Lady Tigers win at home, fall on road trips

Home is where the wins were last week as the Mountain Home Lady Tigers beat Glenns Ferry in Mountain Home, but lost in Glenns Ferry.

Mtn. Home 11

Glenns Ferry 1

Mountain Home scored five runs in the third inning and four in the sixth to 10-run the Glenns Ferry Lady Pilots, 11-1, last Tuesday in Mountain Home.

The Lady Tigers pounded out 12 hits, led by Sammy Dodge with three, including a triple and four RBIs. Ashley Christiansen had two hits, including a triple, and drove in three runs. Kim Hamilton had two doubles, Ashley Kipp had two hits, Nickayla Skinner had a hit and RBI, Krista Gillaspy and Breann Christiansen had hits, and Liz Griffeath had an RBI. Nickayla Skinner scattered two hits to pick up the win, striking out seven.

"It was a nice win" said Mountain Home Lady Tiger softball coach Joy Memmelaar. "The girls played nice defense and our bats came alive again, and Nickayla did a nice job pitching."

Glenns Ferry 5

Mtn. Home 4

The two teams met two days later in Glenns Ferry, and this time the Lady Pilots prevailed, 5-4.

Glenns Ferry scored all five of their runs in the second inning to take a 5-1 lead, and held off the Lady Tigers for the win.

"We came up one run short!" said Coach Memmelaar. "We just didn't put the hits together when we needed them. We had some good hits, but it was sporadic, and then the four errors earlier in the game didn't help any, but then that's how you learn."

JV gets a split with Pilots

The Mountain Home Lady Tiger JV, softball team also faced the Glenns Ferry varsity last week and also split, winning at home and losing in Glenns Ferry.

Mtn. Home JV 7

Glenns Ferry 6

Mountain Home JV pounded out 13 hits in a 7-6 win over Glenns Ferry last Tuesday in Mountain Home.

Charde` Huntington and Arlene Futch both had three hits, Huntington had two doubles. Blas Lord had two hits, Megan Kelly, Lindsay Sessions, Shelby Doerr, Jennica Quintal and Kasey Liercke all had one hit.

Doerr went the distance for the win, striking out six batters.

Glenns Ferry 9

Mtn. Home JV 8

Mountain Home faced Glenns Ferry again last Thursday in Glenns Ferry, and the Lady Pilots, who had beaten the Mountain Home varsity earlier in the day, scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to beat the Lady Tiger JV 9-8.

"They played great ball," said Lady Tiger JV softball coach Sandi Bish. "Glenns Ferry even brought back their varsity pitcher for the last inning and we still hit off her. I was very proud of the girls."

Charde` Huntington had two hits, and Megan Kelly, Modesty Labbe and Cydney Viall all had one.

Huntington suffered the loss, striking out seven and walking nine while giving up four hits.

Mtn. Home JV 10

Bishop Kelly JV 6

The Lady Tigers pounded out 11 hits in a 10-6 conference softball win over Bishop Kelly at Mountain Home on March 23.

Cydney Viall had four hits for Mountain Home, Jennica Quintal, three, Lindsay Sessions had two hits, Modesty Labbe and Kasey Liercke each had one. Charde` Huntington went the distance, giving up just two earned runs while striking out 10 batters.

"These girls are maturing very quickly throughout the season," said Coach Bish.