Lady Bulldogs

Continued from Page #3 brought in Hargrove to try and settle things down She did walk the first hitter, but got the next to batters to pop out and Glen Rose had closed the gap 4-3

"I think the rain might have gotten to me plus I knew in my head that they were going to be good " said Stubblefield "I was thinking that I was going to show them how good I am and that's not me. I think it was mental."

Rupert thinks the rough start was due to nerves. "Torrey's (Stubblefield) a freshman and she's not a freshman in regards to experience but she's still a freshman and wants to do well for her teammates She knows that when she's out there, she can be dominant And so if things start to go downhill, it didn't surprise me that it snowballed At the time I knew that a change was needed as far as the umpire just seeing a different delivery Madisyn came in and thank goodness threw a lot of strikes I figured if we could get out of that first inning tied, I was going to bring Torrey back in."

Stubblefield did return to the rubber in the second inning and settled down quite nicely and allowing no more runs over the next five innings of work Meanwhile, the Lady Tigers pitcher also seemed to settle in a bit and blanked Howe over the next two innings

In the fourth inning, the Lady Bulldogs put another four-spot on the board ignited by a single by Erin Blackburn Blackburn stole second base and Peyton Streetman advanced her third on a ground out to third After Peyton Tinney, who was playing in her first game in five games due to injury) popped out, Kayla Anderson slammed a hard ground ball down the left field line that scored Blackburn.

"I love the pressure" said Anderson "I know that's weird, but I feel like it something that has to be done and I just do it "

Stubblefield then singled, Hargrove walked and Dani Ross reached on an error which allowed Anderson and Stubblefield to score Counts singled to drive in Hargrove and Ross was cut down at the plate trying to score from second on the single

Blackburn sparked another run in the fifth by singling with one out She would eventually score on a Streetman single.

Meanwhile, Stubblefield kept dominating Glen Rose hitters and eventually would tally 13 strikeouts in the game

With Howe leading 9-3 entering the final stanza, the girls added another three insurance runs for good measure Counts led off the inning with a single and then stole second Two outs later, Streetman reached on an error which moved Counts to third Tinney drove her home with a single and Streetman would score on an error Anderson then hit a line drive triple in the right field alley which would score Tinney to give Howe the 12-3 lead headed to the bottom of the seventh.

Glen Rose single to start the inning and then scored on a double, but Stubblefield would eventually strike out the side and Howe walked off the rain soaked turf in Bowie as area champions.

Rupert said that the turning poing in the game was Stubblefield's rebound

"Torrey coming back in the second and third inning was huge for her" said Rupert "That gave her the confidence and she had the potential to be dominant and she really was "

The Lady Bulldogs will head back to Bowie on Thursday to face Brock in game one of the three game regional championship series. Game two is scheduled for Friday and game three (if needed) will be on Saturday, May 15. Brock eliminated Howe in the regional championship in basketball

Howe faced tornado scare yesterday

All weekend long, Howe and all of North Texas has faced severe weather of flash flooding, high winds severe thunderstorms and even a tornado scare The City of Howe send out dozens of different notifications all weekend long depending on your location in Howe

Mother Nature has equalized everything in 2015 Lake Ray Hubbard fell to an all-time record low level in December, but after gaining more than 38 billion gallons of water in the last three months, it is nearly full, its highest level in three years.

Although most lakes east of the I-35 corridor are now full, most of the reservoirs west of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex remain very low Much more rainfall is needed within these lakes' watersheds to reverse several years of drought

The forecast is calling for beautiful weather today and back to the same old routine of wet weather that 2015 has so far been known for saturated ground along with high winds were thought to be responsible for this tree uprooted on W. Young Street behind the home of Mark and Amy Akins.