six hits with two walks and eight strikeouts, on 99 pitches (68 strikes). Gretna East made one error, by Weis.
Hastings reached Saturday through the elimination bracket. It beat Wahoo 9-1 in six innings, lost 2-1 in eight innings to Gretna, then beat Crete 2-0. Gretna East had won its first two games, 18-9 over Beatrice in six innings and 9-3 over Northwest, before this loss.
Line score
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Hastings 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 6 1 Gretna East 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 7 1
Sources: NSAA official box scores, Class B, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026 (via NSAA Softball Championships HQ); NSAA Class B bracket sheet (bracket sheets retrieved Oct. 17, 2026, 9:37 p.m. CT). Innings are noted only where NSAA's results data marks them.
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