CARTHAGE 2, OZARK 1
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Lottie Youngblood delivered a walk-off single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to send Carthage to a Central Ozark Conference win on Thursday.
Brooklynn Dolon-Main gave Carthage an early 1-0 lead with an RBI single to right field in the first inning to score Lexa Youngblood, who doubled to start the inning. An RBI groundout by Ozark’s Courtney Merrell in the top of the sixth inning tied the game at 1-1.
Addie Wallace earned the complete-game win after allowing one run on five hits, a walk and four strikeouts in seven innings.
Kendall McCoy took the loss after allowing one run on seven hits and five strikeouts in four innings.
Dolon-Main had three hits and an RBI to lead Carthage at the plate. Lexa Youngblood had two hits and a run scored, while Lottie Youngblood had two hits and scored a run.
Natalie Morgan had two hits and scored a run for Ozark.
Carthage (7-5, 1-1 COC) takes part in the Ozark Fall Festival tournament over the weekend.
NEOSHO 3, REPUBLIC 0
NEOSHO, Mo. — Neosho scored in the middle innings while Oliva Emery held Republic at bay to lead the Wildcats to the conference win on Thursday.
Emery earned the complete-game shutout win on just two hits and two walks, striking out 10 in seven innings.
Piper Dishman took the loss after allowing two runs on two hits, two walks and five strikeouts in three innings.
Carleigh Kinnaird gave Neosho its first lead in the bottom of the third inning with a two-run triple to right field.
An inning later, Journey Arnall tripled to right field before Avyn Blair followed with an RBI single to left field to give Neosho a 3-0 lead.
Neosho (6-2, 2-0 COC) takes part in the Ozark Fall Festival over the weekend.
WILLARD 13, WEBB CITY 3 (6 INNINGS)
WEBB CITY, Mo. — Webb City fell to 1-1 in Central Ozark Conference play after Thursday’s home setback to Willard.
The game was deadlocked at one when the Tigers erupted for nine runs on seven hits and three Webb City errors in the game-changing fifth inning.
Webb City is now 8-3 overall. Willard improved to 7-1 overall and 2-0 in conference play.
The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Alivia Aruaz delivered a sacrifice fly to left field, allowing Alyson Miller to score the game’s first run.
The Cardinals tied it up in the bottom half, as Alex Maturino singled and later scored on Kylee Sargent’s RBI double to right-center.
Willard starting pitcher Hannah Burks helped her own cause in the top of the fifth by blasting a solo home run over the fence in left-center for a 2-1 lead.
The Tigers weren’t done in the big inning, as Peyton Hicks added a run-scoring single, Delaney Dixon drew a bases loaded walk, Reece Anderson hit a three-run double, Ossie Cooper added an RBI double, Burks hit an RBI double and a Webb City error made it 10-1. The Cardinals dropped a couple of pop-ups in the frame that helped extend the inning.
Willard added three runs in the sixth, as Dixon contributed a run-scoring double and Cooper added a two-run double.
In the bottom of the sixth, Lily Hall’s RBI double down the left field line and Makenzie Wynn’s bases loaded walk accounted for the final score.
Karsyn Cahoon took the loss for the Cardinals after allowing three earned runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. Laney Taylor gave up three earned runs on five hits in 1 1/3 innings.
Hall had two of Webb City’s six hits.
Burks earned the pitching victory and also had three hits for the Tigers.
Webb City has two games on Saturday at Joplin High School. The Cardinals meet Joplin at 11 a.m. and Pryor (Oklahoma) at approximately 1 p.m.
NIXA 19, CARL JUNCTION 9 (6 INNINGS)
CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — Nixa scored 10 runs in the first inning and never looked back in a six-inning win over Carl Junction in Central Ozark Conference action on Thursday.
Brienne Chilton earned the win after pitching 3 1/3 scoreless innings
Kiley Spencer took the loss after allowing 10 runs, one earned, on eight hits and one walk in an inning pitched.
Mylee Harper (two hits, two RBI, three runs), Jalyn Mabe (two hits, three runs scored, one RBI) and Rylee Harper (three hits, three RBI, three runs) all homered for Nixa.
Hannah Cantrell had three hits, scored three times and had an RBI, while Madi Olds had three hits, including two doubles, three RBI and scored a run to lead CJ at the plate.
Carl Junction (5-3, 0-2 COC) takes part in the LOZ Tournament over the weekend in Ozark.
MCDONALD COUNTY 15, AURORA 3
AURORA, Mo. — An eight-run fifth inning propelled McDonald County to a run-rule win on Thursday.
The Mustangs led 7-3 when they put up eight runs in the fifth.
Jaylee Brock was the winning pitcher. She allowed two earned runs on six hits and struck out two in five innings.
The Mustangs had 15 hits. Kylie Brooks went 3-for-4 with three RBI, while Kearston Hopkins drove in four runs on two hits.
Carlee Cooper, Dakota O’Brien, Natalie Gillming and Anissa Ramirez all had two hits apiece. Katelyn Townsend, Jacie Frencken, Cooper, O’Brien, Gillming and Brooks all scored two runs apiece.
The Mustangs (4-4) will compete at the LOZ Tournament this weekend.
