Back-to-back no-hitters for Bradley; 'Dogs set wins record - Republic-Times

Back-to-back no-hitters for Bradley; ‘Dogs set wins record

Corey Saathoff- May 21, 2015

Waterloo’s Kasey Bradley stares down her next opponent on the mound during a recent game.
(John Spytek photo)

Senior left-handed pitcher Kasey Bradley helped Waterloo set a new single-season school record for softball victories in dramatic fashion last Wednesday, then followed it up with an exclamation point on Thursday.

Bradley threw no-hitters in back-to-back conference games against Highland and Mascoutah to win the conference title. With the victories, the Bulldogs finished conference play a perfect 10-0 and upped their season victory total to 31, which is two more than the record-setting 1989 WHS squad that advanced to the state tournament.

The Bulldogs made it 32-0 with an 8-1 win at home Tuesday over Marion.

Last Wednesday, Bradley struck out six…

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Corey Saathoff

Corey is the editor of the Republic-Times. He has worked at the newspaper since 2004, and currently resides in Columbia. He is also the principal singer-songwriter and plays guitar in St. Louis area country-rock band The Trophy Mules.