Cascade hands Boyd District 9-A shutout

Lady Bronco catcher Leah Walker attempts to block the plate as Cascade?s shortstop Heather Lemmon slides in for the Lady Champions? third run of the game Thursday.

The first two innings remained scoreless, but the Lady Broncos had a chance to get on the board in the bottom of the second when Cassie Wanamaker led off with a double, but was left stranded.

Boyd ran into trouble in the top of the third. Three hits by Cascade and two errors by the Lady Broncos put the Lady Champions up 2-0.

For Boyd Kelcey Hall doubled with one out, but once again the Lady Broncos left the runner on.

Cascade added one run in the top of the fourth off of two hits and two more runs in the top of the fifth off of three hits and two walks.

Wanamaker reached in the bottom of the inning on a single to left with two outs, but Boyd failed to move the runner.

Cascade scored two runs in the fifth off of four hits, including a home run from Jackson. Wanamaker got out of trouble with bases loaded by getting the strike out to end the inning.

Hall tripled deep to left with two outs in the bottom of the inning , but once again the runner was left stranded.

Cascade sent two more runs to the plate in the top of the sixth to make it a 8-0 game. Kasie Polombo single to get the Lady Broncos off to a good start in the bottom of the inning, but the next three batters went down in order.

The Lady Champions added one run to the board in the top of the seventh and Boyd went down in order in the its half of the inning.