Lady Bulldogs go 1-1 as district play heats up

Howe's Lady Bulldogs (7-2) fell behind early and couldn't come back in a 9-3 loss to Lone Oak on Monday Lone Oak scored two runs in the first inning thanks to a single, walk, a hit batter and a 2RBI single Lone Oak also scored three in the third, two in the fourth, and another two in the sixth inning.

The Lady Bulldogs were not able to get things going until a late push in the fifth inning Maddie Mullins was hit by a pitch followed by a sacrifice by Emily Sanders and single by Erin Blackburn that drove in Mullins

Payton Griffin gave Howe the final run on a solo blast to right field

Torrey Stubblefield took the loss for Lady Bulldogs She pitched three innings, surrendering an uncharacteristic five runs, five hits, and striking out six

Blackburn led Howe with two of the team's four total hits Her and Griffin had the two RBI of the day next day with an 18-10 thrashing of Whitewright Howe racked up 19 hits in the win as Stubblefield had a monster day at the plate with four hits, four runs, and three RBI She doubled in the first, homered in the second, doubled in the fourth, and doubled in the fifth

Howe grabbed an early lead in the first inning when Blackburn scored as Peyton Streetman reached on an error Stubblefield, who had doubled, scored with Griffin hit her own double Howe added four more runs in the second inning, two in the third, six in the fourth, two in the fifth, and one in the sixth

Hargrove earned the win for Lady Bulldogs She tossed seven innings, surrendering ten runs, 11 hits, and striking out nine

The Lady Bulldogs had 19 hits in the game Blackburn, Stubblefield, Griffin, Streetman, Hargrove, Kayla Anderson, and Sanders each collected multiple hits for Lady