The Vian Lady Wolverines won the Class 4A District Tournament on Thursday as they went through undefeated, opening up with a 9-8 win over Howe. After eliminating district-host Panama 11-0, the Lady Wolverines defeated Howe 11-8 in the district finals.
The Lady Wolverines (15-7) will advance to this week’s regional tournament, in which there will be two shots at making state as the regional champion and regional consolation champion advance, which was slated to take place Tuesday at Oktaha. The Lady Wolverines met regionalhost Oktaha, followed by Henryetta meeting Latta. The two winners met in the regional championship game with the winner advancing to next week’s state tournament at Oklahoma City’s Hall of Fame Stadium. The two losers met in an elimination game, with the winner facing the regional championship game loser, with that winner also advancing to state as the regional consolation champion.
The week started off with a 12-2 road loss to Stilwell on April 15, followed by splitting their two games April 16 at Fort Gibson as the Lady Wolverines routed the host Lady Tigers 13-2 but lost 4-3 in nine innings to Eufaula.
In the first win over Howe in the district tournament, the Lady Wolverines broke a 7-all tie with a two-run sixth inning. The Lady Lions cut their deficit to 9-9 in the sixth inning but got no closer.
For the game, Rayleigh Terrill was 4-for-4 with a double and a run batted in, LaKaila Drew was 2-for-3 with a double, four RBIs and a run scored, Akeelah Truett was 2-for-2 with with a home run and three RBIs and Kaidence Roark was 2-for-4 with a run scored for Vian. Terrill (15-7) got the win.
In the district-tournament victory over Panama, Terrill tossed a three-hitter.
A two-run first inning and a three-run second inning put Vian ahead 5-0 after two innings. A fourrun sixth inning put the game into run-rule status.
For the contest, Eastern Oklahoma State College signee Maisie Wells was 3-for-3 with a double, a triple, four runs scored and two RBIs, Drew was 2-for-3 with a double, three runs scored and an RBI, Halli Russell was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, Truett was 2-for-2 with a homer and four RBIs and Eden Girty was 2-for-3 with two runs scored for Vian.
In the district-clinching win over Howe, after falling behind 2-1 after an inning, the Lady Wolverines scored four runs in the second inning and five runs in the fifth inning for a 10-2 lead. The Lady Lions scored five runs in the fifth inning to cut the deficit to 10-7 after five innings but got no closer.
For the game, Drew was 5-for-5 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored, Kala Gibbins was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored, Hanna Mattingly was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored, Girty was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored and Russell doubled with three RBIs and a run scored for Vian. Terrill got the win.
In the loss to Stilwell, the Lady Indians, who trailed 1-0 in the first inning, put away the game with a four-run first inning and a five-run second inning for a 9-1 lead. A three-run fourth inning put the game into run-rule status.
In defeat, Mattingly doubled with a run batted in, while Drew homered and scored twice for the Lady Wolverines. Terrill took the loss.
In the win over Fort Gibson, the Lady Wolverines rallied from a 1-0 first-inning deficit with a seven-run second inning and a sixrun third inning to take a 13-1 lead to put the game into run-rule status.
For the contest, Wells was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two runs batted in, Mattingly was 3-for-3 with a double, a triple, four RBIs and two runs scored, Drew was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI, Gibbins was 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored, Roark was 2-for-3 and Terrill was 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a run scored for Vian. Terrill (12-7) got the win.
In the loss to the Lady Ironheads, Eufaula won the game in walk-off fashion in the ninth inning after Vian tied the game at 3-all in the sixth inning.
In defeat, Russell was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored, while Terrill was 2-for-4 for Vian. Terrill took the loss.
