Offense improving for Longhorn softball team

Two phases of the game  have improved for Chase County softball, but the team is still working towards putting together a game where the offense, defense and pitching are all clicking.
CCS traveled to Scottsbluff Saturday for the Tri City Invitational. The team got a later start than planned after wet weather in the panhandle delayed the start of games.
Coach Denise Smith said her Lady Longhorns hit over .300 on the day and she felt her young pitchers are showing improvement.
Defensively, however, “We shot ourselves in the foot,” Smith said.
CCS opened the tournament against Scottsbluff. The Lady Longhorns scored three runs in the first inning. Ryley Vrbas, Markenna Terryberry and Morayah Cupp each scored to leave CCS tied 3-3 at the end of the first inning. The offense sputtered in the remaining innings, resulting in a 3-14 loss.
Jaiden Hill pitched a complete game for the Lady Longhorns. Hill allowed eight hits and three walks.
Sadie Peterson and Ashlie Benge each had a hit and an RBI. Cupp also tallied an RBI.
CCS faced Gothenburg in its second game. The Lady Longhorn defense gave up 14 runs in the first inning, then held the Swedes scoreless in the second and third innings.
Though scoreless in the first inning, CCS took advantage of a single by Courtney Odens and double by Kayla Chavira to score three runs in the second inning. Ella O’Neil hit a double and scored in the fourth inning of the 4-14 loss. Vrbas, Terryberry and Peterson also recorded hits.
Chavira handled pitching duties. She allowed six hits, five walks and had a strike-out.
CCS had its best offensive game of the season in its final game of the day against Alliance, thanks to solid hitting, Smith said.
Vrbas and Terryberry crossed the plate in the first inning leaving the Lady Longhorns trailing 2-3 at the end of one. After CCS went  scoreless in the second inning,

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