Silex beat North Shelby 5-2 in the Class 1 District 4 championship game Tuesday night. Silex jumped out to three runs in the first, and held North Shelby off the board until the sixth inning.
J.B. Connoley with the call on nemopressbox.com. Uhlmeyer was named the Freeman Financial and Insurance Outstanding Player of the Game for North Shelby. She also struck out nine Silex batters. Silex’s Rylan Harris retired the next six batters she faced, struck out 11 on the night, and was given a three-run cushion again in the seventh when Claire Schwendemann singled home two runs with two outs. North Shelby’s season ends at 18-5. Silex is 21-11 and will face the defending state champions St. Elizabeth is sectional round. Find the game on our archive page, and our postgame interview with North Shelby Coach Dan Uhlmeyer below.
North Shelby Coach Dan Uhlmeyer:
