In typical East Webster and Eupora fashion, a fast-pitch softball game turned into a classic Webster County battle.
Eupora had to hold off a late rally by East Webster and got a diving catch from Haley Farley to end the game and take a 7-6 win on Thursday night.
Eupora will play a pair of road games this week as they play at Vardaman on Tuesday and at Choctaw County on Friday.
East Webster will travel to Bruce on Tuesday and host Calhoun City on Thursday. The Lady Wolverines will travel to Louisville on Friday to finish out the week and will travel to Eupora next Tuesday in a rematch with the Lady Eagles.
Eupora 7, East Webster 6
The Lady Eagles built a big lead early and had to hold off a late charge by the Lady Wolverines to take a one-run win on Thursday.
Eupora scored two in the first, second and fourth innings and led 6-1 after four innings. Eupora scored one in the top of the fifth before East scored three in the fifth and two in the sixth.
“It was very intense and winning the way we did, it was a big win for our team and the program,” Eupora coach Amir Hunt said. “I was proud of the girls. We are getting better as the season is going on. We made a huge play to end the game. They had runners on second and third and Haley Farley made a diving catch in center field to end the game. It was very intense."
Eupora had 12 hits as Alley Reed was 3-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and two RBIs. Patience Bingham was 2-for-3 with two runs scored while Haley Farley was 2-for-4 with a run scored.
Harper Doggett started for Eupora in the circle and pitched 5 1/3 innings, giving up six hits, only two earned on 12 hits and four walks. Meleah Pogue pitched the final 1 2/3 innings and struck out two.
Keely McKnight was 2-for-2 with two runs scored while Sydney Dewberry was 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Lady Wolverines. Katelee Box was 2-for-4 with a run scored while Peyton Flora was 2-for-5 with a run scored. Coy Jennings had a double, two walks and two RBIs. Emma McKee also had an RBI single while Whitney Winter singled and scored a run.
Liz Massey pitched all seven innings for the Lady Wolverines and gave up seven runs, only three earned on 10 hits and two walks while striking out five.
Eupora 15, Louisville 5
The Lady Eagles opened the week with a run-rule victory over the Lady Wildcats on Tuesday.
"We didn’t play a junior varsity game but we were able to play a lot of kids,” Hunt said. “We knew we had a big game coming up with East Webster so it was good to be able to play a lot of players.”
Kylie Richardson was 2-for-3 at the plate to lead the Lady Eagles with a double and a single. Haley Farley, Meleah Pogue, Marliegh Abbott, Haylee McCrory, Harper Doggett, Addison Mason and Rylee Crowell also had hits in the contest.
Saltillo 6, East Webster 1
The Lady Tigers scored three runs in the second and never looked back as they took a five-run win on Monday over the Lady Wolverines.
After scoring three in the second, Saltillo added one in the third, fourth and sixth innings. East scored its only run in the sixth inning.
The Lady Wolverines had three hits and committed three errors.
Katelee Box had a double while Coy Jennings and Peyton Flora also singled. Curtlyn Blake scored East’s only run on an RBI by Josie Reed.
Liz Massey started in the circle and pitched six innings, giving up five runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out two.
