Lady Cards start series with win

The raindrops didn't dampen the success of the Potts Camp Lady Cardinals in game one of their secondround softball series versus Smithville.

Coach Cory Gray's team, playing at home, used a big four-run fifth inning to turn back the Lady Seminoles 8-6 Thursday in the Class 1A State Tournament.

Games two and three (if needed) in the series were postponed due to rain. They were scheduled to be played on Monday and Tuesday evenings of this week.

Alyssa Clifton went the distance from the circle and picked up the victory in game one. She struck out 11, gave up seven hits and walked four.

Charlie Holmes led a sevenhit Potts Camp offensive attack with three hits and two runsbatted-in. Clifton had a hit, plus she crossed the plate three times in the two-run victory. Getting one hit apiece were Haley Ackerman, Harlynn Stephens and Kaylee Howell.

The Lady Cards trailed 6-2 going to the bottom of the fifth. They tallied four in the bottom of that inning to tie the contest and then scored two more in the sixth to win it and improve their season record to 16-2.

Potts Camp swept Falkner, 4-1 and 11-1 in round one of the playoffs. The winner of the Potts Camp-Smithville secondround series advances to meet Myrtle in the next round.

Potts Camp advances to quarter-finals

The Lady Cardinals completed the sweep of the Lady Seminoles Monday evening, winning 6-5 at Smithville.

Holmes and Clifton knocked in six of Potts Camp's runs, Holmes with two hits and

four RBIs and Clifton with two hits and two RBIs. Zoey Clark and Stephens each added a hit.

Clifton again got the complete game victory from the circle. She struck out four, walked three and gave up eight hits. Only two of Smithville's runs were earned.

Next up is a best-of-three quarter-final series versus Myrtle.

The other North match-up is West Union versus Wheeler. In the South, Enterprise-Lincoln meets Nanih Waiya and Stringer faces Ethel.