Three teams ousted from girls? 7&8 tournament

Mason and Mears Properties and Walker Sod Farm stayed alive in the girls? 7- and 8-year-old coach-pitch tournament Thursday night, while Security Federal, U.S. Equipment and Rock Island Manufacturing were eliminated.

Security Federal opened Thursday?s session of the tournament with a comeback win over U.S. Equipment in the losers? bracket, scoring seven runs over the final two innings to win 21-19.

Security Federal had a 5-1 lead after an inning, and both teams scored four in the second and five in the fifth before U.S. Equipment put together a nine-run fourth. The eventual winners countered with four runs in the bottom of the fourth, however, and came back to win the game with three runs in the bottom of the fifth.

Allison Cutrell went 4-for-4 with a homer, while Alexis Crouch, Bethany Porter, Emma Holmes, Madison Mason, Sarah Panter and Ella Hale also had four hits apiece. Amber McCollough and Kali Bennett added three hits each.

For U.S. Equipment, Haley McColloch, Ashlee Martin, Morgan Price, Brooke Murphy and Abby Clark all had three hits, while Breanna Forth, Hailey Taylor, Rylee Hilliard, Shelbie McCormack and Madison Taylor had two and Autumn Daniel had one.

Walker Sod Farm took the field next, and put together 32 hits to take an 18-8 win over RIMCO.

Kaylee Hillis was 5-for-5 in Walker?s winning effort, which included four-hit games from Ericka Turner, Lindsey Cox, Livia Walker and Lauren Hennessee. Alyssa Ledbetter and Julian Sullivan had three hits each, Brittany McKinley and Lexie Saylors added two apiece, and Jaylyn Richardson added one.

Jailyn Bolding went 5-for-5 for RIMCO, while Paige Merriman was 4-for-4 with a homer and Raylie Pack went 4-for-4. Tatum Young added three hits, while Madeline Haston, Amber Bryant and Cassie Merriman had two apiece and Alexis Brackley added one.

Thursday?s final game saw Security Federal return to action, but despite a five-run sixth inning, they were unable to rally past Mason and Mears, who won 21-17.

Mason and Mears? 30-hit night was led by Eden Fryar, Tyla Adcock and Hannah Mason, who all went 5-for-5. Ty Ramirez and Imani Drake had four hits each, Alicia Johnson added three, and both Kaylyn Guzman and Ivy Johnson had two hits.

Security Federal?s Cutrell went 5-for-5, while Crouch, Holmes and Mason had four hits apiece. McCollough and Hale added three each, Porter had two hits and Panter chipped in one.

The tournament was scheduled to continue on Monday night, with the losers? bracket final and championship game set for Thursday.