Two Greater Miami Conference pitchers hurled perfect games for the first time in their school’s histories last week.

On Thursday, Katherine Stetz became the first Lakota East girls’ softball pitcher to throw a perfect game as the Lady Hawks defeated Milford 11-0 in five innings.  Stetz’s accomplishment came against an Eagles’ team that had beaten the Lady Hawks 1-0 earlier in the season.

Stetz overpowered Eagle hitters throughout the game, striking out nine of the 15 batters she faced. 

“I knew I was pitching well, but didn’t realize what had happened until Coach Castner ran out on the field and asked me if I had any idea what I’d just done,” said Stetz.  “I was really in a zone and just concentrating on helping my team win.”

Stetz joins an elite group of five other Lakota School district softball pitchers (four from West) that have recorded perfect games.  Of the seven perfect games pitched in district girl’s softball history (two by Lindsay Bodeker of West) only two have gone the full seven innings.  

The same day, Fairfield senior right-hander Mindy Breitholle threw the first perfect game in school history Thursday as the host Indians beat Middletown 4-0. Breitholle recorded 15 strikeouts, tying Fairfield’s single-game, seven-inning record.  It was Breitholle's second career no-hitter.