Boyd drops into losers’ bracket
In the second round of the District 9-A tournament Saturday at Forrest, the Lady Broncos committed six errors against Cascade, which helped the Lady Champions to a 12-2 win over Boyd Christian.
Cassie Wanamaker took the loss for the Lady Broncos, giving up seven hits and five walks while fanning six. Lauren Carter got the win for Cascade, giving up five hits and two runs.
Cascade sent one run across the plate in the top of the first after a two-out error put a runner in scoring position. The next batter doubled to center to give the Lady Champions a 1-0 lead.
Boyd answered in the top of the second, when Danna Wells singled with one out. Sara Buckner moved the runner on a fielder’s choice. Olivia Majors singled to score Wells. Kelsey Jones followed with a RBI single as Boyd took a 2-1 lead.
Cascade regained the lead in the top of the third, with errors once again hurting the Lady Broncos. A one-out single, followed by two errors, sent two runs across the plate to put Cascade back on top 3-2.
Two more runs crossed the plate for the Lady Champions in the fourth. Back-to-back doubles, a walk and an error put Cascade out in front 5-2. Boyd went down in order in the bottom of the fourth.
A leadoff double followed by a single, a walk and back-to-back errors put the Lady Champions on top 8-2 before Boyd got out of the inning in the fifth. In the bottom of the fifth Boyd once again was retired in order.
In the top of the sixth back-to-back errors put runners in scoring position with no outs. A fielder’s choice followed by a single scored three runs. A walk and another Lady Bronco mistake sent one more run to the plate before Boyd recorded the third out.
Boyd’s Leah Walker reached on an error with two outs in the bottom of the sixth. But the next batter went down swinging to end the game, sending the Lady Broncos to the losers’ bracket.
For the Lady Broncos, Wanamaker, Walker, Wells, Majors and Jones had one hit each.
Results from Monday and Tuesday’s action will be in Friday’s edition of the Southern Standard.