Kansas softball: Topeka beats Olathe North, Carroll tops Basehor-Linwood for titles

Wichita’s Bishop Carroll and Topeka completed perfect seasons in Kansas high school softball Friday night. And they did so at the expense of a pair of Kansas City-area schools.

In the Class 6A final played in Shawnee, Topeka beat Olathe North 7-1 and finished 25-0, while in the 5A final at Wichita’s Wilkins Stadium, Bishop Carroll edged Basehor-Linwood 4-3 to end up 23-0.

The 2021 Kansas high school softball tournaments aren’t quite finished in the Sunflower State. Here’s a recap of Friday’s action and what remained on Saturday.

Class 6A

In Friday’s earlier 6A semifinals in Shawnee, Olathe North (18-6) survived what could only be described as a wild one against one-loss Free State.

The Eagles and Free State were scoreless into the ninth inning before North took a 2-0 lead on a two-out double by Paige Martin. Free State evened the tally in the bottom of the ninth, however, as Georgia Rea singles and Kinsey Clopton scored.

Olathe North reclaimed the lead for good atop the 11th on a two-out solo home run by Allie Stipsits.

Topeka (24-0) advanced to the championship game earlier Friday with a 1-0 win over Gardner Edgerton.

Gardner Edgerton (18-5) beat Free State 2-1 in Friday night’s game for third place.

Class 5A

In the 5A semifinals on the WSU campus, Basehor-Linwood bested Goddard 1-0 and Bishop Carroll beat Eisenhower 3-1.

That set up Friday night’s Bishop Carroll-Basehor-Linwood clash for No. 1, which was won by Carroll.

Class 4A

Here are the scores from Friday evening’s quarterfinal games in Salina:

Wamego 4, Bishop Miege 0 ... Andale/Garden Plain 7, Eudora 2 ... Holton 5, Winfield 2 ... and Clay Center Community 5, Pratt 1

On Saturday, Holton played Garden Plain and Clay Center Community plays Wamego, with both semifinals starting at 11 a.m. The final was set for 1:30 p.m.

Class 3A

In the 3A final at Manhattan Friday, Cheney (25-1) beat Silver Lake 1-0 for the championship.

Class 2-1A

In the 2-1A final at Pratt Friday, Pittsburg’s St. Mary’s Colgan (22-3) beat Burlingame 6-0 for the championship.

This story was originally published May 28, 2021 at 3:51 PM.