GENTRY -- The Lady Pioneers recovered from a shutout loss to Gravette on Thursday, to defeat the visiting Green Forest Tigers, 14-0, on Friday.
Gentry scored a run in the first, six in the second and another seven in the fourth, to rack up 14 runs in the 4½-inning game played in the Merrill Reynolds Memorial Complex in Gentry.
Gentry managed 14 runs on nine hits in the game. Alyssa Kelton pitched in the game and also led with her bat, getting three hits in three at bats, including a double and a triple. Xitlali Estrada also hit a triple, and Brook Boston hit a double in the game.
Kelton had four RBIs. Estrada had two.
Gravette 10,
Gentry 0
Things did not go as well when the Lady Pioneers faced the Lady Lions in Gravette on a cold and misty Thursday afternoon. The Lady Lions scored six runs in the opening inning and added three more in the second to ensure the win. The Lions picked up their final run in the bottom of the fifth to bring the game to an end, a 10-0 loss for their Gentry rivals.
Cally Kildow struck out 10 Gentry batters and threw a no-hitter against Gentry. She walked six batters but that wasn't enough to get a run across the plate for Gentry.
Keeley Bulza was three for four with her bat for Gravette. Gabbi Curtis, Jaki Chalk and Emily Ellis all had doubles. Bulza led in runs batted in with three.
Lincoln 5,
Gentry 4
After scoring four runs in the fourth and recovering from the 3-0 deficit inflicted by the Lady Wolves of Lincoln on March 28, the Lady Wolves tied things back up in the fifth and took a 5-4 victory over the visiting Gentry girls in the bottom of the seventh when Lincoln picked up a single and then moved a runner home on a shortstop error.
Gentry had four runs on four hits in the game. Lincoln managed five runs on seven. Taylor Hull picked up a double, and Alyssa Kelton had two RBIs in the game.
Gravette 5,
Prairie Grove 0
The Lady Lions traveled to face the Lady Tigers in Prairie Grove on Friday and, once again, the Gravette girls stopped their opponents dead in their tracks in the shutout game.
Cally Kildow pitched all seven innings for Gravette and struck out 13 Prairie Grove batters, walking zero.
Kildow, Hannah Cole and Bailey Elmore all pounded doubles in the game. Elmore, Cole and Jaki Chalk each had two hits in the game, with Kildow and Elmore each bringing in two Gravette batters.
Gravette 8,
West Fork 0
The story was much the same on March 28 when Gravette hosted West Fork. Kildow struck out 12 West Fork batters in seven innings and walked just one. She allowed just one hit in the game and zero runs.
Kildow was two for three with her bat and knocked in three Gravette runners. Gabbi Curtis had two hits and scored three times. Keeley Bulza also had two hits in the game, and Jaki Chalk pounded a double during the game.
Sports on 04/05/2017