INMAN — Sterling's Blaine Locke drilled a trio of homers and drove home five runs to spark the Black Bears past Ellinwood 20-13 in Monday's 2-1A softball regional.

Ellinwood's Shyria Quintana led the Eagles with a homer, double, single and five runs batted home. Levi Miller drove home four runs.

Sterling (9-16) led 7-0 and closed with nine runs in the final two innings. Mily Rincon, Miller and Danica Zimmerman drove home runs in a 5-run first frame. Locke hit  2-run second inning homer and a fourth-inning homer.

Eagle Anna Hahn singled in Ali Gonzalez in the second frame. Quintana and Makynna Bryant scored on Jenaveve Franco's third-inning single for a 7-3 score.

Locke's third homer made it 8-3. Quintana's double scored Bennett Jacobs and Kennedy Behnke for an 8-5 score. Sterling shortstop Locke turned a Gonzalez fourth-inning line drive into a double play with the bases-loaded for the game's key play. 

Jacobs and Behnke scored on Bryant's 2-run single for an 11-8 score. The Black Bears outscored the Eagles 9-5 in the final innings. Gonzalez scored on Anna Hahn's single. Quintana's 2-run homer was followed by Bryant scoring on an error and Gonzalez scoring on a passed ball. 

Sterling 520 137 2 — 20 22 4

Ellinwood 012 231 4 — 13 9 5

Olsen and Miller. Jacobs and Hahn. W—Olsen, 7-5. L—Jacobs, 12-15. 2B—S—Quintana; I—Miller 2, Surface. 3B—S—Boeken, Miller. HR—E—Quintana; S—Locke 3.