The North Platte Bulldog softball team opened their 2011 season with a pair of losses at a double dual in Hastings last night. The Bulldogs fell in their first game against Omaha Skutt Catholic 8-0 in a game shortened to five innings by the mercy rule. Skutt pitcher Kaylan Jablonski threw a no-hitter, walking none and striking out seven. The Bulldogs bats were more effective in the second game of the night, as they pounded out nine hits, but it wasn’t enough as they lost to Omaha Gross Catholic 10-5. Two runs in the top of the fifth inning by the Bulldogs tied the score at 2, but the Cougars scored four times in the 5th and four more times in the 6th. Christina Yoshida had two hits and an RBI and Aura Adkisson had an RBI triple for North Platte in the defeat. The Bulldogs play in the Lincoln Invitational this Saturday.