The Hooks Lady Hornets and the DeKalb Lady Bears won their Bi-District championships last week and have advanced on to Area round play this week.
The Lady Hornets found easy pickins in their Bi-District round match as they took care of the Daingerfield Lady Tigers in two games.
The district champion Hooks Lady Hornets destroyed the Daingerfield Lady Tigers in Game One of their best of three series by a score of 15-0.
The scoring onslaught was fueled by an eight run 3rd inning fueled by a run scoring triple from Keeli Harris and a two-run dinger off the bat of Madison Lewis. Zoe Herring, Hope Rankin and Serenity Gooden each also had RBI’s in the frame.
Peyton Morgan earned the win on the bump for Hooks with two innings of shutout ball to start the game.
The Lady Hornets then won Game Two 8-5 fueled by a three RBI performance from Harris and two runs brought in by Grant. Harris had an inside the park homerun in the game.
The Lady Hornets now face Arp on Thursday night at Pine Tree with Game One scheduled for 5 p.m.
The DeKalb Lady Bears also earned a first round win and advanced to the next round with a pair of wins over New Diana.
The Lady Bears won their first game with a dramatic come from behind 7-5 victory over New Diana and then took the series with a 10-0 shutout.
The Lady Bears trailed 5-1 going into their half of the 5th inning in Game One, but came back to score twice in the bottom of the 5th and four times in the bottom of the 6th to earn the win.
Kaydee Brown and TT Ingram provided the juice with their bats as Brown had three RBI’s and a dinger and Ingram also had a homerun and a pair of RBI’s.
On the hill, Brown struck out seven and allowed just two earned runs to notch the victory.
In Game Two, Brown struckout seven on her way to three hit shutout win and Zoey Farris led the way at the plate with a four hit, four RBI performance.
The Lady Bears will face Grand Saline this week with a best of three series played at Paris High. Game One is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Thursday and Game Two also at 6 p.m. on Friday.
In other action Thursday night, the Maud Lady Cardinals saw their season come to a close at the hands of the ladies from Como-Pickton and the Redwater Lady Dragons fell in their one and done playoff matchup with the Hughes Springs Lady Mustangs by a score of 4-3.
