WOODLAWN - Erin West singled in the game-winning run with one out in the bottom of the eighth as the Woodlawn Lady Bears finished up their 8-2A championship season with a 6-5 victory over the Junction City Lady Dragons last Friday at Woodlawn.
The Lady Bears ended the regular season with an 11-1 league mark and a 17-8 record overall. They will play the no. 4 seed Murfreesboro Lady Rattlers from the 7-2A conference at 10 a.m. this Thursday, May 4, in the first round of the Class 2A South Region Tournament being played a Horatio.
After finishing second in the 7-2A regular season standings, the Lady Rattlers dropped three of their last four games to finish fourth in the district tournament. They are 6-8 overall after going 4-2 in conference play.
Should Woodlawn win Thursday, it will advance to the South Region semifinals to play a noon Friday, May 5, and will automatically earn one of the region's four transfer spots to the Class 2A State Tournament to be played May 11-13 at Greenland.
Of the Lady Bears' eight losses, five have come by one run and one other by two runs. Woodlawn lost twice to Class 4A Bauxite, 8-6 and 6-5, while dropping a a 3-2 decision at Class 5A Valley View, a 2-1 loss to Class 3A Hackett and a 1-0 setback last week to Class 4A Monticello.
The Lady Bears' only conference loss was 1-0 at Parkers Chapel, which finished second in the conference.
The 8-2A conference finale last Friday offered plenty of anxious moments as Junction City scored two runs in the fifth and another in the sixth to rally from a three-run deficit to tie the game, 5-5.
With each team getting a runner at second to start the extra inning, Woodlawn freshman Jaimie Simmons retired the Lady Dragons in order to leave the runner stranded.
In the bottom of the eighth, Karsyn Chastain was placed at second doe Woodlawn and she advanced to third on Maci Harrison's bunt. West then singled to left to drive in...
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