The Newton Lady Eagles rallied for five runs in the seventh inning Wednesday afternoon to post a 10-8 victory and ruin the season-opener for the Effingham Lady Hearts.

Effingham led 4-0 and 8-5 before Newton combined five hits and a hit batter to score five times in the seventh.

The Lady Hearts broke on top early. Grace Bushur led off in the first by reaching on a three-base error, the first of seven committed by the Lady Eagles. A base hit by Sawyer Althoff drove in Bushur.

EHS scored three more times in the second. Taylor Armstrong was hit by a pitch and scored on an RBI double by Camryn Duncan. An error allowed the second run to score and Sawyer made it 4-0 with a run-scoring ground out.

Newton then scored four runs in the third and another in the fourth to go ahead 5-4, but Effingham responded by pushing across three runs in the bottom of the fourth. Tori Budde singled, stole second and third and scored on an error. Another error allowed the second run to cross the plate and Emma Hardiek delivered an RBI single.

A sacrifice fly by Riley Cunningham boosted the Effingham lead to 8-5 in the fifth.

Armstrong pitched all seven innings and took the loss. She gave up nine hits and 10 runs, while walking three and striking out three.

The Lady Hearts will return to action Saturday with a doubleheader at Olney. The first game will start at 11 a.m.