MONETT, Mo. — The top three seeds earned opening-round wins at the Class 4 District 6 softball tournament on Tuesday at Monett’s North Park.
Top-seeded Webb City rolled to a 19-0 win over eighth-seeded Parkview, while second-seeded McDonald County edged seventh-seeded Carl Junction 2-1.
Third-seeded Neosho topped sixth-seeded Branson 13-2, and in the lone upset of the day, fifth-seeded Glendale knocked off fourth-seeded Monett 8-1.
In Thursday’s semifinals, Webb City meets Glendale at 4:30 and McDonald County squares off against Neosho at 6. The district title game is slated for 5 p.m. on Friday.
WEBB CITY 19, PARKVIEW 0
Ranked first in Class 4, the Cardinals (23-5) erupted for 13 runs on nine hits in a dominant first inning that saw 18 batters come to the plate.
Webb City added six runs on six hits in the second inning and the game ended early after the top of the third due to the run-rule.
Emma Welch and Allie Ford had two hits apiece for Webb City, while Peyton Hawkins, Jensyn Pickett, Alyssa Jennings, Ford and Welch all scored two runs apiece.
Emalee Lamar and Dawsyn Decker both hit three-run home runs, while Ripley Shanks and Hannah Wells doubled.
Haidyn Berry pitched the first inning, striking out three on nine pitches. Lydia Lortz took over in the circle in the second and allowed one hit in two innings.
MCDONALD COUNTY 2, CARL JUNCTION 1
Second-ranked McDonald County (20-3) advanced, but the Bulldogs made them earn it.
The game was scoreless until the top of the fourth, as the Bulldogs pushed across a single tally against McDonald County starter Alexa Hopkins.
Saedra Allen and Izzie Southern both doubled before Jayden Green blooped an RBI single into right field to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead.
In the bottom half, McDonald County’s Madeline McCall reached on an error and later scored the tying run on Reagan Myrick’s sac fly.
The Bulldogs had the bases loaded with no outs in the fifth, but McCall maneuvered out of trouble.
In the bottom of the sixth, Mac County’s Carlee Cooper reached on a bunt single and then went to second on an error. Cooper then scored the go-ahead run on another Carl Junction miscue in the field.
The Bulldogs (7-16) put the tying run in scoring position with one out in the seventh when Sammie Sims walked and stole second. But McCall retired the next two batters to secure the win.
McCall earned the win in the circle. Hopkins and McCall combined to strike out 11. Cooper had two hits for the Mustangs, while Nevaeh Dodson added one hit.
Allen was charged with the loss, but she did not allow an earned run. She struck out eight and walked just one while scattering three hits. Recording doubles for the Bulldogs were Southern, Allison Plumlee and Allen. Sims and Green had singles.
NEOSHO 13, BRANSON 2
The Wildcats (15-7) got the bats going in a big way, as Neosho scored its 13 runs on 12 hits.
Lili Graue went 3-for-4 with three RBI, while Kaitlyn Killion, Maddie Carpenter and Baylie Bowers all had two hits apiece. Alivia Campbell and Bowers both had two RBI. Brittany Winchester, Killion and Sierra Jones scored two runs apiece.
The game was tied at two when the Wildcats plated five runs in the bottom half of the third.
McKaylie Forrest hit an RBI double, Campbell contributed a sac fly and another run scored when the Pirates couldn’t corral Winchester’s hard grounder. Killion added a two-run single to make it 7-2.
Ranked 10th in Class 4, Neosho blew the game open with six runs in the fourth. Carpenter, Bowers and Graue drove in runs, while another run crossed the plate due to an error.
Winchester was the winning pitcher. She scattered four hits and gave up two runs on four hits.
GLENDALE 8, MONETT 1
The Falcons pushed across four runs in the top of the fourth before the Cubs got one run back in the bottom half when Molly Poole tripled and scored on a Kailyn Cendroski ground out.
Glendale added three insurance runs in the sixth and one more in the seventh.
Glendale (16-12) won with just six hits. Alli Norris went 2-for-4, while Karsyn Phillips drove in two runs and scored twice.
Anna Baker was the winning pitcher. She surrendered just one run on four hits and struck out three.
The Cubs committed four costly errors. Caitlyn Calhoun, Allyson Inman, Kate Huntress and Poole had one hit apiece for the Cubs (12-13).
