POPLARVILLE —
The Poplarville girls captured the Region 8-4A fast pitch softball title Monday night in resounding fashion.
The Lady Hornets beat visiting Forrest County AHS 15-0 in three innings to claim their third straight league crown. Poplarville is 15-6 overall and 6-1 in league play.
Head coach Jonathan Ray’s team has one league game left, as they were slated to face Bay High Tuesday night but that game was rained out. It has been rescheduled for tonight in Bay St. Louis.
“We started out 0-1 in the district, after slipping up in our first game against Greene County,” Ray said. “Winning the district championship is always a goal for us each season. But winning six straight after that first loss makes this one even more special.”
Rachel Hickman continued her dominance on the mound, as she moved to 15-2 on the season by tossing an abbreviated no-hitter against the Lady Aggies. She struck out six, and now has 156 K’s on the season.
Tristan Wheat had a pair of triples in the win, while Miranda Fazende had three hits including a triple.
Wheat drove in three runs, while Tori Fairchild, Ashton Rodgers and Fazende all had two RBI’s apiece.
The Lady Hornets won’t start the Class 4A South State playoffs until one week from Friday, April 27th.
Before that, Ray’s team will tune up for the postseason by hosting Pearl River Central on Thursday and then take on visiting Wayne County in a doubleheader Saturday beginning at 10:30 a.m.
I feel good about how we are playing at this point,” Ray concluded. “We played real well the past two games and we have been hitting the ball well. We just have to continue to play well every time we take the field.”
The Lady Hornets will face a yet to be determined opponent in their opening round playoff series. The state softball playoffs actually begin with the play-in round this weekend, but because they are the league champions Poplarville has a first round bye.
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Season ends for Maroon Tide
Picayune’s magical playoff run came up just short of a spot in the state finals.
Homestanding Pascagoula, the defending Class 5A state champs, took a hard-fought 5-3 win over the Maroon Tidee in game three of the best of three South State finals here Saturday before a capacity crowd at Ingalls Field. -
Season ends for Maroon Tide
The season came to an end for the Picayune baseball team Saturday afternoon with a 5-3 loss to homestanding Pascagoula here at Ingalls Field in the third and deciding game of the Class 5A South State championship series.
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Tide stays alive
And it all comes down to this.
Picayune and Pascagoula will face off in a one game, winner take all
showdown today at 2 p.m., at Ingalls Field for the Class A South State
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Wildcats tring to win Region 23 title
Host Pearl River opened Region 23 Tournament play in dominating fashion here Thursday in Wildcat Stadium, demolishing top-seeded East Central 12-1 in eight innings and now faces second-seeded LSU-Eunice (La.) in Friday’s second round at 7 p.m.
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Panther pitcher shuts out Maroon Tide
Pascagoula’s Andrew Crane continued his dominance of Picayune Thursday night.
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Season ends for Lady Hornets
Poplarville's season came to and end in the Class 4A South state finals Tuesday night.
The visiting Lady Hornets fell to Newton County 10-2 in game two of the best-of-three series. -
Lady Hornets face Newton County
Two more wins, and Poplarville will be playing for the Class 4A state championship in fast-pitch softball.
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Polderman’s, Mitchell win titles
The Picayune Maroon Tide and the Pearl River Central Blue Devils both competed in the Class 5A South State track and field championships this past Saturday at Long Beach High School.
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Tide sweeps; Devils swept
Picayune finished the regular season nine games under the break even mark.
But, four games into the Class 5A South State playoffs. the Maroon Tide is unbeaten. -
Lady Hornets beat North Pike
Poplarville is moving on to the Class 4A South State finals.
The Lady Hornets swept the best-of-three semifinal series with North Pike, completing the affair with a 2-0 road win Monday night. - More Sports Headlines
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