H.S. Softball: Reed, Moore help Abilene Wylie finish off Plainview
LUBBOCK – Mycala Reed hit a grand slam and finished with five RBIs, while Rylee Moore tossed a one-hitter as Abilene Wylie finished off Plainview with a 10-0 victory Saturday to sweep the Region I-5A bi-district softball playoff series at Lubbock Christian University.
Wylie (28-6), which won the opener 11-1 in five innings on Friday, advances to play El Paso Parkland (19-17) in the area round next week.
Game 1 of that series will be 6:30 p.m. Friday at Odessa High. Game 2 is noon Saturday at Odessa High, and a third game, if needed, would be played after Game 2.
The Matadors beat El Paso Chapin 11-9 in a decisive Game 3 on Saturday to reach the second round for the first time in seven years. Chapin won the series opener 13-2 on Friday, but Parkland evened the series with a 6-5 win on Saturday to force a winner-take-all game.
The Wylie/Parkland winner plays the Abilene High (27-5)/El Paso Hanks (34-1) winner in the region quarterfinals.
Two-time defending region champion Aledo will most likely be waiting in the region semifinals, barring an upset.
Wylie, a region semifinalist last year, outhit Plainview 22-2 in sweeping the series, which ended with a five-inning, mercy rule game.
Moore struck out eight and walked two in five innings. Liliana Vaquera led off the second with Plainview’s only hit.
Reed doubled and scored in the first inning, and her grand slam capped a five-run second for a 6-0 lead.
Reed doubled in a run and scored in a three-run fourth, and Moore ended the game with a two-out, RBI single in the bottom of the fifth.
Reed, Wylie’s leadoff hitter, went 3-for-4 and scored three runs. Reese Farrar (2-3, RBI), Kynslee George (2-3, RBI, two runs), Hanna Hood (1-3, RBI), Halli Russell (1-3, two runs) and Jadyn Fernandez (1-3, run) all contributed to Wylie’s 12-hit attack.
Fernandez drove in three runs, while Farrar pitched a one-hitter and struck out 14 in Friday’s win. Cameron Gregory (2-3) also had two RBIs, while Hood homered.
This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: Abilene Wylie sweeps Plainview in Region I-5A bi-district softball
