The Lockney Lady Horns won the first game of the best two out of three series, but the Lady Broncos were determined and stormed back to win the next two.
Playing at home Friday, April 28, the ladies struggled to hit Lockney’s pitcher and fell behind by three runs in the third inning.
The game went seven innings and despite putting two runs on the board, the Lady Broncos could never regroup to get the win and took a 2-4 loss.
Errors plagued the ladies in the loss, which gave Lockney the three unearned runs in the third.
“We made a couple of mistakes,” head coach Gary Jack said. “That led to three runs for them. We played okay, but those mistakes hurt us.”
But Saturday was a new day for the Lady Broncos; and after taking control of the first game 21-6, they won the Bi-District title in the tiebreaker at 13-11.
The second game began slowly for the ladies as they were down by three runs in the first.
“This was the start of a long day,” Jack said.
“But a good day for us. We were down three runs right away, but battled back. Danielle hit a three-run homer in the third inning that got us going.”
The ladies began to hit their pitcher and were able to add more runs to the board. A huge fifth and sixth inning for the Lady Broncos sealed the deal for Clarendon, which squared the series.
The Lady Broncos won the third game 13-11 to earn the right to advance to the Area game with Petrolia. Danielle Ford was on the mound once again and did another good job according to Jack.
“We started off good,” Jack said. “We thought we would blow them out of the water.”
But the Lady Longhorns came back to take the lead away in the sixth inning and left Clarendon battling back once again.
“We came back and made some good plays on defense and started hitting the ball well to retake the lead,” Jack said.
“Trevela (Dronzek) made a great catch in the field to end the game.”
Offensively, Ford and Jency Burton each had a home run in the game and Trevela, Jency, and Camra Smith hit the ball well and because of that the ladies would score four runs in the bottom of the seventh to secure the win.
Clarendon’s win over Lockney allowed them the opportunity to continue in post-season play.
They will take on number nine-ranked Petrolia in another best two-out-of-three series to be played Friday and Saturday, May 6-7 at Abilene Cooper.
“Petrolia is a good team,” Jack said. “They were defeated in the Regional Finals last year by Forsan, who went on to win a state championship.
We will have to step up and rise to the occasion.”
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