Freedom High School softball coach Nora Borger told her Patriots to keep their eye on the prize, and that they did in a big way, with a 10-2 victory over Bethlehem Catholic last week.

Perhaps most amazing was the Patriots' ability to score seven runs with two outs, which occurred in the top of the fifth inning.

Down 2-1, Dana Pollock hit a three-run home run, scoring Megan Brown and Brenda Reninga.

"I watched a strike down the middle, and I got nervous, so I knew I had to stay focused and drive the ball," Pollock said.

Shayla Peterson then singled and Hunter Schantz proceeded to hit the Patriots' second home run.

"On my last at bat, I struck out, and I went to the end of the dugout and thought about what I needed to do. I decided, if it's a good first pitch, go for it. Between innings, I looked down at my dad, and that fueled me, and when I hit the home run and saw him pumping his fist, I knew he was proud of me," said Schantz.

Lauren Guidetti had an RBI single, scoring Kylee Schwind who had walked. Schwind also had an RBI on a triple in the fourth inning, knocking in Peterson who had doubled, for Freedom's first run of the game.

"We wanted to come out hard and fight. It was only 2-0 [Beca leading], so I thought we could come back. Our bats have come back since the beginning of the season," Schwind said.

Brown also tripled in the third inning and appeared to score on a sacrifice fly by Reninga, but the run was called back.

"I left too early, but it just fueled me to make something happen [later]," said Brown, who caught Becahi's last out.

"I was glad to see the pop fly, and it felt good to have that under control. We really needed the win."