Houston County Lady Bears to host Heritage-Conyers in first round of AAAAAA state playoffs

The series came down to a third and final game

because of two reasons: these are the two best teams in arguably the best

softball region in the state and because it had to, it was only right.

The Houston County Lady Bears and the Lee County

Lady Trojans were the class of Region 1-6A all season and now after having

played to a draw on Tuesday night in Douglas the region title would come down

to one last game.

On Wednesday night that team was the Lady Trojans,

who won 7-6 and now will go into the state playoffs as a number one seed and

thus will have home field advantage throughout. Houston County will also begin

the state playoffs at home against Heritage-Conyers on Tuesday night with a

game three on Wednesday if necessary.

Tied at two runs each after the first inning, the

Lady Bears went ahead 4-3 during the third inning. This series has been up and

down, and this series-clinching contest was no different as the Lady Trojans

scored four runs in the fourth to go ahead for good. 

I thought we competed well at the top of the lineup

but we have to get better at the bottom,” said Lady Bears head coach Scott Lamb

via text hours after the game. “I’ll say [this series] lived up to its billing,

one versus two, and gave the fans all they wanted to see.”

Lady Bears senior Rylee Lamb pitched her second

game of the series. “The pitching performances from both teams were gutty

considering the heat and number of pitches both threw.”

The games on Tuesday were a microcosm of how the

teams played through the regular season. The Lady Bears won game one 4-3 behind

a complete game performance by Lamb who also struck out

six Lady Trojans in the process. Houston Home Journal 2019 player of the year

Makayla Krepps went 2-3 with two RBI. Junior second baseman Kendall Huelsman

also had two hits and drove in a run as well. 

Lee County won the second game 14-4 to push the series to a third game.

The Lady Trojans went ahead 4-3 in the second inning, and scored five

unanswered runs during the third and fourth innings to stay ahead for good.

Houston County junior pitcher Olivia Brown, an all-county selection along with

Huelsman, Krepps and Lamb, started the game and gave up a season-high 10 earned

runs and 12 hits.  

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