Lady Horns, Lady Dragons, Longhorns secure diamond triumphs

April 22, 2022 at 10:17 pm Derrick Stuckly

The District 8-3A softball runner-up Early Lady Horns finished their regular season with a 14-0 home victory over Dublin Friday.

Teagan Lopez tossed a five-inning no-hitter for Early (23-6, 11-3) with 10 strikeouts and three walks.

At the plate, the Lady Horns tallied two runs in each of the first two innings, seven in the third and tacked on three more runs in the fourth.

The 12-hit onslaught included two, including a triple, and three RBIs from Taylor Summers; a pair of hits and two RBIs from Grace LaRue; two and an RBI from Jordan Simmons; a pair, including a triple, from Lopez; a hit and two RBIs from Marissa Reedy; a triple and an RBI from Stoney Laughlin; a single and an RBI from Jordyn McIntire; and a hit from Trinity Torrez.

The Lady Horns will face either Henrietta or Jacksboro out of District 7-3A in the bi-district round of the playoffs, as the two teams finished the regular season tied for third place.

Meanwhile, the Bangs Lady Dragons shut down Eastland, 4-1, and moved back into a tie for third place in the 8-3A standings with Peaster, which fell at Comanche, 12-11.

Bangs (14-8, 9-5) and Peaster (10-7, 9-5) will meet at 5 p.m. Saturday in Eastland to determine the district’s third and fourth playoff seeds.

In the Lady Dragons’ win, Bangs broke a 1-all tie with a run in the bottom of the third inning, then tacked on two insurance runs in the fourth.

Bangs mustered just four hits – two from Abby Wolf and one each from Jacee Miller and Sierra Lorah – but drew 10 walks. Wolf and Lorah collected RBIs for the Lady Dragons.

Wolf also went the distance in the circle, giving up one run on five hits with 11 strikeouts and one walk.

In District 8-3A baseball action Friday, the Early Longhorns defeated Dublin, 10-2, to move to 10-2 against league foes and 15-4 for the season.

Also Friday, the Bangs Dragons were dealt a 17-10 setback by Eastland to tumble to 1-11 in the league standings and 5-14 for the season.

Further information on both baseball games was not available.

The Longhorns will visit the Dragons at 7 p.m. Tuesday.