The Jackson County Central softball team is on its longest winning streak of the season as the Huskies won their third straight Friday, beating Fairmont 6-2 in Fairmont.
With an important three-day stretch ahead at the end of the week, the Huskies have a record of 7-4.
Hadley Wachal was the winning pitcher vs. the Cardinals, striking out seven.
Mady Wachal homered, Brielle Tufvesson doubled and had two runs batted in, CJ Pauling was hit by a pitch, scored a run and had a run batted in and Miley VanDeVere had a hit for the Huskies.
JCC has conference and sub-section doubleheaders Thursday and Friday, hosting Redwood Valley Thursday and traveling to Windom Friday. The Huskies then host a four-team tournament on Saturday.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
Softball standings
Small School Division
Luverne 7-1
Windom 7-1
Pipestone 7-3
Jackson County Central 4-4
St. James Area 2-7
Blue Earth Area 1-6
Redwood Valley 1-7
Conference games only
Large School Division
New Ulm 6-0
St. Peter 6-1
Fairmont 4-4
Marshall 3-3
Worthington 2-5
Waseca 0-8
Conference games only
Section records
As mentioned, Thursday’s games will also carry some weight when the teams are seeded for the upcoming Section 3AA tournament. Coaches will vote on seeding.
Here are the records of teams in Section 3AA in order of win-loss percentage through Saturday.
South Sub-Section
Windom 12-1 .923
Luverne 10-3 .769
Pipestone 9-3 .750
Jackson County Central 7-4 .636
Minneota/Canby 8-6 .571
Redwood Valley 1-8 .111
North Sub-Section
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 13-1 .929
Dassel-Cokato 9-2 .818
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 3-4 .429
New London-Spicer 3-7 .300
Minnewaska Area 1-8 .111
Montevideo 1-8 .111
Litchfield 1-10 .090
JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL SOFTBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Thurs., April 4: at Fairmont, W 13-0 (5 innings)
Tues., April 9: at St. James Area, L 2-1 (9 innings)
Tues., April 9: at St. James Area, W 16-1 (4 innings)
Fri., April 12: Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian, W 10-0 (6 innings)
Tues., April 18: Luverne, L 7-4
Tues., April 18: Luverne, W 15-0 (5 innings)
Thurs., April 25: at Pipestone, L 7-1
Thurs., April 25: at Pipestone, L 12-1
Mon., April 29: at Blue Earth Area, W 10-0 (6 innings)
Mon., April 29: at Blue Earth Area, W 16-0 (4 innings)
Fri., May 3: at Fairmont, W 6-2
Thurs., May 9: Redwood Valley (2), 5 p.m.
Fri., May 10: at Windom (2), 4 p.m.
Sat., May 11: JCC Invitational, 9 a.m.
Mon., May 13: Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial, 4:30 p.m.
Thurs., May 16: at Wabasso, 5 p.m.