ELLINWOOD — Ellinwood pitcher Bennett Jacobs (10-10) earned a pair of wins to help power past Ness City by identical 17-1 scores to win the battle of softball Eagles Thursday.

The Eagles featured an 11-run inning in the opener and a 16-run inning in the nightcap.

ELLINWOOD 17, NESS CITY 1 (G1) —Ellinwood's Shyria Quintana and Jenna Borror each drove home a trio of runs. Kyndal Moore and Jenaveve Franco each drove in a pair of runs.

Also driving home runs were Jacobs, Kennedy Behnke and Ali Gonzalez. Jacobs yielded two hits.

Ness City's Ashlyn Tillotson scored a run.

ELLINWOOD 17, NESS CITY 1 (G2) — Ellinwood's Behnke led a 13-hit attack with a pair of doubles and four runs batted home.

Gonzalez and Rylan Allen each delivered a pair of RBI. Quinata homered and Moore also drove in a run.

Ness City's Karrlee Lonnberg scored a run. Rilan Turner had two hits. 

Ness City 010 — 1 2 1

Ellinwood 6(11)x — 17 11 2

Hurst and Whited. Jacobs and Hahn. W—Jacobs, 9-10. L—Hurst. 2B—E—Bryant. HR—E—Quintana.

Ness City 100 — 1 7 0

Ellinwood 1(16)x — 17 13 0

Turner and Lonnberg. Jacobs and Hahn. W—Jacobs, 10-10. L—Turner. 2B—E—Behnke 2, Jacobs.