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Friday’s Games
SOFTBALL
At Okemah Festival
Rattan 14, Stonewall 10
RATTAN 509 0 — 14 10 2
STONEWALL 037 0 — 10 11 7
Kenya Griffith and Brenna House. Jordan Pharr and Danielle Clark. WP-Griffith. LP-Pharr (6-1). HR-Lyndsay Daffern, Breann Gipson (S). 2B-Jamie Williams, Rachel Birchfield (R), Cheyanne Miller 2, Haley Snell (S). HL-Williams 2-3, 2 RS; Birchfield 2-3, 2 RBIs (R); Bradianne Daniel 1-3, RS; Miller 2-3, RS; Gipson 2-3, 2 RS, 2 RBIs; Kaitlinn Wright 2-2, 2 RS, RBI; Daffern 2-2, 2 RS, 3 RBIs; Jessika York 1-1, 2 RBIs; Snell 1-1, RS, RBI (S).
NOTEWORTHY: Rattan (No. 1 in Class 3A) built a 14-3 lead then held off a late Stonewall rally. The Lady Longhorns (No. 5 in Class 2A) scored seven times in the bottom of the third to make a game of it, with Lyndsay Daffern’s three-run homer the big blow. Breann Gipson ignited a three-run second-inning rally with a solo home run, and she added an RBI single in the third, but Stonewall couldn’t overcome seven errors, despite outhitting Rattan, 11-10.
Bethel 8, Stonewall 0
BETHEL 413 0 — 8 7 1
STONEWALL 000 0 — 0 3 0
Green and Mitchell. Jordan Pharr and Danielle Clark. WP-Green. LP-Pharr (6-2). 3B-Thompson 2 (B). HL-Thompson 3-3, 2 RS, 4 RBIs (B); Cheyanne Miller 1-2, Jessika York 1-1, Clark 1-1 (S).
NOTEWORTHY: Stonewall managed just three hits as Bethel (No. 5 in Class 5A) cruised to the victory.
Stonewall 6, Morrison 1
STONEWALL 300 003 0 — 6 7 0
MORRISON 100 000 0 — 1 1 1
Jordan Pharr and Danielle Clark. Andi Will and Kelli Ganger. WP-Pharr (7-2). LP-Will. HR-Will (M).2 3B-Bradianne Daniel, Breann Gipson (S). HL-Daniel 2-3, 2 RS, 2 RBIs; Gipson 3-3, RS, 2 RBIs; Pharr 1-2, Allie Denson 1-2, RS (S).
NOTEWORTHY: Breann Gipson’s two-run triple highlighted a three-run first-inning rally, and Bradianne Daniel’s two-run triple was the big blow in a three-run sixth as Stonewall beat Class 3A No. 11 Morrison. Gipson finished 3-for-3 and Daniel was 2-for-3 to account for all but two of Stonewall’s hits in the victory.
COACHES QUOTE: “We let Rattan get away from us with errors, and Bethel got away from us with walks, but that’s what good teams do with those mistakes. We’ll get it worked out.” — Stonewall assistant coach Brian Davis.
Team Records: Stonewall 6-2
Up Next: Stonewall vs. Rattan, 10 a.m., vs. Battiest at 12 noon, vs. Fort Towson, 2 p.m. Monday at Rattan Festival.
At Coleman Tournament
First Round
Tupelo 14, Calera 11
CALERA 130 700 — 11 13 3
TUPELO 433 130 — 14 17 3
Vasquez and Oswan. Brittany Sanders and Tamara Thompson. WP-Sanders (5-2). LP-Vasquez. HR-Collett (C). 3B-Aspen Collins (T). 2B-Pickett 2, Holder, Cooper, Harper (C), B. Sanders 2, Thompson 2, Haylee Fowler, Collins, Amber Cosar (T). HL-Pickett 3-4, RS, RBI (C); B. Sanders 2-4, RS, 2 RBIs; Fowler 2-3, 3 RS; Thompson 4-4, Kelsie Warner 2-4, Cosar 2-4, RBI; Collins 2-2, 3 RS (T).
NOTEWORTHY: Tupelo (No. 6 in Class A) blew a 10-4 lead but rebounded from a seven-run Calera outburst in the top of the fourth inning and scored the game’s final four runs en route to the victory. Winning pitcher Brittany Sanders had two doubles and drove in two runs to help her own cause, and batterymate Tamara Thompson had four of the Lady Tigers’ 17 hits in the win. Haylee Fowler, Amber Cosar and Aspen Collins also had two hits, including a double, apiece to help Tupelo to the semifinals.
Team Records: Tupelo 4-2
Up Next: Stonewall at Tupelo, 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 26.
At Latta
Latta 7, Byng 5
BYNG 100 040 0 — 5 10 2
LATTA 502 000 x — 7 9 1
Breanna Warner and Brooke Pinson. Siera Green and Cheyenne Crews. WP-Green (5-1). LP-Warner (4-4). HR-Taylor Haley (B), Devin Lyon (L). 2B-Kaitlin Hisaw, Green, Crews (L), Dominique Lyon (B). HL-Haley 2-4, RS, 4 RBIs; Layna Abbott 2-3, RS; Raygn Geiger 2-3, Mahgen Boissenin 2-3, RBI; Domonique Lyon 2-2, RS (B); Hisaw 2-3, RS; Devin Lyon 2-3, RS, 2 RBIs; Crews 2-3, RBI; Nicala Price 1-3, RBI; Green 1-3, RBI; Katy Miller 1-1, 2 RS, RBI (L).
BASEBALL
At Sulphur
Byng 9, Sulphur 2
BYNG 000 310 5 — 9 10 1
SULPHUR 000 200 0 — 2 5 0
Tyler Pierce and Joe Nemecek. Rackley, Luna (5) and Walker. WP-Pierce (2-0). LP-Rackley. 2B-Jake Scroggins 2, Nemecek, Reid Wall (B). HL-Scroggins 3-4, 2 RS, 2 RBIs; Wall 2-3, 2 RS, 2 RBIs; Nemecek 2-4, 3 RBIs; Clint Humphers 1-2, RS (B).
NOTEWORTHY: Junior Tyler Pierce scattered five hits and struck out seven, and Jake Scroggins, Reid Wall and Joe Nemecek drove in two runs apiece as Byng (No. 6 in Class 4A) remained unbeaten with the road win over 3A No. 11 Sulphur. Scroggins continued his early-season hitting tear with three hits, including RBI doubles in the fifth and seventh innings, Wall was 2-for-3 and drove in two runs with a single in Byng’s five-run seventh-inning rally, and Nemecek had a sacrifice fly in the fourth and an RBI single in the seventh.
COACHES QUOTE: “It was a pitcher’s battle for awhile. In the fourth inning we finally started stringing hits together. It was a good win for us on the road.” — Byng coach Shawn Streater.
Team Records: Byng 5-0
Up Next: Byng vs. teams from Florida and Alabama in Florida Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; Byng at Tecumseh, Monday, March 26, 5 p.m.
At Elmore City
Elmore City 4, Stratford 1
STRATFORD 100 000 0 — 1 8 4
ELMORE CITY 010 201 x — 4 6 2
Alix Vanlandingham and Randy Brown. Harrelll and Collins. WP-Harrell. LP-Vanlandingham (1-2). 2B-Vanlandingham (S). HL-Vanlandingham 1-3, Tyler Gaines 1-3, RBI; Dakota Noland 2-3 (S); Burks 2-4, Ratchford 2-3 (E).
NOTEWORTHY: Alix Vanlandingham allowed only six hits and one earned run, but four Stratford errors led to three unearned runs as the Bulldogs dropped a tough one on the road.
COACHES QUOTE: “We wasted a good pitching performance. Alix pitched well but we made errors behind him, and we outhit them but we couldn’t get them with people on base.” — Stratford coach Mark Qualls.
Team Records: Stratford 6-2
Up Next: Stratford vs. Classen, 4:30 p.m., Dibble at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Dibble Tournament.
At Stonewall
Coleman 13, Stonewall 1
COLEMAN 101 038 — 13 10 1
STONEWALL 000 010 — 1 2 10
Adams, Evans (5) and Miller. Marcus Sandy, Morre Prince (6) and Jordan Curtis. WP-Adams. LP-Sandy (1-1). HR-Miller (C). 2B-Miller, Evans (C), Sandy (S). HL-Miller 3-4, 2 RS, 5 RBIs; Adams 2-3, 2 RS, RBI (C); Sandy 1-3, RBI; Curtis 1-2 (S).
NOTEWORTHY: Coleman (No. 6 in Class B) outhit the host Longhorns, 10-2, and took advantage of 10 Stonewall errors en route to the run-rule victory. Losing pitcher Marcus Sandy drove in the only Stonewall run with a fifth-inning double.
COACHES QUOTE: “Coleman is a really good club they kept the ball in play all night and we just flat couldn’t handle it.” — Stonewall coach Chuck Barton.
Team Records: Stonewall 3-1
Up Next: Stonewall vs. Soper, 12 noon, vs. Asher, 4 p.m. Tuesday at Tupelo Festival.
At Roff
Latta 14, Roff 2
LATTA 007 025 — 14 9 0
ROFF 002 000 — 2 4 3
Bryce Harris, Brett Jennings (3) and Zac Dansby, Harris (3). Dakota Schafer, Trucker Lee (3), Andrew Anderson (6) and Eddie Lomas. WP-Harris (1-0). LP-Schafer. HR-Dansby, Jake Collins, Kade Hayes (L). 2B-Brandon Mills, Harris, Trent Storts (L). HL-Mills 2-5, 2 RS, Jennings 1-3, 3 RBIs, 2 RS, 7 Ks (L); Lomas 2-3, Lee 1-3, 2 RBIs (R).
