SPRINGFIELD, MO – Tuesday’s Class 5 District 5 softball championship tilt between No. 2 Kickapoo and No. 4 Nixa featured an offensive onslaught typically only found within video game consoles.
Clocking in at just under four hours, the nine-inning grudge match featured a combined 36 runs, 42 hits, 32 RBI, 15 doubles, 5 stolen bases, 3 home runs, 11 strikeouts, 7 lead changes and a couple hundred smart watches trying to make sense of over-adrenalized heart rates.
When the dust finally settled, Nixa emerged with a thrilling, 19-17 victory thanks to a pair of bonafide heroes in Jordan Phillips and Tenley Piwko….