For the third time this season it will be Greene County and Saydel (Des Moines) squaring off on the softball diamond. Instead of Heart of Iowa Activities Conference play, the third meeting will be a semifinal in Class 3A Region 2 at Saydel on Saturday night at 7 o’clock. The seventh ranked Eagles won 3-2 and 5-0 in the regular season and they’ll take a 29-4 record into the game after starting the season 20-0. Greene County started its season by losing six of its first seven games, and is now 13-12 after winning the Region 2 quarterfinal on Wednesday night vs. Southeast Valley in Harcourt by a 3-1 final.

Saturday’s game will feature two high level strikeout pitchers in juniors Dakota Lake for the Eagles and Emma Hoyle for the Rams. Hoyle has 226 strikeouts in 159 innings while Lake has