Thurs., Feb. 29
Lady Tiders 28, Doyline 9
Minden’s Lady Tiders scored 15 runs on 10 hits in the top of the fourth inning on their way to a 28-9 shellacking of the Doyline Lady Panthers in local high school softball action Thursday.
Inside-the-park home runs by Minden’s Leigha Kennon-Gilbert and Lizzie Balkom were the big hits in the Lady Tiders’ big inning. Also collecting hits in the frame were Kae Williams, Sky Savage, Lindsay Ryan, Belle Douglass, Kylie Ryan and Tatum Oliver.
Doyline put four runs across in the bottom of the fourth, but Minden came back with eight more in the top of the fifth to put the game out of reach.
Minden collected 18 hits in the game with Kennon-Gilbert and Savage each picking up four hits. Douglass, Williams and Balkom each had multiple hits.
Doyline’s Karmadie Bartlett had two hits in four at bats to lead the Lady Panthers. The team also had 10 stolen bases in the game.
Lakeside ladies 17, D’Arbonne 3
Lakeside’s Lady Warriors downed the D’Arbonne Woods Lady Woods 17-3 Thursday on the strength of 15 runs in the first inning.
Doubles by Lakeside’s Izzy Vise and Paiton Levesque were the big hits in the inning. Bases loaded walks and a pair of batters hit by pitches contributed to the scoring. The Lady Warriors picked up 13 walks in the game along with five stolen bases.
Levesque had three RBI for Lakeside while Vise and Maggie Mandino had a hit apiece.
D’Arbonne Woods’ Jacie Ledford and Jaylin Williams had one hit each.
Glenbrook Lady Apaches 11, Calvin Cougars 7
Gabi Brown collected three hits in four at-bats, as Glenbrook Lady Apaches defeated Calvin Lady Cougars Thursday.
Brown hit a solo home run to left field in the fifth inning, doubled in the sixth and doubled in the third.
An error put the Lady Apaches on the board in the bottom of the second. A home run to center field by Vivian Still game Glenbrook the lead 4-1 in then bottom of the third.
They added four more runs in the bottom of the fifth on four hits. Still hit a sacrifice fly scoring one run, Brown hit a solo home run to left field, Gracie Heard singled, scoring one run and Hadley Haynes singled scoring one run.
Rebecca Mosley earned the win. The righty surrendered eight hits and seven runs (four earned) over seven innings, striking out six and walking five.
The ladies piled up 12 hits in the game. Still provided pop in the middle of the lineup and the ladies had four runs batted in. Ellie Earnhardt and Heard each collected multi hits.
Fri., March 1
Minden High School Lady Tiders 15, North Caddo 4
Lizzie Balom collected three hits in three at-bats as Minden High School Lady Tiders defeated North Caddo Friday. Balkoom singled twice in the first inning and once in the third.
Lindsay Ryan struck out 11 batters on the day. The starting pitcher also surrendered four hits and four runs over five innings while walking five.
The Lady Tiders jumped out to the lead in the bottom of the first after Kylie Ryan singled, scoring one run, Jacey Adams singled scoring one run, Balkom singled scoring two runs, Kaydree Kemp drew a walk, scoring one run, an error scored two runs, Ryan grounded out scoring one run and Balkom singled again, scoring another run.
An error and a single by Balkom helped MHS extend their early leading the third.
The Lady Tiders amassed 10 hits in the game. Ryan and Brooklyn Edwards collected multiple hits. The team tallied seven walks for the game.
Glenbrook 14, Northwood 4
Glenbrook Lady Apaches trailed by as many as four, but came back to top Northwood Lady Falcons Friday.\
The Lady Falcons got on the board in the top of the first with a home run and an Apache-committed error that scored one run.
Vivian Still homered to left field, which helped Glenbrook tie the game at four in the bottom of the third.
An error gave Glenbrook the lead 7-4 in the bottom of the fourth.
The ladies scored seven runs on four hits in the bottom of the fifth. Audrey Frye singled scoring two runs, Ellie Earnhardt hit a sacrifice fly scoring one run, Chloe Gregg singled scoring one run, Gabi Brown hit a sacrifice fly scoring one run and Rebecca Mosley singled scoring two runs.
Mosley earned the win. The righty allowed three hits and four runs (one earned) over five innings, striking out seven and walking one.
Glenbrook tallied 11 hits in the game. Gregg, Hadley Haynes and Mosley each collected two hits. Still drove the middle of the lineup, leading with three runs batted in. The catcher went 1-for-3 on the day. They amassed six walks and stole five bases.
Sat., March 2
MHS Lady Tiders 12, Capt. Shreve Gators 1
The bottom of the lineup helped Minden High School Lady Tiders capture a victory of Capt. Shreve Gators Saturday.
Jacey Adams, Kate Williams and Brooklyn Edwards combined for four of the team’s seven hits. They scored five runs and drove in four.
The Lady Tiders scored seven runs in the first inning. Lizzie Balkom singled scoring one run, Adams singled scoring one run, an error scored one run, Williams doubled scoring three runs and Leigha Kennon-Gilbert singled scoring one run.
The Lady Tiders added to their early lead in the bottom of the second inning when an error scored one run, Edwards doubled scoring two runs and a steal of home scored one run.
Kyle Ryan stepped in the circle first for MHS. The starting pitcher surrendered two hits and one run over five innings, striking out five and walking six.
Adams and Balkom were a force together in the lineup as they each collected two hits while hitting back to back. Williams, the number nine hitter, led the way with two runs batted in. She went 1-for-3 for the day. Kennon-Gilbert stole two of the seven stolen bases for the game, and the Tide turned one double play.
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