LATTA — Things didn’t look particularly good for the Latta High School softball during most of their matchup with Davis Tuesday at the Lady Panther Classic.
The Lady Wolves jumped out to an early 6-0 lead and pushed their advantage to 10-1 through four complete innings.
However, coach Jeremy Bates watched his squad put together an improbable comeback, scoring four runs in the bottom of the fifth and six more in the sixth to clip Davis 11-10.
There was far less drama for Latta in its second festival game — a 16-3 win over Plainview.
Latta, ranked No. 6 in Class 4A, improved to 10-4. Davis left town at an even 7-7 and the Class 5A Lady Indians also dropped to 7-7. The Lady Panthers are scheduled to host Class 5A Bristow at 5 p.m. Thursday
Latta 11, Davis 10
The Lady Panthers comeback got started with a Rylee Jones two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning. Lilli Hudson later belted a two-run double that got Latta within 10-5.
After Latta left the bases full of Lady Wolves in the top of the sixth, the rally continued in the bottom half of the inning.
The Lady Panthers opened the sixth frame with four consecutive singles by Ayzia Booth, Taryn Cotanny Taylor Cotanny and Jayse Smith to produce the first run.
Savannah Senkel knocked in another run with a one-out base hit to get Latta within 10-7.
Audrey Forshay then cracked a two-run double to center field and Senkel raced home on an error during the play that tied the game at 10-10. Forshay raced home on a sacrifice fly by Kieranie Williams to give Latta its first lead of the game.
Davis went quietly in the top of the seventh and Latta polished off the victory.
Booth and Jones had three hits each in a 19-hit LHS barrage. Both went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored and Jones finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs.
Forshay ended up 2-for-3 with two RBIs, a walk and two runs scored and Senkel finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
Hudson finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Stacie Williams and Taylor Cotanny added two hits each.
Davis piled up 15 hits in the contest, led by Kensley Barnes who went 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored. Kamryn Martin finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored and Mattie Morton ended up 2-for-4 with a double, four RBIs and a run scored. Kadyn Griffin finished 3-for-3 and scored a run for the Lady Wolves.
Latta 16, Plainview 3
The Lady Panthers put the game away with nine runs in the bottom of the second inning to build a quick 13-1 lead.
Savannah Senkel, Stacie Williams and Lilli Hudson all hit home runs for Latta. Senkel finished 2-for-2 with a walk, five RBIs and three runs scored, Hudson went 2-for-3 with four RBIs and two runs scored and Williams finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs in the 16-hit LHS attack.
Taryn Cotanny went 2-for-2 with a double and two RBIs and Audrey Forshay went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored. Rylee Jones had two hits, including a double, drove in a run and scored twice from the top of the LHS lineup.
Landree Upshaw cracked a two-run homer for Plainview, who finished with six total hits.
Stonewall rolls at Coleman Festival
COLEMAN — The Stonewall Lady Longhorns scored 33 runs in seven innings en route to a pair of victories Tuesday at the Coleman Festival.
Stonewall knocked off the host Lady Wildcats 18-6 in the opener before pushing past Pittsburg 15-3 in Game 2.
Coach Shanna Sanders’ club climbed back to .500 at 7-7 with the two wins. Coleman, ranked No. 10 in Class B, fell to 7-6 and Pittsburg dipped to 5-10.
The Lady Longhorns are at the Tishomingo Festival this evening where they’ll battle the host Lady Indians (No. 15 in Class 4A) and local foe Stratford (No. 10 in Class 4A).
Stonewall heads to the Byng Festival Friday where ...
