BOONEVILLE – Northwest head softball coach and MACJC Hall of Famer Mike Rowan registered his milestone 400th career victory during Saturday's Farewell to Carnell Classic.

The Rangers (4-3) played a tripleheader at Booneville City Park and finished 2-1, defeating John A. Logan and Shawnee before falling to Frontier to close a near eight-hour day on the softball diamond.

Rowan, now 400-217-1 all-time, currently ranks third in MACJC history behind MGCCC's Kenneth Long (560) and Meridian's Robert Eakins (526).

Northwest 11, John A. Logan 6

The Rangers pounded out a season-high 18 hits and scored 11 runs, highlighted by Maddy Politte's career-high 5-for-5 game and three hits apiece from Brittni Beard and Shelby Wilson, to get a big victory to start a tripleheader.

Northwest plated three runs in its opening at-bat, using a two-run double by Sarah Johnson and RBI-single from Katie Brownlee.

The Ranger lead was 5-0 in the second before single runs over the next three frames, including a solo home run from Alexis Middendorf, allowed John A. Logan to pull within 5-3 after four.  

A four-run fifth inning for Northwest extended the lead to 9-3. Avery McIver's RBI-single plated the first run and she was followed by RBIs from Madison Crosby, Politte and Wilson – all with two outs. 

Johnson worked 5.2 innings to get the win, allowing just two earned runs with five strikeouts.

Northwest 9, Shawnee 5

Trailing 3-1 after three innings, a four-run rally in the fourth put the Rangers on top for good and Brownlee came on in relief in the circle and allowed just one earned run over the final four innings to get win No. 400 for Rowan. 

Johnson's solo home run got the rally started and Delta Claire Newman, Gracey Griggs and Taylor Lott all followed with singles. Crosby's big two-out, two-run single made it 5-3.

The teams exchanged runs over the next two frames before a three-run seventh gave the Rangers some breathing room.

Beard homered to leadoff the inning and Lott added an RBI-single to finish 3-for-4 in the game.

Frontier 4, Northwest 3

Northwest was hoping for more late-game magic against Frontier to sweep the day, but squandered opportunities in the sixth and seventh in a one-run loss.

Frontier took a 3-0 lead in the third, taking advantage of two Ranger errors and a pair of walks.

Single runs in the third and fifth, both on Crosby RBIs, pulled Northwest within 3-2. 

An RBI-double for Caisie Hart extended the Bobcats' lead back to 4-2 in the sixth.

With the bases loaded and no one out in the bottom half of the sixth for Northwest, the Rangers only managed one run after a pair of strikeouts and baserunning mistake. Johnson scored on an error after reaching on a walk to make it 4-3. 

Brownlee led off the bottom of the seventh with a double, but was stranded at third to leave the tying run on base. 

Northwest will open MACJC play on Friday, March 8 at Gulf Coast. Links to live video and stats will be available through nwccrangers.com.