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OCS falls in marathon
by Joe Durham, Jr. - posted Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ 12:24 pmE-mail Story E-mail Story | Print Story Print Story 
SULPHUR–The Ouachita Christian School Lady Eagles' efforts at making history Saturday night in the LHSAA 1A state softball championship contest came up just a bit short.

"We feel blessed at the opportunity that we had to do what we did," said OCS coach Andy Mosher. "Erin (Tyler) said she had no regrets and no reason to cry. Hayley (Byars) said we had more fun playing the game than Delcambre did and Delcambre won it. I couldn't be more proud of our team. They played with a lot of class. I think the way they handled losing the game says more about the character of these young ladies than making it that far in the first place does."

The Lady Eagles were unable to punch the winning run across in the bottom of the 13th inning. Delcambre (pronounced Delcom)

The game had all the makings of a barnburner in the early going.

"I take my hat off to Delcambre," Mosher said. "They were the best defensive team we saw the entire year."

According to an LHSAA spokesperson, it was not the longest game in the state tournament. There was at least one game which went 18 innings.

Delcambre scored two runs in the top of the first to get thing started.

Teierrany Pelter and Taylor Broussard both reached base to start things off.
Both scored when Jenny Boillion singled.

OCS answered with one run in the bottom of the first. Hayley Byars singled and scored on Cassie Clark's single.

The Lady Eagles tied the score in the bottom of the third.

Byars singled again, and this time she scored on Erin Tyler's double. Tyler was thrown out at third trying to stretch the double to a triple.

The Lady Eagles tried to get another run in the bottom of the third, but Nicole Cook doubled, and some how Cook and the Delcambre shortstop got tangled up with Cook being called out for interferance.

Delcambre went ahead for two runs in the top of the fifth.

Sara Derise reached base on an error and Jaci Trahan reached on a fielder's choice. Both scored on Sarah Derise's double to give Delcambre a 4-2 advantage.

OCS came roaring back in the bottom of the fifth. Byars and Tyler both singled and both scored on Clark's single to deadlock the score at 4-4 and send the game into extra innings.

Both teams had lots of chances to score even before the eighth inning came along.

OCS had a walk and a double but bad baserunning cost them a chance to win the game in the bottom of the seventh.

Both starting pitchers, Gracie Thaxton for OCS and Jaci Trahan for Declambre, settled into a groove at that point and it didn't seem like either one would bend.
In the critical 13th, Regan Broussard opened the inning with a single. She scored when Derise singled to put Delcambre up 5-4.

OCS had a similar chance to tie the score again in the bottom half of the 13th.
Tyler walked, but could get no farther than second as Trahan slammed the door shut on OCS to end the marathon contest which took over three hours to play.

Thaxton struck out 17 in her efforts on the mound, including striking out the side in the top of the sixth.

Live Oak 3,
West Ouachita 0

The West Ouachita Lady Chiefs were unable to mount a threat in this contest as Live Oak pitcher Sara Anthony controlled the game from the start in a semifinal round game in 4A.
Meggie Burkett had one double.

West Ouachita 2, Alexandria 1

In a quarterfinal round game on Friday, the Lady Chiefs were able to handle ASH with apparent ease in an eight inning 4A thriller.

With Samantha Hamby on the mound. Alexandria scored first in the top of the second.

Amy Phillips singled and scored when Kelsey Dessalle reached on an error.

The Lady Chiefs answered in the bottom of the second when Chelsea Tatum singled, and Jordan Waldroup doubled, scoring Tatum.

Both pitchers then took control of the game until the bottom of the eighth when Burkett drew a walk and scored on Christie Pernell's single.

Vandebilt 6, Neville 0

Vandebilt Catholic defeat Neville by a 6-0 margin.

This was a first trip to the state championship by Neville.

Hackberry 2, Claiborne 0

The Claiborne Christina Lady Crusaders made their second appearance in the state Class C championship, but fell in the quarterfinal round by a 2-0 margin to Hackberry.

"I believe the top 15 teams were in the tournament," said Claiborne coach Kristen Bennett. "We made some fielding errors and some mental errors."
Bennett said 2009 ought to be better.

"Those freshmen will be sophomores next year," Bennett said. "So we'll be better. We'll just have to wait and see what happens."
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