Calera exploded for seven runs in the second inning to break open a tight contest and cruised past Rock Creek, 12-4, in Bryan County slow pitch action last week.
The host Lady Bulldogs scored three times in the opening frame fueled by a Rilyn Teafatiller double before Rock Creek answered with three tallies of its own to tie the game in the top of the second. A pair of walks sandwiched around a Mahlia Venegas single loaded the bases for a key Maddie Williams double.
Coach Randy Ellevold’s squad responded with six hits in the second to take command as Auhnesty Maytubby provided the biggest blow on a triple to right. Chanah Palmer, Aaliyah Bussard, Kaira Beller, Tori Allmon and Makenna Owens each singled and the Lady Bulldogs also capitalized on two Rock Creek errors.
Rock Creek got one run back in the third as Jeslyn O’Dell singled and scored on a Calera miscue but that proved to be the final Lady Mustang tally of the game. Aaliyah Wesley and Teafatiller notched RBI hits in the fourth to cap the scoring and set up the run rule.
Calera notched 12 hits, three of which came from Maytubby along with three runs scored. Teafatiller and Beller had two hits and two RBI apiece while Wesley notched a hit and three batted in. Allmon, Owens, Palmer and Bussard also ended with one hit.
Williams led the way with three hits and two driven in for Rock Creek. O’Dell tallied a pair of hits with one each from Venegas, Attisyn Knight, Emma Gann, Sadie Cress and Ana Ojeda.
Silo Softball
The Lady Rebels romped into the Washington Invitational semifinals with five straight impressive victories before running into Class 6A unbeaten and topranked Mustang.
In the finale, they actually led 5-4 in the third inning before watching the Lady Broncos erupt for 10 runs in the bottom of the stanza on the way to a 15-5 victory.
Silo opened the event by rallying past Westmoore (54) as Maddix Sander led the way at the plate with a pair of extra base hits and two batted in.
Jayci Webb drove in four as Paetyn Garrett and Paislee Johnson tossed in two hits apiece in a 16-0 thumping of Cache. They followed with an 11-2 destruction of Ripley to close out pool action as Connie Tubby and Neely House accounted for three hits each.
The Lady Rebels tallied 10 more hits in only three stanzas to throttle Norman North (12-1) in the bracket play lid lifter. Tubby smacked a home run as part of her two hits and knocked in four runs. Paetyn and Parri Garrett both posted two hits in the Silo victory.
In the quarterfinals, Silo scored five times in the final two innings to win a 9-7 slugfest over McLoud while riding the strength of four Tubby hits, including a homer and two RBI. Kostina Tubby also notched two hits with a home run while Webb and Kamrey Hendricks tallied two hits as well.
House posted a pair of home runs and drove in five in the semifinal loss to Mustang.
