By Angie Ledbetter
The South Panola Lady Tigers played near perfect against the Senatobia Lady Warriors Tuesday night with a 12-0 shutout.

“It was a tremendous performance from the mound to the plate to the defense and I’m very pleased,” said Lady Tiger head coach Ashleigh Hicks. “We played extremely well from the big things to the small things. We were talking and running the bases really well. We were very aggressive on the bases but we had that one little bump but got that taken care of.”

Hicks said this win sets the team up well going into the final district game that was played last night in Columbus.

“I think we’re peaking very well at just the right time right before the playoffs,” she added.

  In the first round of the district, the Lady Tigers will travel to Madison Central next Friday, April 30, for game number one and return home on May 1 for the second and third games.

To start the game the Lady Warriors had one runner on base in scoring position but she was stranded on third at the end of the frame.

Second baseman Chelsea Allen hit a solid triple to center field in the bottom of the first, but was put out at the plate leaving the Tigers scoreless.

The Lady Tigers scored eight runs in the bottom of the second inning. Catcher Amanda Ivy scored twice followed by first baseman Lauren Calvert, shortstop Paige Jordan, designated hitter Lindsey Calvert, pitcher Nicole Fullilove, center fielder Christa Brown and left fielder Meredith Roberson.

It was the same story for the Warriors in the third inning as another runner was left on third.

To continue the frame, Fullilove hit a hard shot to left field for a triple. Christa Brown got to first on a fielder’s choice as Fullilove was out attempting to slide home.

With Allen at the plate, Brown stole second. Allen hit an RBI (run batted in) double scoring Brown for the 9-0 lead.

Roberson hit an RBI single to second scoring Allen. While Fortune was at the plate, Roberson stole second and third. Fortune capitalized on a double to right field sending Roberson home for the RBI. Ivy singled to right  driving Fortune in for the last run of the game for the Lady Tigers.

The game was called after the fourth inning due to the mercy rule.

The Lady Tigers recorded 17 hits, 12 RBI, two errors and left four on base.

Picking up RBIs for the Lady Tigers were Roberson  and Ivy three each; Fullilove two; Christa Brown, Fortune, Lauren Calvert and Lindsey Calvert, one each.

The Lady Chargers had two hits, four errors and left three on base.

The Lady Tigers were on the road last night in Columbus playing the last district game of the season. Tonight they travel to Desoto Central to take on the Lady Jaguars. Weather permitting, tomorrow they will travel to Southaven to take on the Lady Chargers for a makeup game that was rained out.

Jr. Varsity

The Jr. Varsity Lady Tigers tied with the Lady Warriors 4-4.

The Lady Tigers took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first after Nicole Fullilove hit an inside the park three-run homer  driving home Lindsey Calvert and Chresha Brown.

The Lady Warriors scored one run in the top of the second and Olivia Taylor scored one in the bottom of the frame to put the Lady Tigers up 4-1. The Lady Warriors bounced back in the top of the third scoring two runs and held the Lady Tigers in the bottom to put the score 4-3. In the top of the fourth, the Lady Warriors scored one run to tie the game at 4.