Weis homers twice as Gretna East stays unbeaten

HASTINGS, Neb. — Top-seeded Gretna East beat No. 4 Northwest 9-3 in Class B Game 5 on Friday at the Bill Smith Softball Complex and stays unbeaten. The Griffins, who entered the tournament 25-4, play Hastings in Saturday's Game 11 at 3:00 p.m. on Field #4, one win from Monday's final. Northwest dropped to the elimination bracket and stayed alive later Friday with a 12-0 win over Wahoo.

How it went: Gretna East scored once in the first. Northwest went ahead 3-1 in the top of the third on three runs, two of them on G. Simmons' home run. Gretna East answered with four runs in the bottom of the third for a 5-3 lead and added four more in the fifth to make it 9-3. Northwest did not score after the third.

At the plate: A. Weis hit two home runs, drove in four, scored three times and walked twice, reaching base all four times she came up. R. Hayduk homered and drove in three, and also walked. K. Hinerman went 2-for-4 with a double and scored twice. A. Bachman doubled, and H. McDowell drove in a run. Gretna East had seven hits, three of them home runs, and drew four walks. It made three errors, two by Weis, and left four on base.

In the circle: B. Beyer pitched a complete game for the win. She allowed three runs on four hits with three walks and eight strikeouts, on 111 pitches (77 strikes). Northwest's only extra-base hits were Simmons' homer and A. Dinkelman's double.

Simmons pitched six innings in the loss and struck out nine. She allowed nine runs (eight earned) on seven hits, including three home runs, with four walks, on 108 pitches. She came back to pitch the Vikings' elimination win over Wahoo later in the day.

Northwest: Simmons went 1-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs. Dinkelman went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI, K. Zuelow singled and walked, and H. Wissing had a hit. Northwest stranded seven runners and made one error.

Gretna East opened the tournament with an 18-9 win over Beatrice in six innings. Northwest, which entered 22-3, beat Crete 8-7 on Wednesday.

Line score

            1 2 3 4 5 6 7   R  H  E
Northwest   0 0 3 0 0 0 0   3  4  1
Gretna East 1 0 4 0 4 0 X   9  7  3

Sources: NSAA official box scores, Class B, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026 (posted 8:45 p.m. CT, via NSAA Softball Championships HQ); NSAA Class B bracket sheet, retrieved Oct. 16, 2026, 9:48 p.m. CT. Innings are noted only where NSAA's results data marks them.

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