Rice hits first career home run

Southwestern’s freshman catcher, Peyton Rice of Creston, hit the first home run in her career in her second game back after being out due to a hamstring injury.

“A couple innings before, she said ‘I’ve never had a home run before, wouldn’t that be cool if it happened today?’,” Spartan head coach Danny Jensen said.

“Well, in the third inning she hit a three run homer right over the center field wall, probably 225 feet away. She was so excited when it went out.”