Lady Broncos rack up wins at tournament

By Sandy Anderberg

The Lady Bronco softball team had a busy two weeks as they played several games in the Childress and Randall tournaments.

On March 1, the ladies defeated Caprock JV 13-3, clobbered Hereford JV 20-1, and put away Palo Duro JV 20-0. On the second, they won 15-0 over River Road JV and breezed by Amarillo JV at 13-1. They suffered a close loss to Sunray on the fifth at 4-5 and defeated Amarillo JV 9-3 on March 7. Also on the seventh, the ladies shut out Bowie JV 23-0.

Kennadie Cummins went the distance on the mound and allowed only four hits, three runs, and had 10 strikeouts to get the win. The team had 17 hits in the game with Bayleigh Bruce, Elliot Frausto, and K. Cummins adding three hits apiece. Frausto slammed a homerun and nabbed six stolen bases.

The Lady Broncos annihilated Hereford JV in their next game with a huge third inning where they put 12 runs on the board to end the game in three. Tandie Cummins went start to finish on the mound throwing 29 strikes out of 41 pitches. She only allowed three hits and one run in the game and connected with the ball for a grand-slam homerun to center field in the top of the third scoring Laney Rummel, K. Cummins, and Gracie Wilkins. The Lady Broncos made good use of their bats at the plate and finished with 13 RBIs.

Four innings is all it took for the ladies to shut out the Palo Duro JV on Friday. They had 13 hits and zero errors in the win. Shelbi Coles took over the duties on the mound and earned the win. Coles was on her game and threw 36 strikes in her 45 pitches and made good on seven strikeouts.

Offensively, their bats were hot with T. Cummins hitting a single and two doubles and Maloree Wann with two singles. Shelby Christopher had a single and a double and Cambree Smith had singles in the game. Wann and Riley Jantz had one stolen base each.
The River Road game was almost identical to the Palo Duro game with the ladies scoring five runs in each of the three innings. T. Cummins and Coles shared the duties on the mound with nine total strikeouts. T. Cummins earned another homerun along with a triple and three RBIs and Elyza Rodriguez and Coles added a triple and two RBIs each in the win.

Graci Smith went three for three from the plate in the win over Amarillo JV, posting two doubles, one homerun, and five RBIs. T. Cummins and K. Cummins had a homerun apiece and accounted for three more RBIs and five runs.

The Lady Broncos held a one-run lead over the Sunray Lady Cats going into the fourth but struggled to connect with the ball until the seventh inning. Errors also plagued the team as they finished with seven mistakes in the game. K. Cummins took the loss on the mound, allowing five runs on six hits, while striking out 13 batters.

Offensively, the ladies had two singles, two doubles, and three triples in the game, but left too many runners on the bases.
The ladies were able to rebound nicely in the win over Amarillo High JV with T. Cummins on the mound for six innings. Cummins allowed six hits and three runs and had 11 strikeouts in the win.

The Cummins duo posted a homerun each and accounted for five hits, four RBIs, and five runs. Fausto had two hits, and two RBIs and Wilkins had two hits, one run, and two RBIs. Rodriguez had two hits, one RBI, and two runs. Overall, the Lady Broncos posted four stolen bases.
Solid hitting was the name of the game in the shut out over Bowie JV with 12 total hits, 18 RBIs, and 23 runs in the game. Wilkins had a single, double, and triple, accounting for two RBIs and three runs. Bruce’s bat was strong with a double and triple and five RBIs with five runs. Rodriguez had four RBIs and three runs and Wann finished with two runs and a base on balls. K. Cummins and Coles split time on the mound and together three 26 strikes in 31 pitches with six strikeouts.

The Lady Broncos will play Gruver at home on Friday, March 15 at 1:00 and travel to Randall on the 16th also beginning at 1:00. On Tuesday, March 19, the ladies will play at Stinnett against West Texas with the first pitch at 4:00.