For the third straight year, the Perry Jayette softball team picked up a first round Regional win knocking off Hawkeye 10 Co-Champion Harlan 8-6 in a Class 4A Region 8 matchup.  Senior Kylie Brandt led the 9 hit attack with 2 hits and 2 RBI.  After falling behind 2-0 in the first inning, Perry scored twice in the second and third innings and pushed across four runs in the fourth.  Designated Player Rose Delateur delivered a key 2-out RBI hit to get the Jayettes on the board.  Victoria Hegstrom followed with a RBI double to tie the game at 2 apiece.   The Jayettes took the lead for good in the third inning capitalizing on 2 Cyclone errors.  Rachel Kinney and Brandt delivered back to back RBI hits to give Perry a 4-2 lead.

The Jayettes led 8-2 when Harlan scored four times in the sixth.    Kassie Craig belted a 2 run homerun and Ashley Kolbee added a solo shot to make things interesting.  Harlan had the tying runs on base at second and third in the 7th but Emma Olejniczak forced a groundball off the bat of Craig and Kate Whelchel fired home to get a tag out at the plate to keep the 2 run lead.  One batter later, Julie Sorfonden grounded out to Whelchel and the Jayettes celebrated their 18th win of the season.

Perry (18-11-1) will now travel to Dallas Center Saturday night for a matchup with defending state champion and top ranked DC Grimes.  The Phillies are 36-1 with their one loss to Johnston 2-0.  The two former RRC rivals have not met this year.  Shawn Kenney will have the call Saturday on KDLS 1310 AM and www.raccoonvalleyradio.com at 6:45.