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Class B Friday: Tinsman no-hitter keeps Hastings alive
Class B state softball Friday roundup: six games, four teams left.
HASTINGS, Neb. — Six Class B games on Friday at the Bill Smith Softball Complex cut the field to four. Gretna East and Gretna are unbeaten, and Hastings' E. Tinsman threw a 15-strikeout no-hitter to keep the Tigers alive.
Winners bracket: No. 1 Gretna East (25-4 entering the tournament) beat No. 4 Northwest 9-3. A. Weis hit two home runs and drove in four, R. Hayduk also homered, and B. Beyer struck out eight in a complete game. No. 3 Gretna edged No. 2 Hastings 2-1 in eight innings. T. Rupiper allowed three hits and struck out 11 in eight innings. Tinsman also went eight, struck out 15 and allowed no earned runs, and Gretna scored both of its runs in the eighth.
First elimination games: No. 5 Crete beat No. 8 Beatrice 9-7. Crete led 7-0 after four, then 9-5 after five, and held on. M. Dunham struck out 10 for Crete, and A. Beck drove in three. No. 7 Wahoo beat No. 6 Skutt Catholic 10-6 after taking a 7-6 lead into the seventh and adding three runs. E. Meyer homered, drove in six and pitched a complete game. Skutt's M. Schmaderer homered twice in a losing effort.
Second elimination games: Tinsman no-hit Crete in a 2-0 win, striking out 15 of the 24 batters she faced. B. Rutt and G. Ostrander hit solo homers for the only runs. Tinsman finished the day with 30 strikeouts in 15 innings. Northwest then scored 11 runs in the first inning to beat Wahoo 12-0 in three. B. Dinkelman homered and doubled, and G. Simmons tripled and threw a one-hitter.
Eliminated Friday: Beatrice, Skutt Catholic, Crete (27-3 entering the tournament) and Wahoo (23-3).
Saturday: Gretna East plays Hastings in Game 11 at 3:00 p.m. on Field #4, and Gretna plays Northwest in Game 13 at 3:00 p.m. on Field #1. Gretna East and Gretna need one win to reach Monday. Hastings and Northwest need two, with Games 12 and 14 played only if necessary. The Class B champion is decided in Game 15 on Monday at 3:30 p.m. at Bowlin Stadium in Lincoln.
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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