PREP SOFTBALL: SWU outlasts R-T-R 10-9

BREWSTER — Despite collecting only two hits on a hot and windy Friday afternoon, the eighth-seeded Southwestern United Wildcats claimed an exciting 10-9 victory over the ninth-seeded Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knights in a back-and-forth “pigtail” game to open the Section 3A South high school fastpitch softball tournament.