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Cheney headed to 3A State tourney By Travis Mounts
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The Cheney Cardinals are going to the 3A State tournament. They won three games over two days early this week to win the 3A regional held in Caney. The Cardinals, the top seed with a 19-1 record beat a familiar foe by topping Chaparral 4-2 in Tuesday’s championship. Halley Jones drove in Lexi Lorenz to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning. Chaparral tied the game with a solo home run in the fourth. Cheney won the game in the fifth inning, starting with a two-out, two-RBI single by Lexi Cline. An RBI single by Korri Lies made it 4-1. The Cardinals opened their softball regional with a pair of shutouts. They rolled to a 16-0 victory over winless
Fredonia in Monday’s 3A regional first-round game. The Cardinals needed just three innings to close out Fredonia. In Tuesday’s semifinal, the Cardinals pitched their second straight shutout, beating Neodesha 11-0. Lies pitched all five innings of the runrule victory. The Cardinals were all over Neodesha early in the game. Cheney scored 8 runs in the bottom of the first inning, highlighted by a two-run double from Halley Jones. She hit another double in the second inning to drive in a run, and Jalyn Turner drove in a run on groundout for a 10-0 lead after two innings. Box scores were not available at press time. Cheney will play in the 3A State tournament at Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia. Brackets were not set at press time. Check tsnews.com for updated State information.
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Gentry Shepherd slides safely into third base during Goddard’s 5A regional championship victory over Salina South on Tuesday.
Lions win close games for 5A State berth By Travis Mounts
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The Cheney Cardinals celebrate their regional championship victory over Chaparral on Tuesday. Cheney will play in the 3A State tournament in Emporia next week.
Goddard is going to Class 5A State softball after a pair of close victories on Tuesday. The Lions, seeded No. 3 in 5A West and the top seed in the bracket they hosted, opened with a 7-5 victory over No. 14 McPherson, which had managed just four wins all season. Goddard grabbed an early 4-0 lead but watched the Bullpups come back to lead the Lions 5-4. A three-win sixth inning saved the day for
Goddard. Gentry Shepherd sacrificed in one run, and Sydni Williams drove in a run in the seventh. Emme Yost pounded out four hits, and Williams and Shay Martinez batted in 2 runs each. Williams went four innings for the win, and LeGrand went three innings to close out the game. Goddard scored a run in both the fourth and fifth innings for a 2-0 run edge over Salina South en route to a 2-1 win over the Cougars in Tuesday’s championship. Jessie Ornelas scored in the fourth inning on a Kendal LeGrand single. Yost
scored in the fifth thanks to a Williams single. LeGarnd pitched seven innings, allowing just 1 run on five hits. The Lions will play in the 5A State tournament on May 23-24 at Maize High School. Brackets will be posted on The Times-Sentinel website at tsnews.com once they are available.
McP 001 400 0 – 5 3 1 GHS 400 003 x – 7 12 1 W – Sydni Williams. S – Kendal LeGrand. S. South 000 001 0 – 1 5 0 GHS 000 110 x – 2 8 1 W – Kendal LeGrand.