Lady Longhorns have solid showing in OKC
Mar. 26—OKLAHOMA CITY — The Stonewall Lady Longhorns hope to ride the momentum of a successful trip to the 2024 Oklahoma Slow Pitch Showdown into the 2024 Beast of the East Tournament.
The annual mega softball event is scheduled to begin Thursday and run through Saturday. Tupelo will help Stonewall host games on the first day before all the action moves to the two SHS fields for the remainder of the tournament. The 24-team field contains eight teams that earned trips to the state fastpitch tournament last fall.
At the OKC event — hosted by Hall of Fame Stadium — on Saturday, Stonewall pounded Cleveland 17-2 before scooting past Vici 11-8. The Lady Longhorns ended the day with a 19-9 setback to Canute.
Stonewall improved to 4-10 on the season while Canute improved to 5-4, Vici sank to 2-7 and Cleveland left down at 3-11.
Stonewall 17, Cleveland 2
The Lady Longhorns outscored the Lady Tigers 13-0 over the final three innings — including an 8-0 outburst in the top of the fourth — to end the game early.
Lilly Wyche hit a pair of three-run homers for Stonewall, which piled up 20 total hits in the game. She finished 3-for-4 with a double, seven RBIs and three runs scored from the top of the SHS batting order.
Sierra Lumbert finished 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored and Madi Davis also had three hits, drove in two runs and scored once for the Lady Longhorns.
Faith Ross went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored and Kaylee Ross ended up 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBIs and three runs scored. Mea Cortez and Landree Dye also chipped in two hits apiece for the locals. Kaden Alford ripped a triple and drove in a run for Stonewall.
Kamdyn Harrold and Rielly Walker both had hits and scored a run to pace Cleveland at the plate.
Stonewall 11, Vici 8
Coach Chase Tidwell's bunch scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to build an 11-4 lead. But the Lady Indians made things interesting by scoring three runs in the sixth and one more run in the seventh before the rally fell short.
Kadyn Sutton led an 11-hit Stonewall offense, going 3-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and a run scored. Lilly Wyche finished 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two runs scored.
Faith Ross ended up 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored and Kaylee Ross also had two hits, knocked in a run and scored twice for the locals.
Vici finished with nine hits, including a 2-for-3 effort by Raquel Todd, who drove in two runs. Zoey Jennings went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs and Molly McGehee finished 1-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored for the Lady Indians.
Canute 19, Stonewall 9
The game was knotted at 9-9 before Canute exploded for 10 runs in the top of the sixth inning to pull away. The Lady Longhorns committed three errors during the late CHS volley.
Lilly Wyche continued to have a hot bat for the Lady Longhorns. She finished 2-for-3 with a three-run homer, a walk and three runs scored.
Sierra Lumbert went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs. Landree Dye, Kaylee Ross and Kaden Alford also had two hits apiece. Dye scored twice and Madi Davis went 1-for-3 with two RBIs for Tidwell's club.
Taylor Polensky led a 20-hit Canute barrage, going 4-for-5 with a home run, a double, seven RBIs and three runs scored. Kendall Schuster went 4-for-5 with a double and five RBIs and Emily Cantwell finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored.
