henryetta alumni team

Some former HHS softball heoes got another chance to smile Saturday when they won the Okmulgee County Alumni Showdown. The Henryetta girls took a 17-7 win over Preston in the finals. Both Henryetta and Presotn met earlier in the day with the Lady Knights taking a 13-0 win.

Henryetta jumped off to an early lead but had to fend off a late-game Holdenville attack for an 8-5 win Thursday.
Playing in their first game of the slow pitch season, the Lady Knights opening their first inning appearance with Makayla Greenhaw and Shelby Kilhoffer each getting a single. Serenity Rex singled driving in Greenhaw. Alinee Hicks got the first home run of the season with a hit over center field fence scoring both Rex and Kilhoffer.
hicksRex, Hicks and Kassidy Lee would score on RBI hits in the third then Hicks got the final run in the fifth.
The Lady Wolverines would get a solo home run in the fourth then added four runs in the fifth to close up the scoring distance.
On the rubber for Henryetta, Hicks would let five Holdenville runners get on base in the sixth and seventh innings on four hits. The Lady Wolverines loaded up the bases in the sixth but a double play on a line drive need that threat.
In addition to her pitching duties, Hicks would get three hits, three RBIs and one run in her three times at bat. She struck out three batters, gave up five walks and five hits.
Holdenville would tally nine hits, five runs and four RBIs during the game.

A strong pitching game helped make the difference Monday as the Prague Red Devils took a 6-2 win over Henryetta.
Both teams were tied up at the end of the first inning but the Red Devils showed the power on the mound from then on.
Henryetta was limited to only five hits and three walks during the game. Prague pitcher Ethan Rich fanned 14 Dirtbag batters.
The first Henryetta run came in the opening inning with Will Perez slamming a double then advanced and scored on singles by Hunter Bowdler and Taylor Hamric.
Weston Wincle walked to load the bases but a fly out to center and strikeout closed that door.
Prague picked up a run in the third inning on a sacrifice fly to left then a passed ball in the fourth.
The second HHS run came with Boston Morris getting on after being hit by a pitch then scoring on a single from Joslin.
The two final Prague runs came in the fifth inning with bases loaded and back to back singles.
Bowdler started the pitching duties for Henryetta then was relieved by Morris in the fifth.
Between them they gave up six hits and eight walks while striking out two Prague batters.
Henryetta got five hits during the game. Prague’s pitcher struck out 14 Knights.

When HHS centerfielder David Reid stole home from third, he put the winning run on the board for Henryetta Friday. Henryetta won that contest with an 8-0, five inning shutout.
The home baseball season opener with Okmulgee saw the HHS Dirtbags unable to score after loading the bases in the second inning. Back to back doubles by Will Perez and Hunter Bowdler, single by Maverick Randleman and walk by Taylor Hamric wound set the stage for Boston Morris to get a double living Henryetta the eventual 4-0 lead in the third.
That was followed by Perez, Bowdler and Randleman scoring on RBIs in the fourth.
Reid singled in the fifth then went to second on a Perez walk and had back to back steals for the winning run.
Overall, Henryetta had 11 hits while the Bulldogs from Okmulgee could only get two.
Bowdler was the starting pitcher for Henryetta and struck out eight Okmulgee batters.
Henryetta will host the Prague Red Devils Monday in a district match then go to Prague Tuesday. The game between Henryetta and Wilson Friday wraps up the week for the Dirtbags.

Even though the Lady Knights kept the pace in the first quarter and outscored Prague in the third, it was not enough as the Lady Red Devils took a 53-39 win Thursday.
Playing in the consolation bracket at the regional tournament, Henryetta scored in double digits in both those quarters but the Lady Knights were unable to connect in the second and fourth.
Prague had seven three-point field goals, five from the corner, that laid the foundation for the win. Those goals, coupled with 15 successful free throws out of 23 attempts made the difference.
The Lady Knights used three-point goals by Rachel Morrison and Makayla Greenhaw in the first to help give them 10 points compared to 13 for Prague.
The Lady Red Devils picked up 18 points in the second period while holding Henryetta to only eight.
It was the third quarter that saw Lee and Boatright get two three pointers and Davis drop in three of four free throws to aid in the 17 point tally while holding Prague to only seven.
That tied turned in the fourth. Henryetta had four points courtesy of Greenhaw while Prague added 15 to the board.
Greenhaw finished up the game with 19 points followed by Lee with seven, Rock, four. Boatright, Davis and Morrison each had three and Lollis scored two