WEST POINT — Wednesday night’s Class 1A Region 1 softball game at South Park was a rematch of the June 10 game between Wapello and Holy Trinity Catholic high schools.

Same teams, same location, different result. The Crusaders had an ace up their sleeve.

Holy Trinity defeated Wapello 4-2 to advance to play 14th-ranked Seymour (20-4) Friday at 5 p.m.

Wapello ends the season with a 14-13 record.

The Arrows had won 7-0 behind pitcher Quinn Zweibohmer’s shutout and pounded out 14 hits June 10. Zweibohmer pitched again this game but Wapello coach Serah Shafer pinpointed the difference between the two contests.

“They threw their ace pitcher against us this time,” Shafer said. “That was a big change.”

HTC’s Sydney Jarvis allowed two hits and walked one while striking out nine. She faced 24 batters in the complete game win.

“My change-up was working there for a little while,” Jarvis said. “Girls were chasing it. But I would say my fastball was pretty good. They weren’t really getting good hits off it.”

Zweibohmer struck out 10 Crusaders after fanning 15 June 10. The five less strikeouts matched the five more hits the Crusaders had Wednesday.

Alivia Holmes had the only HTC hit June 10. She went 3-for-3 Wednesday. She led off the bottom of the first inning with a hit and stole second on the first pitch. She was eventually stranded at third but Holy Trinity coach Loren Menke said that was a shot of confidence for the Crusaders.

Wapello’s Mills Jordan had also reached base as the first batter of the game. Ellie Hellman, who had pitched for the Crusaders June 10 caught Jarvis Wednesday. She gunned down Jordan trying to steal second.

Kenna Gittings drew a walk to start the HTC half of the second inning, stole second and went to third on a passed ball. Cayden Holmes’ single brought Gittings in with the first run of the game.

Jarvis struck out three of the first six outs in the game but gave up the first Arrow hit to Macey Kuntz, who led off the third inning. An error allowed the ball to roll to the fence and Kuntz ended up on third base. Jarvis struck out the next two batters and a fly out ended the threat.

Wapello took the lead in the fourth inning when Jarvis issued her only walk to the lead-off batter, Clara Ball. Jaden Ecklund’s one-out single put runners at the corners. Pinch runner Aver Jurgill stole second before Zweibohmer’s sacrifice bunt brought Ball home to tie the game at 1-1.

Jurgill scored on a passed ball for a 2-1 Arrows lead before a ground out ended the fourth inning.

HTC won the game in the bottom of the fifth inning despite two players thrown out at home.

“We weren’t going to let (Wapello) dictate the game,” Menke said. “We were going to take chances. I took a chance there that wasn’t the right move but I don’t regret doing it.”

The inning started with three consecutive singles. No. 9 hitter Elizabeth Griffin was first then Alivia Holmes dropped down a perfect bunt. Makayla Simpson lashed a pitch right through the middle of the diamond, scoring Griffin as Holmes and Simpson advanced a base on the throw home.

“So huge to have the No. 9 hitter (Griffin) in the lineup lead off the inning with a base hit,” Menke said. “And you know you’ve got some really good hitters at the top, that feels really good.”

The six days between the Crusaders’ last regular season game was filled with practice for Zweibohmer.

“It helped having a few days to (prepare for Zweibohmer),” Menke said. “It’s about timing, and we practiced that. We were expecting her speed.”

With Jarvis at bat, Holmes saw an opportunity to give HTC the lead when a pitch got past Wapello catcher Erica Gillette. Zweibohmer tagged a sliding Holmes for the first out of the inning.

Jarvis drew a walk followed by a walk to Emily Ross to load the bases with Gittings up next in an incredible 12-pitch plate appearance. Down 0-2 in the count, a wild pitch brought Simpson home for a 3-2 HTC lead. Gittings fouled off three pitches before ball 2. She fouled off three more pitches before striking out.

Zweibohmer’s second pitch to the next batter was wild, scoring courtesy runner Kara Lake.

When the throw to Zweibohmer got past her, Ross kept running and her head first dive was the third out of the inning.

With two outs at home plate, Zweibohmer still faced seven batters in the inning.

“Being an eighth grader, there was a ton of pressure on her,” Shafer said. “There’s still a lot of growing to do. It’s a very young team.”

The Arrows have two seniors and one junior. There are six sophomores.

The Crusaders have one senior and one junior. There are nine sophomores.

One sophomore is an “ace” pitcher who was the state leader in RBIs for 10 days in the middle of the season. Jarvis is currently tied for 18th, but third in Class 1A with 49 RBIs.

“I’m just proud,” Jarvis said. “I thought when we were juniors or seniors, we would get there, but being there right now, it feels amazing.”

“I said coming into this game we were going to be aggressive,” Menke said. “We scored zero runs against this team last time.”

It helped to have Jarvis in the circle to back up that mindset.

“She was sharp,” Menke said.

She retired the Arrows in order in each of the last three innings, striking out the side in the fifth and the last out of the game was a Jarvis strikeout.

“It just wasn’t meant to be,” Shafer said. “I thought the girls came out and played with a lot of heart. There wasn’t much they could do.”

“Every win is a historic win for us at this point,” coach Loren Menke said. “A 20-win season, that feels awesome.”