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Monday, May 2, 2016
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Lady Bulldogs capture bi-district championship again
https://www.independent-bank.com/ Lady Bulldogs pose after the bi-district championship win. Photo by Michelle Carney The Howe Lady Bulldogs captured another bi-district championship with a two-game sweep of Henrietta on Thursday and Saturday.
the eighth inning and held on for the victory. The Lady Bulldogs went up for good on an RBI single by Maddie Mullens off Campbell, scoring Payton Griffin.
In game one Thursday, The Lady Bulldogs' three first-inning runs built an early lead that helped bring home a 6-1 win..
Griffin had a hot bat for the Lady Bulldogs. Griffin went 2-4, drove in one and scored two runs. She singled in the first and eighth innings.
The Lady Bulldogs scored in the first on a fielder's choice and a two-run single by Emily Sanders. Madisyn Hargrove looked sharp in the circle. Henrietta managed just two hits off of the the Lady Bulldogs' pitcher, who allowed no earned runs, walked six and struck out five during her seven innings of work. The Lady Bulldogs posted one run in each of the third, fourth and sixth. In the third, the Lady Bulldogs scored on a sacrifice fly by Hunter Brockelman, bringing home Sanders. In the fourth inning, Henrietta pushed across its only run of the day on an error.
Hargrove's 10 strikeouts were enough to push the Lady Bulldogs past Henrietta . Hargrove allowed four earned runs on four hits and three walks over eight innings. Campbell couldn't get it done in the circle for Henrietta , taking a loss. She allowed six runs in eight innings, walked three and struck out five. The top of the first saw the Lady Bulldogs take an early lead, 3-0. The Lady Bulldogs' threat began with a single by Hargrove. The Lady Bulldogs then tacked on more runs when Anderson scored on an RBI single by Griffin and Griffin scored on an RBI double by Sanders.
On Saturday, the game moved to Argyle after a Friday rain storm. The Lady Bulldogs and Henrietta passed the lead back and forth four times, but in the end the Lady Bulldogs pulled out a 6-4 win in eight innings over Henrietta .
With the series win, Howe is now ranked #9 in the state. They will face Grandview in the area round of the playoffs starting this Friday, May 6 at 7pm in Sunnyvale. It's a chance for revenge as Grandview knocked the Lady Bulldogs out of the basketball playoffs back in The Lady Bulldogs took the lead in February.
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