When the list of Iowa high school softball teams without a victory after one week of the season is printed, Greene County won’t be on it. Coach Tom Kennedy’s Rams picked up their first win of the season in round one of the Ogden Tournament on Saturday over the Boone Toreadors by a 7-4 final in six innings. A four-run sixth broke a 3-3 tie and carried the Rams to win number one. Greene County had six hits and two errors while Boone collected three hits and committed five errors. Emma Hoyle was the winning pitcher, going all six innings and giving up just one earned run on three hits and a walk. She struck out eight batters. Hoyle led the offense with three singles and three runs batted in. Becca Anderson had a double and two RBI and Emma Stream added a double and one batted in. Chanlyn Cunningham also singled.

Game two at Ogden saw Gilbert top the Rams 12-0 by the 12-run rule in just 2-1/2 innings. Emma Stream took the pitching loss. She walked 13 and allowed two hits. Four of the runs were earned. The Rams had three singles in the contest, one each from Cunningham, Addison Gannon, and Olivia Shannon.

The final game resulted in a 3-2 loss vs. the Carroll Tigers. Hoyle took the pitching loss, allowing two earned runs on three hits and two walks. She struck out seven. Carmyn Paup singled twice for Greene County and Violet Reedy doubled. Alexa Peters, Shannon, and Anderson each added a base hit.

Greene County is 1-4 overall and 0-2 in the Heart of Iowa Activities Conference.