Red-hot Aladai paces Alma past Siloam, 7-2
By Kevin Taylor
Alma Schools
Freshman Lily Aladai went 4-for-4 and knocked in two runs to pace the Alma Lady Airedales to a big 7-2 win over Siloam Springs on Monday in a game that had been suspended because of lightning on April 10.
With the victory, the Lady Airedales pulled to within a game of fourth place in the 5A-West.
Sophomore Harper Jernigan picked up the win, striking out nine and scattering eight hits.
Aladai doubled and scored in the first inning on a wild pitch. Annie Davis doubled home Jaslyn Boone with the second run.
Aladai, who raised her batting average to .490, doubled home Addison Brannon with the third run.
The Lady Panthers, 11-8, 5-4, scored twice in the third to cut the deficit to 3-2. Eslee Travis scored in the fourth before the game was suspended. Later, as the game resumed Monday, Aladai singled home, Jaidon Humphrey with the fifth run.
Davis and Bella Plourde smacked back-to-back doubles in the fifth to give Alma a 7-2 cushion.
Davis leads the Lady Airedales (8-8, 4-5) with 17 RBIs. Aladai has 15, but leads the team with a 1.151 OPS (on-base plus slugging).
Alma 10, Mansfield 3
BASEBALL - Logan Villerreal worked out of a two-out, bases-loaded jam in the fourth and proceeded to pitch 3 ⅓ innings of scoreless relief to power the Airedals to a 10-3 win over Mansfield on Senior Day Monday.
Not only did Villerreal earn his first career victory, but he also had a career-high two hits and raised his batting average to .375 as the Airedales won their third straight game to climb within a game (9-10) of the .500 mark.
Sophomore Carson Hamilton continued his torrid hitting with a pair of hits and three RBIs. Hamilton gave Alma a 2-0 lead after one, and senior Easton Daily’s bases-clearing double extended the lead to 6-0 in the second inning. Alma eventually led 7-0 after three before Mansfield chased starter Aiden Keith with three two-out runs in the fourth.
Keith and Eli Beller later helped pad the lead with RBI doubles.
Hamilton leads the team with a .393 batting average and 15 RBIs. Juniors Brycen Lester and Izaac Plourde are hitting .389.