By Sandy Anderberg
Excitement was the name of the game in the Lady Broncos’ duel to the end with the Claude Lady Mustangs last week.
After shifting the lead back and forth for the duration, the Lady Broncos came out on top 11-9 in the seven-inning game. Allyson Hogan came to the plate with Clarendon trailing by one run at 8-9. Her count was two balls and one strike and on the next pitch, Hogan slammed the homerun beyond the fence to drive in two runners and herself to give the Lady Broncos the win.
“We came to the last bat trailing,” head coach Gary Jack said. “Our first player made an out and the next two walked and then advanced to second and third on a passed ball. Then Allyson was up to the plate, and she hit it over the cars parked outside the fence for the three-run walk off.”
Jack gave credit to Sterling King for her job on the mound.
“Sterling pitched the first five innings and did a great job,” Jack said. “Taylor DeGrate pitched the last two innings and did well.”
According to Jack, Brooke Martin, DeGrate, Taylor Gaines, Hogan, and Brittney McAnear hit the ball well.
“Brooke made some good catches in the outfield, while both Taylors, Briley Chadwick and Sterling played good defense in the infield,” Jack said. “This (win) puts us at 7-2 in District and in second place alone, one game behind Follett.” The Lady Broncos are looking to begin post-season play next week.
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