CHANGE OF PLANS

On Oct. 3, Excelsior Springs played varsity softball – just not as originally planned.

The program was slated to host a tournament that day. Coach Kristal Reeves stated via an Oct. 1 email, however, that the competition was called off “due to the condition of our dirt field with all of the rain we have been getting.”

There are two softball fields on the athletic complex between the Excelsior Springs high and middle schools. Miracle Field, where the varsity squad regularly plays its home games, is an all-weather, synthetic-turf field. The other field has a natural-grass outfield and an all-dirt infield.

With the tournament dropped, Excelsior Springs hosted a doubleheader with Lawson instead, winning the first game 10-8 and dropping the second 12-0.

Lawson took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning of the opener. Excelsior Springs answered with three runs in the bottom of the first. The hometown girls then padded their lead with a four-run fourth.

Both teams posted three ru…