Union County

Young and determined, West Union had a strong effort to open their second round series versus Smithvile, but the Lady Eagles could not carry that throughout the day, falling to the Lady Seminoles in three games.

West Union opened the day watching Smithville score four runs off four hits and two Lady Eagle errors. The Lady Eagles stormed right back with three runs in the bottom half of the first, as Bailey Bogue’s sacrifice scored the first run with bases loaded, followed by back-to-back Lady ‘Nole errors.

Offensive struggles hurt the Lady Falcons in their first round series, as they lost at Wheeler, 6-0, 12-0, on Tuesday.
Ingomar recorded only six hits in two games, a strife that advanced Wheeler to the second round.
“In slow pitch, totaling only six hits in two games is not going to cut it,” Lady Falcon head coach Andy Wilbanks said.
“We never had a runner reach third, and it was just an overall offensive struggle for us,” he said.

An early injury did not slow down Union County’s offense, as the team won on the road at Baldwyn, 14-0, on Tuesday.
Broderick Montgomery has led the offense thus far, but an ankle sprain sidelined the running back in the first quarter.
“We were a little shaken up after his injury, and up until that point, we were driving the ball down field and had put together a good drive,” UC head coach Scott Duley said. “We were rattled, but once we calmed down, we were able to accomplish what we needed to.”

On a night the Lady Eagles celebrated their seniors, Leah Paige Goolsby gave her team a win in the end of the regular season, 2-1, against South Pontotoc last Thursday.
Neither offense produced any runs until the seventh inning, and the game went into extra innings. Goolsby’s triple broke the tie, giving West Union the win heading into the playoffs.
Gina Beth Conlee had three hits to lead West Union, while Julianna Garner had two hits for the Lady Eagles.
Jala Parker led South Pontotoc with two hits.