State softball · Recap · Class B
Gretna East beats Hastings in rematch, sets up all-Gretna final
Gretna East beat Hastings 5-3 in the if-necessary Game 12 and plays Gretna for the Class B title.
HASTINGS, Neb. — Top-seeded Gretna East bounced back from its first loss of the state tournament and beat No. 2 Hastings 5-3 in the if-necessary Class B Game 12 on Saturday at the Bill Smith Softball Complex. The Griffins play Gretna, which beat Northwest 4-3 earlier Saturday, for the state title in Game 15 at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Bowlin Stadium in Lincoln. Hastings, playing in its home city, is eliminated.
How it went: Gretna East scored four runs in the top of the first, and Hastings got one back in the bottom of the inning. The Griffins made it 5-1 in the top of the fourth, and Hastings scored twice in the bottom half to cut it to 5-3. Hastings did not score in the last three innings.
At the plate: K. Hinerman homered for the second straight game and went 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and two runs. A. Bachman went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs. A. Weis (2-for-4, double) and A. Horst (2-for-3, walk) each scored once. R. Hayduk drove in a run and was hit by a pitch. Gretna East had eight hits and two walks and left five on base.
In the circle: B. Beyer pitched her second complete game of the day. She allowed three runs, one earned, on four hits with three walks and six strikeouts, on 98 pitches (64 strikes). That made 197 pitches over 14 innings for Beyer on Saturday, after she also went the distance against Northwest on Friday. Gretna East made two errors, one each by H. McDowell and C. Beach.
Hastings: E. Tinsman reached base all three times she came up. She hit a home run, walked twice, drove in a run and scored. B. Rutt doubled and drove in two runs, and A. Schroeder and L. Cerveny each singled and scored. Hastings had four hits, made no errors and left four on base. Courtesy runner B. Woodworth was caught stealing.
Tinsman also pitched the whole game. She allowed five runs on eight hits with two walks and seven strikeouts, on 103 pitches (67 strikes), and gave up home runs to Hinerman and Bachman. She threw 204 pitches over two complete games Saturday.
Hastings entered the tournament 26-4 and went 3-2 at state, a run that included Tinsman's Friday no-hitter against Crete. Gretna East, which entered 25-4, is 3-1 at state. Gretna East and Gretna both beat Northwest in this tournament, Gretna East 9-3 on Friday and Gretna 4-3 on Saturday.
Line score
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Gretna East 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 8 2 Hastings 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 0
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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