Norris played in the annual Lincoln Public Schools Tournament on Saturday, Aug 28 at the Doris Bair softball complex in Lincoln against some very good competition.  The Titans drew North Platte, Beatrice, and Lincoln Southeast in their pool.  In their opening game against the Lady Bulldogs of North Platte, the Norris offense was all about the long ball.  NHS had 2 doubles, a triple, and 2 home runs included in the offensive outburst of 14 hits and came away with a 10-4 victory. Kelsey Huenink and Leah Harms teamed up in the circle for the Lady Titans with Huenink earning the win.  Multiple hits came from the bats of Michaela Woodward with 3 hits (who only needed a double to hit for the cycle), Gretchen Kroese (2 singles), and Brittany Funk (home run, single, and 3 rbi's).  The Titan offense did not miss a beat by scoring in all but 2 innings and only leaving 1 runner on base for the game. The offensive line vs. North Platte:Makenna Tracy-1 hit (double),1 run,1 rbiJenna Gruber-1 hit,1 runAlix Bryant-1 hit,1 run,1 sac,1 stolen baseKelsey Huenink-1 hit (double),1 run,1 rbi,1 sacLeah Harms-1 hit,1 run,1 rbiMichaela Woodward-3 hits (triple,home run),2 runs,3 rbiAshley Schroeder-1 hit,2 rbiTori Simpson-1 hit,1 runGretchen Kroese-2 hits,1 runBrittany Funk-2 hits (home run),1 run,3 rbiFelicia TeKolste-1 sacThe next opponent in the LPS tourney was the Titan's rival, the Beatrice Lady Orange.  Norris jumped to a 4-0 lead after 2 innings when they sent 9 hitters to the plate in the 2nd inning.  The Lady O scored 1 in the bottom of the 3rd and used a big inning of their own in the 4th to go ahead 6-4.  The Titans fought back and tied the contest at 6-6 in the top of the 7th frame.  But the victory would belong to Beatrice when they delivered a walk off single in the bottom of the 7th to claim the 7-6 win.  NHS outhit Beatrice 13-8 in the game and left 8 runners stranded.  Norris' offensive totals vs. Beatrice:Makenna Tracy-2 hits (1 double),1 run,2 rbiBrianna Petersen-1 hitKelsey Huenink-3 hits (2 doubles,home run),2 runs,1 rbiLeah Harms-1 hit,1 rbi,1 sacMichaela Woodward-2 hits,1 rbiAshley Schroeder-1 hit,1 runBrittany Funk-2 hits,1 runGretchen Kroese-1 hit,1 runIn their final game of the day, the Titans met the Knights of Lincoln Southeast high school.  LSE opened the game with 1 run in the top of the 1st to take the early lead.  Norris wasted no time in tying the affair in their home half of the 2nd when Brittany Funk slammed a double, took second base on a passed ball, and scored on a perfectly executed suicide squeeze bunt off the bat of Janelle Mitchell.  Norris claimed the lead in the 3rd frame when Funk lashed an rbi single plating Gretchen Kroese who had reached base on a lead off  hit.  Kroese got an rbi single in the next inning driving home Makenna Tracy to run the score to 3-1 Norris.  LSE pushed ahead in the see-saw game with a single tally in the 5th and 2 more in the 6th to take a 4-3 lead through 5 and 1/2 frames.  The Titans had an answer in the bottom of the 6th inning with Tracy and Kroese scoring on rbi's from Kelsey Huenink and Michaela Woodward to put NHS ahead 5-4.  The 7th inning found the Knights pulling ahead 6-5 with Norris coming to bat.  Felicia TeKolste opened the home half with a single and later scored to tie the game at 6-6 on a Kroese rbi groundout.  Southeast pushed across 1 run in the top of the 8th and this time the Titans had no answer and went down in defeat 7-6 in 8 innings.  Kroese sparked the Norris attack with 4 hits and again NHS was guilty of many missed opportunities, stranding 13 runners throughout the game.Offensive numbers in the Southeast game:Makenna tracy-1 hit,2 runsGretchen Kroese-4 hits (triple),2 runs,2 rbiKelsey Huenink-2 hits,1 rbi,1 hit by pitch,1 sacMichaela Woodward-1 rbiLeah Harms-1 sacBrittany Funk-2 hits (double),1 run,1 rbiFelicia TeKolste-1 hit,1 runJanelle Mitchell-1 rbiBrianna Petersen-1 walk,2 sacSierra Eason-1 walk