STIGLER — The Gore Lady Pirates finished fourth and the Webbers Falls Lady Warriors tied for fifth in the 2023 Riverside Conference Softball Tournament, which took place Thursday and Friday.
Gore lost the loser’sbracket semifinal 4-0 to McCurtain after blanking Arkoma 11-0 in the loser’s-bracket quarterfinals.
In Thursday’s opening- round game, the Lady Pirates beat the Lady Warriors 7-4, then lost in the winner’sbracket semifinal 10-1 to the Porum Lady Panthers.
The Lady Warriors went two and out as they lost 8-0 to McCurtain in Thursday’s loser’sbracket quarterfinals after losing to Gore.
In Gore’s loss to Mc-Curtain, the Lady Pirates (5-14) were two-hit by McCurtain’s pitcher. All Gore could muster was a single apiece by Sophie O’Connor and Kendra Huckbay.
Cheyenne Davidson took the loss, despite fanning four batters in three innings.
In Gore’s victory over Arkoma, Davidson threw a two-hitter with five strikeouts.
Gore scored in each of the four innings, leading 3-0 after an inning, 5-0 at the end of two innings, 9-0 after three innings and 11-0 at the end of four innings — which put the game into run-rule status.
For the game, Emily Daily was 2-for-3 with a solo home run and two runs scored, Paige Curran was 2-for-3 with a triple and three runs batted in and River Shoemake doubled and scored twice.
In Gore’s win over Webbers Falls, after falling behind 1-0 in the first inning, the Lady Pirates scored five runs in their half of the inning for a 5-1 lead and never lost their advantage.
For the game, Kynley Webb was 2-for-2 with a double, three RBIs and a run scored, O’Connor doubled with an RBI and Kennedy Williams doubled for Gore.
In defeat, Bridgette Baer was 3-for-3 with two RBIs, while Gracie Sturgell was 2-for-2 with a run scored for the Lady Warriors (1-10).
In Gore’s loss to Porum, Lady Panthers’ pitcher Leia Johnson threw a five-hitter with eight strikeouts.
After the Lady Pirates scored first in the opening inning on Curran’s RBI double scoring Cadi Shoemake for a 1-0 lead, the Lady Panthers responded with an eightrun first inning, then a pair of single runs in the third and fourth innings put the game into runrule status.
In defeat, Curran hit an RBI double, Daily doubled and Natalie Casteel and Huckbay each singled for Gore.
Davidson took the loss, despite fanning five batters in three innings.
In Webbers Falls’ loss to McCurtain, the Lady Warriors were no-hit. Maddie Raskey took the loss.