Messenger photo by Britt Kudla: Ava Fjelland of North Polk slides to score against North Scott on Wednesday in a Class 4A semifinal at Rogers Park.

North Polk’s offense continues to hum like a well-oiled machine, and the third-seeded Comets are now soaring into the Class 4A championship round.

Twenty-four hours after scoring eight runs in a quarterfinal victory, North Polk kept the ball rolling and overwhelmed upstart North Scott by an 11-3, six-inning final on Channel Seeds Field at Rogers Sports Complex.

Drake University recruit Ava Husak homered and fired a five-hitter from the circle for the Comets (36-5 overall), who are now in the finals for the first time in school history. North Polk belted out 16 hits, with Husak and Alexandra Mohlke going a combined 6-for-7.

“We just wanted to get going early (at the plate), knowing they (the Lancers) are a good team with a lot of experience (at state),” Husak said. “We only had one defensive mistake, and battled back from that to play a clean game.

“It’s exciting to be in this position. Now we want more. One more.”

After falling into an early 2-0 hole, seventh-seeded North Scott (30-12) fought back with a pair of runs with two outs in the third. That only seemed to fuel the Comets, who answered with a five-run frame of their own for a 7-2 advantage.

North Polk would add a pair of insurance runs in the fourth, then end the contest early with two more in the sixth.

Lead-off hitter Madelyn Klever drove in three runs in the win. Her sister, Katelyn, was 2-for-4 with two runs and a pair of RBI.

Mohlke also drove in two.

The Comets belted five doubles in all.

Husak (27-2) did the rest, racking up seven strikeouts from the circle.

North Polk now squares off with another upset-minded opponent in Pella (24-12). The Dutch have taken down No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier and fifth-seeded ADM to this point.

First pitch is set for 5 p.m. on Thursday at Rogers Park.

Adalynn Johnson went deep for North Scott, which will meet ADM for third place at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.

NORTH POLK 11,

NORTH SCOTT 3 (6)

North Scott 002 001 — 3 5 2

North Polk 205 202 — 11 16 1

WP–Ava Husak (27-2; 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K); LP–Chevelle Kingsley (2.2 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K).

2B–NP: Katelyn Klever, Ava Husak, Ava Koudelka, Larissa Koth, Alexandra Mohlke. HR–NP: Ava Husak; NS: Adalynn Johnson. SB–NP: Ava Fjelland; NS: Kamilah Eller.

Multiple Hits–NP: Ava Husak (3), Alexandra Mohlke (3), Ava Koudelka (2), Katelyn Klever (2), Tessa Dillinger (2); NS: Brinley Schroeder (2).