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| 30 September 2009
With their first district championship under their belts in years, Tonkawa's Lady Buc softball team heads into Class 2A regional action Wednesday at Drumright.
The Lady Bucs play Commerce at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Drumright. The other two teams in the regional are Newkirk and Drumright. "It's the most open regional we could have been sent to," Head Coach Mark Huster said, "We're glad to be in it."
Commerce is 22-9 on the year. Drumright is 24-8, Newkirk 16-13 andTonkawa 16-8.
"It's pretty evently matched," Huster said, "No one team is way better. If we play good and don't swing at bad pitches, then we'll be in pretty good shape. And we've been doing exactly that lately."
Entering the regional, Tonkawa is coming off a district championship over Pawnee.
It's their first in at least five years.
It's their first in at least five years.
The other first — a two run homer by Markie Burgess — the first homerun in the new Lady Buc stadium.
Tonkawa beat Pawnee 11-3 in the opener, then lost in extra innings 4-5. In the third game and rubber match, Tonkawa won 7-4 giving the Lady Bucs the title.
In the first game, Katelyn Howard scored three of the runs. Kenzie Cranford, Markie Burgess, Kayla Gildhouse, Konlie Britton, Hay-lee Wittmer, Weslee Simpson, Julie Glenn and Darion Dugger each scored one. Burgess drew mound duty and struck out 10.
In the second game, scoring for the Lady Bucs were Cranford, Burgess, Britton and Wittmer. Burgess pitched two innings and struck out two. Gildhouse pitched six innings, striking out six.
In the 7-4 championship win, Cranford led scoring with three. Burgess scored two, Britton and Glenn one each. This is the game Burgess hit the two run homer and it couldn't have come at a better time, according to Huster.
Gildhouse pitched 6 2/3 innings, striking out nine. Burgess pitched the other third, striking out one.
