Back-to-back shutouts for the Lad B lldogs for t o ins

Madisyn Hargrove threw a 4-hit shutout on Friday night to get the Lady Bulldogs (9-2) in the win column over rival Van Alstyne, 18-0 With the varsity boys also winning against VA, the Victory Light downtown was turned on for the first time for a non-varsity football win. Hargrove and Torrey Stubblefield combined to allow only nine baserunners for the two combined shutouts versus Van Alstyne and Farmersville

Erin Blackburn led the way at the plate with four hits and three runs scored Emily Sanders went 2-for3 at the plate as she led the team with four runs batted in. The Lady Bulldogs ripped off 18 runs thanks to 18 hits and drawing four walks

Hargrove pitched five scoreless innings, allowing four hits, and striking out eight

Howe had three doubles (Hargrove, Kamryn Fulenchek, and Payton Griffin), and three triples (Stubblefield, Sanders, and

Blackburn) Fulenchek had the only stolen base of the game

On Tuesday night, Stubblefield had a masterpiece of her own versus Farmersville in a 15-0 win She went four scoreless innings, surrendering only one hit, and striking out seven.

Blackburn again led Howe with three hits at the plate with three runs scored Stubblefield hit a three-run bomb to help herself out on the mound The Lady Bulldogs racked up 14 hits off of Farmersville including a double by Dani Ross and a homer by Sanders. RBIs came from Hargrove (2), Stubblefield (3), Sanders (2), Streetman (2), Fulenchek, Ross, and Blackburn

For the week, Howe scored 33 runs on 32 hits while allowing no runs on 5 hits

They will play Friday at Leonard to start the second half of district play