Softball round-up: Gore splits tournament games
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TAHLEQUAH - Gore picked up a pair of wins at the Sequoyah softball tournament, but the Lady Pirates were eliminated with losses to the host school and to Wagoner.

The Lady Pirates beat Warner 11-0 on Wednesday, prevailing by the run rule after four innings.

Gore totaled a dozen hits in the victory with Kendra Smith leading the way offensively. Smith hit a single and home run, drove in three runs and scored three times.

Kera Smith, Erin Qualls, Caitlin Cawhorn and Macy Moseley also had two hits apiece. Chelsea Kizzia and Dena Qualls both had one hit and two RBIs against Warner.

Also on Wednesday, Gore posted a 12-2 win over the Stilwell junior varsity.

Meaghan Cawhorn and Kendra Smith both went 3-for-3 at the plate as the Lady Pirates collected 12 base hits. Kera Smith and Kizzia had two hits for Gore.

Kendra Smith drove in three runs and the Lady Pirates also got RBIs from Kera Smith, Erin Qualls, Caitlin Cawhorn, Meaghan Cawhorn, Moseley, Dena Qualls, Holly Cordray and Candice Long.

Sequoyah dropped Gore into the losers bracket with a 10-0 win on Wednesday. Kera Smith, Erin Qualls and Kendra Smith had the only hits of the game for Gore against Sequoyah pitcher Courtney Glass.

Sequoyah was paced offensively by Glass and Haley Beck with two hits and two RBIs each.

Gore's record fell to 15-7 on Thursday with a close 4-3 loss to Wagoner at the Sequoyah tournament.

Dena Qualls had three hits for the Lady Pirates, who will return to Tahlequah on Tuesday for a regular-season match-up with Sequoyah.

LADY WARRIORS GET 6TH WIN

WEBBERS FALLS - Four players had at least two hits for the Lady Warriors as Webbers Falls posted a 9-6 win over their visitors from Haileyville on Thursday afternoon.

Shelby Martin and Nikki Spears both ripped two-run doubles in the victory. Martin had a team-high three hits for Webbers Falls, while teammates Spears, Courtney Terrell and Rachel Vinson all had two hits each.

The Lady Warriors improved their record to 6-15 with the win and will play Okay at home on Monday afternoon.

PLAYOFF PAIRINGS SET

Muldrow and Sallisaw will renew their Sequoyah County rivalry when the district fastpitch softball playoffs are played later this week.

The OSSAA announced the playoff pairings for Classes 4A, 3A and 2A last week and awarded Sallisaw a home-field advantage in 4A.

The Lady Diamonds will host a Muldrow squad that they've narrowly defeated twice this season. Sallisaw owns a pair of one-run victories over the Lady Bulldogs, most recently edging Muldrow 2-1 on Sept. 7.

Elsewhere in Class 4A, the Roland Lady Rangers have been assigned to the district hosted by Poteau.

In Class 3A, the Vian Lady Wolverines will host their best-of-three district series against Stigler at Armstrong Park.

Central and Gore will also be at home. The Lady Tigers will host Pocola in a 2A district at Central, while Gore will host Okay in another 2A series.

Gans will travel to Howe for a Class A district tournament that also includes Howe.

Webbers Falls will be the home team in its Class B district playoff against Braggs.

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