Newport jumped all over the Ballard High School softball team April 20, scoring five runs in the first inning. The Beavers couldn't mount a comeback and fell 8-1.

Ballard gave up 13 hits to Newport while managing just one of their own, a triple by Sophie Overlock-Pauley in the sixth inning.

The April 20 matchup was the first time the Beavers had scored in the past four games.

Ballard is 1-7 overall and 1-6 in the conference. The team plays Issaquah at 4 p.m., April 22 at Lower Woodland.