Argyle Athletics Booster Club, Argyle H.S. TX

The Lady Eagles were victorious against the Sissies from Bridgeport on Saturday.  Emily Rodgers struckout nine batters in the victory.  She held the Sissies to six hits in seven innings of work.  The offense was led by Argyle's leading hitter, Taylor Petrick.  She had three hits in four at bats.  Taylor opened the game with a homerun over the left centerfield fence in the first inning.  Taylor added a double, scored two runs and batted in a run.  Chandler Hamilton added a run batted in with a double in three at bats.  Singles by Kristen, Erin, Jennifer and Kayla rounded out the offense.  Additional runs were scored by Leamon and Massey.  Runs batted in by Taylor, Chandler, Jennifer and Katie completed the scoring for the Lady Eagles.  Emma Forrer made her first start for the Varsity team.  The defense was led by Laura Carr playing second base.   Her glove and arm aided in the Rodgers victory.

The Lady Eagles led the Bridgeport Sissies by a score of 4-1 as the game entered the bottom of the sixth inning.  Consecutive hits by the Sissies including a double and a triple narrowed the Argyle lead to 4-2.  With two runners on base and leading by two Emily faced the challenge.   Emily stated, "I missed my spots with my pitches to the early batters and lost my concentration".  She struck out the side to end the scoring threat and preserving the season for the Lady Eagles.  The game Friday against Decatur is Senior Night at the park.  The Lady Eagles are in third place by 1/2 game with a record of 8-4.  There are two games remaining for Argyle with only one home game, Tuesday against Decatur (7-4).