District champs

The Lady Broncos did it again with an unblemished District record at a perfect 10-0 and won the District Championship.

Last week the ladies knocked off Follett, Booker, and McLean plus defeating the Alumni to go 23-4 overall and 10-0 in District play.

In the first game of the week, the Lady Broncos smashed Follett in five innings at 20-0. Junior pitcher Danielle Ford and Jency Burton were on the mound, and Ford got the win to increase her record to 18-1 for the year.

Dominique Mason was behind the plate. After scoring nine runs in the first inning, the Broncos added 10 more in the second. They added one more in the fifth to seal the win. Follett was unable to get anything going offensively.

“Caitlyn Christopher hit a grand slam in the game,” head coach Gary Jack said. “She also added a double, two singles, and drove in nine runs. It was a big game for her.”
On Wednesday, the Lady Broncos took on Booker and stopped them 7-3. The ladies struck first in the opening inning and put one run on the board. They added another in the third, but let the Lady Kiowas score three runs to take the lead. But the ladies battled hard and were able to add two runs in each of the fourth and sixth innings to get the win.

Once again Ford and Mason teamed up on the mound and behind the plate.

“We had one bad play where we had three errors, and they scored their three runs,” Jack said. “We hit the ball well against them, but left people on base.”

The Lady Broncos played back-to-back games and traveled quite a bit and Jack thought that might have made them a little out of their rhythm.

On Friday, the ladies took on McLean and defeated them 8-3.

“Once again we played well and were really one hit away from getting a run-rule on them,” Jack said. “We played pretty decent.”

Saturday, the Lady Broncos played their annual Alumni game and won 11-1.

“We had nine or ten come back and play the Alumni game,” Jack said. “We did well against them, but they did a good job, too. Danielle (Ford) struck out eight hitters, but they were able to start hitting later in the game. It was a really fun game for us and it has been a good year so far.”

Because the Lady Broncos are District Champs they will receive a bye in the first round of the playoffs. They will play their first post-season game in a couple of weeks. They are planning a warm-up game, but that is yet to be announced.