The Pleasantville softball team defeated Interstate 35 6-3 in the Class 2A Region 5 semifinals Friday night.

The scoring for the Trojans started out with a Danika Park solo home run in the first at bat of the game. Ella Clark had a huge triple in the fourth inning to score two runs, and Madilyn Rowson and Taylor Perkins both had solo home runs in the fifth inning.  Lillie Mason also had a single in the game to bring in an RBI. Defensively Lainey Kennedy had an impressive performance in the circle for Pleasantville and behind her the Trojan defense played one of their best games of the season. 

Pleasantville on defense saw a run-snag of a deep hard line drive in the sixth by Ella Clark and Clark also robbed a home run at the start of the game. Emily Roe also had two important sliding catches in the contest while Kally Wysong recorded a few significant outs in left field. Pleasantville Coach Alee Phillips said the infield let nothing by them and her team backed up the freshman pitcher all game. Phillips said this is the best she’s seen her team play all year.

The Trojan softball team will look to stay hot as they travel to Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont on Monday night for a regional finals game with a trip to the state tournament on the line.