The Alliance softball team traveled to North Platte Saturday, September 17. This tournament was their last real tournament where there was bracket play.

The lady bulldogs played their first game against the North Platte Bulldogs starting right at noon. In the first inning, Alliance went through four batters, not scoring any. In the bottom of the first, North Platte scored 2 up on the bulldogs. Neither team scored any runners in the second inning. In the top of the third, the Alliance bulldogs scored none, and in the bottom of the third, the North Platte Bulldogs scored one run, making the score 0-3. Again in the fourth inning, the Alliance Bulldogs scored no runs, and the North Platte Bulldogs scored two. In the fifth inning, Alliance scored Samantha Carrillo, putting their first run up against North Platte. North Platte came up to bat again and scored yet another runner, making the score 1-6. The Alliance Bulldogs came back the seventh inning by scoring runs. The North Platte Bulldogs scored one run in the seventh inning before game was called on the game.The Alliance Bulldogs lost their first game of the day 6-8.

The Alliance Bulldogs pulled the Lexington Maids for their second game of the day. The game went seven innings with neither team scoring a single run. With a tie and still time left in the game, when up to bat, the last out from the team started on second base. In the eighth inning, the bulldogs scored Courtney Little Hoop. The Maids also came back in the eighth and scored one run, leaving the game still tied. In the ninth inning, Alliance scored in Jaycee Acosta and Samantha Carrillo. The home plate ump then proceeded to call Carrillo out for not touching home plate, transitioning the bulldogs to  the field. The bulldogs went through three batters and got the three outs needed to win the game. The first win of the day, with a score of 2-1.

For the Alliance Bulldogs last game of the day, they played their normal rivals, the Chadron Cardinals. Neither team scored any runs in the first inning. In the second inning, the Bulldogs scored 4, leaving the Cardinals to score none. In the third inning, Alliance scored 1 run, again with Chadron scoring none. In the fourth inning, Alliance scored 7 runs, and Chadron scored none, making the score 12-0. With the run rules in effect, if the Bulldogs were to keep the Cardinals from scoring any runs in this inning, they would automatically win. The fourth inning went by with neither team scoring, winning the game for the Alliance Bulldogs.

The overall day was great for the Lady Bulldogs. The team had 2 wins and 1 loss.

The Bulldogs play their last home game on Tuesday, September 20. This night also happens to be senior night for the six seniors. The Bulldogs will face the Scottsbluff Bearcats.