Blue Springs shortstop Kadence Shepherd fields a ground ball and throws out a Lee's Summit West runner at the plate in the top of the sixth inning in Wednesday's game at Coen Field. The play preserved a 1-0 lead that Shepherd gave the Wildcats with a first-inning home run, the school record 25th of her career. The Wildcats hung on for the 1-0 win. Photo Credit: David M. Rainey/Special to The Examiner
By Bill Althausbill.althaus@examiner.net Kadence Shepherd had no idea that her eighth home run of the season would be the game-winner in Blue Springs’ 1-0 Suburban…