VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Valley City softball team continued their quest to finish the regular season in second place in the Eastern Dakota Conference with a 10-0 shutout win over Grand Forks Red River.

It was senior day and the Hi-Liners seniors were able to contribute offensively with the five of them (Erika Anderson, Lexi Leroux, Hailey Schaefer, Emma Mielke, and Hailey Thoreson) combining for seven hits and seven RBI.

Schaefer led the way on the mound with six shutout innings giving up just three hits and fanning eight batters with just one walk. She now has an impressive 118 Ks on the season with only 12 walks. At the plate, she had three singles with an RBI and two runs.

Hailey Thoreson ended up with four RBI with a two-RBI single in the first and a two-RBI double in the sixth that ended the game due to a run-rule.

The Hi-Liners are in action for one final time on Thursday at Grand Forks Central with a 4:30 p.m. starting time. They will eye the standings to see if they are the two-seed or the three-seed in the EDC Tournament which begins next Tuesday with Valley City starting their quest at home for a conference title against an unknown opponent.