The Highland baseball and softball teams traveled to Keosauqua Wednesday to meet Van Buren. The Highland baseball team saw their comeback fall short in a 4-3 loss. The Warriors scored once in the second and three times in the sixth to build a 4-0 lead. The Huskies made them sweat late, putting up three runs in the seventh before Van Buren closed out the win. Highland had seven hits as a team with Luke Miller and Kaige Vonnahme each driving in one, but five errors were too much to overcome. Ethan Paisley took the loss, throwing six innings, allowing seven hits, four runs and striking out four. The Huskies are now 10-4 this year and meet Louisa-Muscatine tonight in Riverside.

The Highland softball team was shut out 4-0. Van Buren scored a pair in the first and two more in the sixth. The Huskies were held to just one hit in the game, a Grace Batcheller single. Jenna Kraus got the start in the circle, going six innings, giving up six hits, four runs and striking out five. The loss snaps a seven game winning streak for the Huskies. They are now 14-3 on the year and travel to top ranked Louisa-Muscatine tonight.