By the time she arrived at school on Thursday morning, Haidyn Berry was ready to play some softball.

And fast forward eight hours to game time, Berry was just as locked in on the softball field — if not more.

The senior standout put together an overpowering performance in the circle for top-seeded Webb City, tossing a two-hit shutout in a 4-0 victory over fifth-seeded Glendale at North Park.

"I was just ready to win a ballgame," Berry said. "I was fired up all day and I know the girls were, too. We have worked for this and we have spent hours on the ballfields. It was good to get out here and compete against different teams.

"That's what we did today, and it was a good day to play softball."

The Cardinals reached in their fourth straight district title game where they will face McDonald County, a 4-1 winner over Neosho behind Madeline McCall's no-hitter, at 5 p.m. today. The Cardinals and Mustangs are ranked 1-2 in the state poll, and Webb City won 1-0 earlier this season.

"The girls are ready and we are excited," Webb City coach Shauna Friend said. "The (district title) is what we have been playing for."

Two errors in the opening inning allowed Webb City to take a 1-0 lead. Emma Welch got things started on a bunt and then advanced to second base on a throwing error. Welch then tagged up to third after Berry flied out to deep center field,and scored on Alyssa Jennings' double down the left-field line.

Glendale's Anna Baker stayed true to her pitchto- contact approach and followed with three straight zeros on the scoreboard. But in the fifth inning, Peyton Hawkins sparked Webb City's offense with a single and took second and third after a sacrifice bunt from Welch.

That set up an RBI double from Berry to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead.

"Peyton is a heads-up player and she sees the field well," Friend said. "Shedoes a great job baserunning. She has got a lot of speed. That was a great

take on her part. And Haidyn did her job and got the RBI."

Welch gave the Cardinals more breathing room, knocking in two runs with a line-drive single up the middle in the sixth.

And that was plenty of run support for Berry, who retired the last nine batters she faced. The right-hander, who struck out 15 of the 21 batters she faced, found success elevating her fastball when needed and mixing in off-speed pitches that kept the Falcons off-balance and guessing.

"She went out there with a lot of confidence and really dominated," Friend said. "She did her job."

Webb City collected 11 hits total off Baker, including three from Hawkins. Berry, Welch, and Sha'lee Key had two hits apiece.