The Boerne softball team mowed down another opponent in the playoffs, this time it was Needville that was swept by the Lady Greyhounds team that is 4-0 in the postseason.
Boerne beat the Blue Jays by 7 runs in both games and took Game 1 on Friday, 9-2, and 12-5 on Saturday to close it out in La Grange.
BHS improves to 28-5 and faces Columbia in the third round. The Lady Hounds return to La Grange to face the Lady Necks. Game 1 is Friday at 7 p.m., and Game 2 is Saturday at 10 a.m. A third game will follow if necessary.
It was hot in Saturday afternoon’s contest and the Boerne bats heated up as well and knocked out 18 hits. BHS scored 3 in the second and 5 in the third for the 8-2 lead. The Hounds added another run in the fourth for the 9-2 edge. Both teams accounted for 3 runs in the fifth and didn’t score after that.
Brooke Sivek finished with 5 hits, 2 RBI and 3 runs scored, Heidi Maytum hit a homer, drove in 4 runs and scored once; Cameron Cooper and Ava Rodriguez both singled; Reese Wilson hit 2 singles and drove in a run; Madi Dorrow singled and scored, Taryn Madlock hit 2 singles and scored twice; Ava Nieto had 2 singles and scored a run; Taylor Wilson doubled and singled, pushed in 2 runs and scored 2 runs, while Shelby Wright and Morgan Duty both plated a run.
Dorrow went the distance in the circle and picked up the win on 100 pitches. She fanned 6, walked 2, gave up 5 hits and 4 earned runs.
Game 1
Both teams had 8 hits in Friday’s game, but Boerne pushed in 9 runs.
Ava Rodriguez put BHS on the board with a sac fly in the first inning but Needville answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the third for the 2-1 lead.
From there, the Lady Hounds didn’t allow another run and scored 2 in the fourth and fifth frames, followed by 7 in the seventh.
In the fourth, Madi Dorrow and Taryn Madlock hit back-to-back homers for the Hounds.
Madlock also knocked one out of the park in the seventh with a 3-run shot.
Madlock finished with 4 RBI on her 2 dingers, Dorrow drove in 2 runs, Brooke Sivek scored twice; Heidi Maytum and Rodriguez both singled, with Rodriguez finishing with 2 RBI.
Reese Wilson hit 2 singles and scored a run, Taylor Wilson singled and scored and Shelby Wright plated a run.
Rodriguez was the winning pitcher and yielded 8 hits, 2 runs and 2 walks to go with 3 Ks.
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