The Dewar Lady Dragons earned a pair of double-digit wins earlier this week. The Lady Dragons began the week on Monday, traveling to Canadian for a showdown with the host
The Dewar Lady Dragons earned a pair of double-digit wins earlier this week. The Lady Dragons began the week on Monday, traveling to Canadian for a showdown with the host Canadian Lady Cougars. After a sluggish start, the Dewar softball squad erupted for 13 runs in the third and fourth innings to run away with a 15-1 victory. On Tuesday, the Dewar ladies improved to 10-5 on the year, routing the visiting Weleetka Lady Outlaws 13-0 in three innings. The Lady Dragons closed out their week on Thursday with a trip to Council Hill for a meeting with the Midway Lady Chargers. The Dewar squad will start next week's action on Monday at home against Strother, then will travel to Wetumka on Tuesday to battle Wetumka and Crowder in a 3-team showdown. The final scheduled game next week will be next Thursday at 1 p.m. at home against Preston. In Monday's road game at Canadian, both teams tallied a run in their half of the first. Dewar took over the lead for good at 2-1 with a run in the top of the second. The Lady Dragons added three runs in the third for a 5-1 advantage, then put the game away in the top of the fourth, erupting for 10 runs in the frame to walk away with the 15-1, run-rule, win. Skyler Randall worked all four innings in the circle for Dewar to earn the pitching win. The sophomore southpaw allowed one run on one hit with nine strikeouts, three walks, one hit batter in the complete-game victory. The top hitters for the Lady Dragons in the one-sided win were Skye Been (2 for 3, 2 doubles), Noelani Corbin (2 for 2, 2 singles, RBI), and Autumn Campbell (2 for 3, double, triple, RBI) with two hits apiece. The other four base hits for the Dewar offense against Canadian were singles by Randall, Savannah Been, and Morgan Britt and a 2-run single by Talyn Been. Other baserunners for the Lady Dragons in the road win were Britt (walk, hit by pitch), Corbin (2 walks), Savannah Been (walk), Skye Been (walk), Talyn Been (2 walks), Staejha Mack (walk, hit by pitch), and Kobee Hewett (walk). In Tuesday's home meeting with Weleetka, the Lady Dragons opened the scoring with five runs in the bottom of the first, then added six in the second and two in the third to end the game on the run-rule, 13-0. The Dewar offense totaled 12 hits in the home win, led by the quartet of Savannah Been (2 for 3, single, triple), Noelani Corbin (2 for 3, single, triple, RBI), Autumn Campbell (2 for 2, 2 singles), and Talyn Been (2 for 2, 2 singles) with two hits each. The other base hits for the Lady Dragons against Weleetka came on a single by Staejha Mack, an RBI single by Morgan Britt, a leadoff solo home run in the second by Skye Been, and a game-ending 2-run triple by Skyler Randall. Other baserunners for Dewar in the shutout victory were Britt (2 walks), Randall (walk), Mack (walk), Skye Been (walk), and Kobee Hewett (walk). Britt struck out one, walked one, and gave up just one base hit in three innings of work to earn the pitching win for Dewar. ---Monday, August 20 Dewar 15, Canadian 1 Dewar -1-1-3-10 15-10-1 Canadian-1-0-0- 0 1- 1-0 Winning Pitcher: Skyler Randall Losing Pitcher: Bratcher Home Runs: None ---Tuesday, August 21 Dewar 13, Weleetka 0 Weleetka-0-0-0 0- 1-0 Dewar -5-6-2 13-12-0 Winning Pitcher: Morgan Britt Losing Pitcher: Katelyn Williamson Home Runs: Dewar: Skye Been