We've crowned 5 state champions so far this weekend here at the Benton Sports Athletic Complex, and there is one left to decide it is Sacred Heart and Taylor in the 182 close arts are slate.

Of title games.

Hello everybody, once again alongside former Arkansas Razorback Sydney Parr.

I am Dorian craft.

We are so happy to have you with us on the 6th of 66 state softball championship games in Sydney.

We have talked about experience multiple times but maybe no one as experienced as the six time state champion Taylor Tigers.

What makes them the favorite for number 7 Taylor?

They're efficient in every aspect of their game, head coach Adam Camp says they have blue collar mentality.

And they'll put that to show today.

As for Sacred Heart, they are the newcomers on the scene.

This is their first state championship game in program history.

They aren't their only other semi-final was back in 2005, map all put into play to start off the game and she is safe at first.

Is that as Carly Downs beating mount one out and Sydney?

Obviously Sacred Heart put to the test here early.

How do they combat some of the nerves that come with playing in this game for the very first time?

So alongside the nerves they have to do three things that are very important.

They have to stick to controlling, controlling the controllables.

Make every second count and settle in quickly by not making the moment bigger than what it is.

I was the junior Carly Downs leading off with an infield single to shortstop for the Taylor Tigers to start off the 1A state championship here on Arkansas.

PBS sports Madison Morton, stepping in now as she takes.

Ball one low or that's a strike rather low in the zone strike will say, let's talk about McKinsey Greeson real quick.

She throws changeup fastball, relies on her defense, and this is her first year pitching as she is typically a shortstop.

The old one.

Swung on through the 5-6 hole and Taylor starts off the game with back to back singles and this is something that we're going to see this Taylor offense do.

Not ball skips away and downs heads up baserunning.

She advances to 3rd as the throw made it up the first base sideline.

And this is a very potent offense for Taylor, one through nine they can all put the ball in play.

They have power towards the bottom of the lineup.

They do more small ball, but they're in a very aggressive team.

Don't expect to see any small ball from #4.

Heidi may batting 435 on the year 36 RBI's as she has the opportunity to pick up #37 here and get her team on the board.

First page Lowen Morton takes 2nd.

Then that's great baserunning by Morton she saw that ball right off of her jump hit the ground, taking second base tigers, now with two in scoring position.

No out.

Squeeze was on his downside.

Dive safely back into third.

And this is something that Coach Camp talked about.

He is not afraid to squeeze.

He did that in some games to get them to this point.

And actually use the squeeze in their win over Vernon Nola in the quarterfinal of the state tournament.

Two teams that know each other very well very well, and I want to go back to Carly Downs.

That ball wasn't bunted with the squeeze call.

She did a good job of getting back to third base.

The 1/2 to Meg.

Just fouled back.

Nice job.

I'm a saying on the off speed that is a great job by May typically in that count.

That's a pitch that pitchers usually get the hitters to swing and miss on.

Did a great job of getting a piece of it to stay alive.

1/2 Again may fouls it back to the backstop right now.

May she's just a little bit out in front and that's what grease and is trying to do here.

She's trying to throw her off balance, but she's doing a good job again and staying alive.

May hitting 435 on the year.

The second highest average for the Tigers.

That one chopped on the ground, right into the hands of head.

Coach Adam Camp down there coaching 3rd put that man and woman.

But to say good in the glove.

Put him out there.

And again, down the third baseline couldn't come up with it this time.

That was a nice little Ole to the side there by camp and this is a great bat already by May we've talked about it.

You know you're in the top of the first inning when you're at the top of the lineup.

You want to see as many pitches as possible so you can give feedback back to the girls in the dugout.

6 pictures the about.

That one up in the zone it will be playable, but downs will tag.

She is headed for home.

She will beat the throw to the plate.

Sacred Heart getting Morton in a rundown off of second they chase her back but she slides in safely as the ball squirts away.

Sacred Heart able to get the out in left field but Carla down scores on the sacrifice fly and that is great job by May.

That is how you manufacture runs right there.

Hitting that sacrifice fly.

She did her job.

She knew what her role was in this moment with runners at 2nd and 3rd to get in that run.

Adam camp out to second base to talk to Madison Morton.

You see there.

Flexing her hand a little bit.

You wonder if maybe she jammed it diving back into the bag on that run down.

I think she most definitely did shamed her hands going back into the base that happened to you right up into me.

I broke, broke the middle finger on my right hand doing that when I was a junior in high school and it's especially important to make sure that she's OK 'cause she is going to be the starting pitcher for the Tigers.

Is Madison Lindsay found the first ball back?

Madison Lindsey this is an athlete in this lineup.

He really gets the job done.

Coach Adam Camp highlighted that she is a little bit shorter, but that is not a problem because she sees a lot of pitches.

Pull up and out of the zone.

She reminds me of a teammate that I had Taylor Greene at Arkansas.

She's now playing at the University of North Carolina and she is a hitter that can get the job done at the plate.

Size does not matter.

People out of power packed in a small frame is that ball ripped into the left center field gap.

It is off the wall.

Morton is going to be raised around third.

She will score.

It is an RBI double for Madison.

Lindsay as Taylor has slated to here in the top of the first.

It's the top of the first ending.

Typically you do not see this in the state championship game.

They usually takes time for athletes to get settled, but man is their offense.

Electric.

As we mentioned, Taylor A6 time state champion.

This is a team that is used to playing on this stage.

They've actually won the last three state Championships 2017, 2018-2019.

You figured they would have been the favorite in 2020 high this season not being cancelled due to COVID and they're right back in the state title in 2021.

First pitch swinging.

Nice job over to 1st in time.

May dives into third, she just beats the throat.

Taylor's base running as well, and we've seen it all the past three days baserunning, is super important in the sport.

She does a great job getting.

Off of second base to advance to 3rd.

That was Madison Lindsey taking third on the throw over to 1st.

It looks like we got a little bit of blood as she's holding her arm.

That's one of the things that this turf field will do to you.

It doesn't slide quite as nicely as dirt does.

It's a little bit more abrasive on those parts of your arms that are exposed.

So yeah, most definitely.

Turf Burn is a thing.

It's similar to getting carpet burn.

It doesn't feel too great.

Dirt burn doesn't feel very good either, and if anyone who's ever who anyone who's ever slid on a a rock hard field knows that that'll that'll scary up pretty good.

I know I've got a couple to prove it.

We were talking about that as we walked out of the park, actually.

Last night showing each other, the scars that we have on our legs from sliding.

The funny thing is, is he in the exact same place on her shins?

Just goes to show you all softball players kind of look the same.

It at some point is.

We're talking things over Taylor already brought in two runs here in the top of the first and they've got a runner on 3rd with two outs and it will be.

Maggie McHenry coming to the point.

We've got a Curtis or Madison's Madison Lindsay that's headed back over towards third.

Little blood never hurt.

Maggie McHenry hitting 355 with.

18 doubles and three doubles and 18 singles.

Take school one upstairs.

Stemming off of what this offense has done already in this game, one thing that the point that Coach Adam Camp made as he told his team before this game we have prepared you for every situation.

So just go out there and play.

10 back up the middle.

That's going to sneak its way through.

Lindsay comes in to score and it is an RBI single for Maggie McHenry.

And that's a great piece of hitting bag McHenry.

Really staying on and through that outside pitch to send it back up the middle up the middle.

Excuse me.

Goodnight three runs on three hits for the Taylor Tigers here in the top of the first of the 1A state championship game, Leslie Goodner, now standing in.

First pitch swing that one's opposite way.

Big Henry is going to be waved around second.

She will hold up.

As the throat comes into the infield.

It's a good job by Sidney Bregler out in right field.

Getting that bawling quickly.

It was a great job.

By Sidney bregler.

She could have easily gone first to third there as coach camp was waving her on.

That's one thing that Kyle Duvall talked to us about before the game is limiting Taylor's ability on the basepaths.

They run the base path so well, we've already seen it so far here today.

Kendall McClendon it takes the first pitch in the dirt and then just calling it the dirt.

I know it's the turf it's going to be there.

Sorry guys.

It's typically said 99% of the time.

These two teams have only met once before.

That was back in 2015.

Right now these Taylor hitters, they're seeing the ball so well in the thing that is making them successful as they're not going deep in the count.

They're working ahead in the count majority of them attacking first pitch strike.

For one one.

Stays inside.

You like to see a team from the jump.

Get in the box, be gritty, be aggressive early in a game.

In Sydney it's funny that when we were down on the field, Taylor said they were nervous.

That ball skride into the air a little bit of a tweener.

Emery Holzman back out to grab it to end the inning, but Taylor.

Get three runs on five hits.

The Tigers jump out to the early lead.

We head to the bottom of the first world.

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A RCBS sports Taylor jumped out to a three run lead in the top of the first on five hits.

One of those hits being a single from Madison Morton who now starts the game for the Taylor Tigers Madison Morton.

She has been a huge piece to this team, specially on the mound.

She tops at Sixish.

Those a fastball change screw curve.

She really likes to stay east to West.

She's not going to elevate the ball.

Up in the zone a whole lot, she really does a great job of throwing a lot of strikes and keeping the hitters off balance.

Now I want to note this is her first year pitching in four years she along with Greece and is another pitcher who really hasn't pitched but has stepped up for her team to do what is needed to be done.

14 and one on the year 94 and 2/3 innings pitched with a 2.3 ER.

A and she will face recent Pettengill in Holzman, who start off the bottom of the third for the Sacred Heart, Lady Rebels.

First pitch in there for a strike.

And McKinsey grease, and she does a phenomenal job on the mound that she is a big piece to the Sacred Heart lineup.

Recent hitting 355 on the years 22 hits three doubles, 5 triples so some speed and some power behind that bad as she lines that one into right field for a leadoff single.

So both teams now have had their leadoff hitter get on.

This is super important in a game like this to every inning.

Have your leadoff hitter get on not just your leadoff hitters in need, but getting your leadoff hitter after giving up three runs in the top of the first inning.

And that says a lot, so you know she might have had some nerves in that top of the first inning pitching on the mound.

But to come back and throw a punch and get it done at the plate for her team to spark them.

That says a lot about who she is as an athlete.

They can go.

Takes a strike on the outside.

And to go back to Greece and you love to see it 'cause she could have easily at the top of the first inning crumbled, and she hasn't done that.

Pettengill hitting 298.

Two doubles with a triple.

That one up, does she have room?

Madison Lindsey had a bead on it.

Running up under the fence, I would have been a tough play.

A really great place where she able to make it and that was good.

Hustle by Lindsey.

It was just really tough 'cause it was skimming the inner part of the net.

We've seen a lot of fantastic please buy catchers this weekend and my gosh have we they have done a phenomenal job of building their position when polls are hit foul and all top that.

We just seen a FTA lot of fantastic defensive plays as well.

Go to that ball hammered out into left.

That's gonna drop for a single.

And they nearly had grease in its second base who had to hold up to make sure that ball wasn't caught in the air at ball.

Short hopped Kendall McClendon there at second base and now Sacred Heart answers back with back to back singles.

And that is a great swing by Pettengill, but a really great job in left field by Leslie Gooden are keeping that ball in front of her that sometimes a tough ball that's hit that can get past an outfielder and then to come up and gunner out.

Try to gunner out at 2nd.

Hey Lynn Holzman, stepping in now and this is really where the power part of Secret Hearts lineup starts.

Holzman hitting 417 Morgan.

Going to the off speed and staying away from the powerful Holzman and something that's interesting is head coach Kyle Duvall.

He talked about how in the corners there fence sits at 235 feet, which is not usual an she has hit home runs over 235 foot fences, six home runs on the year for Holzman.

Is that one stays too far outside and certainly a shorter park here at the Benton Sports Athletic Complex, it's 200 left Dan right, and to straightaway center.

Much more of a hitters park.

Most definitely.

The wall is a little high, but most definitely hitters park.

It is counted 20.

Holzman swing it down when that ball is high, but it is going to be playable.

Recent tagging she's into third safely, as both runners advance, and that's another great job.

We saw it with Taylor, but with Sacred Heart here really being well on the base path.

Great job tagging up knowing the depth of Lauren Leonard and how far she was to be able to advance.

I think in that situation, though, Greeson already looked like she was going to be safe at 3rd, so to be able to keep Pettengill at first I would have liked to have seen her through that second to split the runners.

Elizabeth acwar takes a strike on the outside, and that's a great great curveball on the outer part of the plate by Morton.

I can already see from her in her mannerisms that she's ready to come after these hitters.

She's being very aggressive on the rubber.

Oquaga senior catcher 21 RBI's on the year.

Not ball sliced down the right field line.

And that pitch was an inside screwball that I think she got a little bit jammed on.

Let the pitch get a little bit too deep.

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The O2 back up the middle.

Taylor able to get the out at first in Greece and takes off.

She is going to be safe at the plate.

Pettengill advances the third.

As the lady rebels get one back.

And I think Sydney that Greece and deliberately baited them into trying to come after her.

I think she most definitely did.

I agree with you Dorian, and that was a really great job.

She has speed so to get them to make the throw to 3rd so that she could advance to home.

You love to see it.

It worked in their favour.

Maggie Mchenry's are halfway off the base pass she threw behind her to Heidi May in Greece and immediately took off heading for home.

She was in there safely regardless of whether or not they throw.

Had been on on target.

Now it is Bailey sparks.

And that was a pretty pitch for Madison Morton.

That was a great pitch for first pitch strike to sparks throwing that tight inside screwball.

South that looked like a hitters pitch to me.

Sometimes that's at first pitch is the best pitcher going to see during it back and then after that she's going through what she wants.

Sparks softly on the ground at First McHenry gloves.

It gets back to the bag in time for the unassisted out.

Sacred Heart gets one back in the bottom of the first, we're going to the top of the second for the score 3 to one in favor of healing.

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Taylor leading 31 in the top of the second after Sacred Heart got one back when we take a look at Taylor head coach Adam Camp in his 9th season on the sideline for Taylor and he's gonna like what he sees there from Michaela Downs as she rips the first pitch to the wall in left center field for a stand up.

Double talk about a ball being absolutely ripped first pitch strike, love to see downs in her first at bat of the game.

Get in there and be aggressive.

She really kept her hands and tight staying through that ball to blast it to this.

Left center field wall.

As we mentioned Adam Adam Camp in his 9th year has some high expectations for this Taylor program.

This is Carla Downs takes ball one.

Indeed, he does Dorian.

I mean, he's they have been here.

They're going for the four peat.

I certainly would be the four peat, obviously 2020.

That ball in the left field.

Downs had to hustle and smart baserunning by Carly Downs as she takes second on the throw to 3rd.

This team is outstanding at baserunning.

I think it's been quite a while since I've seen a team take extra bases like this.

It is outstanding.

And sending you and I got a chance to talk to Adam Camp in person and it feels like just in that 20 or so minutes that we spent talking to him that this team really takes on his personality so very much.

So they really do take on his personality.

They are a great group of girls who have jelled well together.

Aspide first pitch to Madison Morton for the strike.

Right now I think for grease and she's going to need to start implementing that change up a little bit more to throw these Taylor hitters off balance.

That ball high and deep to centerfield, that ball off the top of the wall Downs will score.

Ann Madison Morton with a two run double to give Taylor a 5-1 lead here in the second talk about extra bases.

This Taylor lineup has already hit so many doubles.

Great piece of hitting by Morton.

She really kept her hands back driving that to the fence and to be honest Dorian I think of this wall wasn't as tall.

That would have been a home run.

Major props though out there.

Lizzie Beck Poly isn't used to a wall being this high needing to adjust as it kicked off the wall but.

Great piece of hitting by Morton that ball just off the yellow at the top of the wall in.

It's a little hard to see on the broadcast, but that wall has corrugated grooves and so it looks like that bolt hit off one of a kind, caring back into the field, Lizzie back getting a good jump at that ball.

Does travel a little bit more than it would be on a padded fence, but city to your point.

If we were playing at Bogle Park like normally where we hold the state championships, that ball is a three run home run almost definitely.

Most definitely.

It is over Bobo parks wall.

Kyle Duvall to talk to his infield.

Hello words to encouragement of encouragement as he heads back to the dugout.

And this is something that we expect to see from this Taylor offense.

They average nearly ten runs a game.

They scored 56 through their first five games alone, as recent goes to get the lead runner.

And Morton is out trying to take third.

That's a good job right there?

By grease and to get the lead runner to only allow may to get a single out of that.

Catcher Aguilar she was telling her Go 3 go three, so that's good communication on her part.

Madison Lindsay swinging at the first pitch.

Lindsay had an RBI double back in the first inning.

I say back like it's been that long ago.

The 01 map Allstate down and out, and interestingly enough, the last about that she had.

They really stayed on the outer part of the plate she swung at first pitch, strike and hit it well, and they're still sits sticking to that outer part of the plate.

That ball lined into centerfield diving attempt made by Lizzy Beck.

She can't get there.

Heidi may being waved around him first she will score.

In Madison, Lindsay with an RBI triple here in the 2nd.

And how about a triple like just previous to that pitch?

Really staying on the outer part of the plate.

She stays well on that screwball driving it into centerfield.

Great effort by Lizzy.

Beck just gets passed her.

How about a triple triples?

Not often.

In the game of softball I just said was as we talked about, the shorter fences make.

Triples a little bit harder, although that is.

Number two on the year for Lindsay.

So Madison Lindsey, now with the RBI double and an RBI triple to start the game, is already had a game at the plate.

That's a good game for a lot of players, let alone a good two winnings, as Lauren Leonard back up the middle.

The heart hip volvat Lindsey will score on the throw to 1st and then we see another situation where we go 60 feet.

The athlete goes 60 feet from 3rd to home on a ground ball to the infield.

Just some really solid baserunning by Taylor and I love how aggressive coach camp is.

With his players.

Maggie McHenry singled in the first first pitch, swinging chopper on the ground, a short Cooper over to 1st in time that will end the inning, but the Tigers get four more in the second, they take a 7-1 lead into the bottom half of the inning.

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Taylor is taking a 7-1 lead here in the second inning and they have jumped all over Sacred Heart here to start this one.

A state final right door and they're seeing the ball really well and it goes back to what they did the first inning.

They are extremely aggressive at the plate.

They're not getting behind in the count.

They're working ahead in the count a lot of times swinging at first pitch strike, and I don't know what the percentage is, but for hitters who swing it first pitch strike, the success rate is very high.

If you're the lady Rebels City, what is your focus to try and get back into this game?

Think it goes back to actually what coach Kyle Divall talked about?

He said there's that fine line of being aggressive and getting a pitch to drive being selectively aggressive.

They're really going to have to stay disciplined here, ensuring that they're staying patient.

They're waiting to get that pitch that they want to drive and to really string together some hits.

Kyle Duvall is a busy man.

He is also the athletic director in the head girls basketball coach at Sacred Heart.

In this game, means just a little bit more to him.

He's a Sacred Heart alumni.

He graduated back in 2007, he said, bringing a state title back.

To his school would mean so much to him and his family.

Were all alumni in the Moralton community that has come out and support this program today?

That is really something special and something that you do not see often.

A head coach graduating from their high school to come back to coach of their school and man is he busy as he ever home.

Does he get a break?

Coaches never get a break isn't isn't that the deal?

Yes, they don't ever.

Go to to Carlie Cooper.

Not ball stays upstairs and that's a great job by Cooper in an 02 count laying off of that rise ball there.

That's usually a pit that you see hitters getting out of their zone to chase when they're down with two strikes.

Cooper, Emerson Holzman, Insigne Bregler due to bat for the Lady Rebels here in the bottom of the second.

Softly hit on the ground to 1st.

McHenry picks it up and takes it over to the back route #1.

And that's a great job at Madison Morton really attacking Cooper early in the count to get her to hit that ground ball, and that's what she does best.

She lets her defense work behind her.

Sidney Secret Heart coming in today, 16 in five.

They have one of their last six games, but someone were to look at their record.

They would notice that they've played a lot fewer games than the majority of the teams in this state tournament.

You're exactly right, Dorian and talking to head coach Kyle Duball.

They actually at the beginning of the season they started late, 'cause majority of their girls on their team.

They played basketball.

They had to cancel the first week of season.

Coach Duval didn't really feel like this.

Seems started clicking until about the regionals.

It took them that long to get up and get going, but he said this team is gotten better every game they've progressed continually.

They have grown together.

That is something that he is loved to see is that was Holzman grounding out to 1st to bring up Rigler.

Bregler swinging at the first pitch, and that's something as a coach that you just love to see is your team progress as a season goes on, they're not remaining stagnant and that just goes back to learning what your strengths and weaknesses are.

Making adjustments as you progress.

The senior hitting 279 on the year.

17 hits.

15 singles two doubles flared out into right field.

That ball is going to land foul.

Right now Madison, Madison Morton.

She is pounding these Sacred Heart hitters inside and from the last three hitters that we've seen step up to the plate.

They're getting jammed on that pitch, which means that they're a little bit late so it's hard to get their hands to that pitch.

Rigler down O2 in the count with two outs here in the bottom of the second inning with Sacred Heart trailing 7 to one.

The pitch.

About away is Brickler stays alive.

And I think right now for Madison Morton.

She's going to keep pounding that arm side part of the plate and tell these Sacred Heart hitters can show that they can be more on time and get their hands out to peace up a good hit.

The 02 flared out into right field.

That ball is going to drop wriggler safely at first with a two out single.

And that's a great job by Sidney Burglar.

Earlier in her at bat, she was getting jammed.

But as we just saw Madison Morton throwing it, that curve on the outer part of the plate, she did a good job of throwing your hands at it and staying through that pit to drive it to left right field.

That brings up Senior Center fielder Lizzy Beck.

Becca 176 hitter.

Nine hits on the season Herbeck swinging at the first pitch.

What a cut Lizzy Beck just took it.

That first pitch strike and she wasn't getting cheated on that one.

Oh no she was not.

She had everything in her going at that pitch.

Yo one.

Not one stays low for ball number one in Sydney to your point.

You know about going up there.

There was nothing to lose already for Sacred Heart coming in this game.

Coach Devald noted that you know he knew they weren't the favourites.

They knew what their role was there whenever the favourites in the 18 throughout the majority of the season.

And now there really is nothing left to lose down.

Six runs in the second inning.

You're exactly right.

Dorian, being down six runs in the second inning.

They don't have anything to lose, but I am sure that coach Kyle Duvall would like to see them make a comeback.

Or without a doubt, you know, I'm sure that.

You know this team plays with a lot of heart.

They've been down in games before, but it takes a little bit of the pressure off that does.

You're exactly right playing in your first state championship game.

I don't care what you say, there's always gonna be a little bit of nerves and sometimes it just takes an inning or two to get over that.

And sometimes in situations like this, the team that is expected to win that adds a little bit of pressure to them because they don't want to get beat.

Carla Downs and Madison Morton having a little bit of a conversation there in the circle.

Back takes a strike is more.

Brings the count full and that's a great pitch by Madison Morton, the three one count to go out Lizzy Beck.

Morton is yet to record a strikeout through two innings.

322 outs runner in motion and there is strikeout.

Number one for McKenzie Morton as she sets down Lizzie back that will end the inning.

Sacred Heart gets a runner on but can't get them over.

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Kyle Duvall has made a pitching change.

He is going to go with Bailey Sparks.

Into the game in place of Mackenzie Greeson Sparks 15 and 2/3 innings on the year.

She's only appeared in four games with.

17 hits in 14 runs given up.

She's one in two.

Four these Sacred Heart lady rebels and Bailey sparks.

She's going to be a little bit different look than Greeson as she sits in the lower 50s.

She's really going to trust her spin.

Move it around the plate, spot the ball up on the corners.

The one one.

That ball flared into shallow left field.

Carly Cooper back to make out number one.

In Sydney already in that first at bat, so Leslie Goodner, you could see the speed differential between recent and sparks.

Giving Leslie Good Nurse in trouble, you're exactly right and this just gives the Taylor hitters a little bit more of a time that they're going to need to make an adjustment.

Bailey sparks.

There is a speed difference between she and grease, and so this is going to throw these Taylor hitters off.

They're going to have to adjust.

Kendall McClendon coming to the plate.

She grounded out to 2nd in her first set back.

Little bit of a conversation is Elizabeth Aquilar goes out to talk to sparks of the mount.

And it looked in that moment whenever she was called for an illegal pitch.

She hadn't quite come set on the mound.

Eyeball stays inside.

It's Sidney, it's not just the velocity that makes it a little bit different in terms of grease into sparks, but also the slower speed means that these Taylor hitters are going to have to generate more of their own power.

At Ball high and deep to center field.

Off the wall, in front of Lizzy Beck.

As Mclendon in there with a stand up double.

I'm sure as McClendon was coming up to bat that she was watching Leslie Goodner as there was a speed difference.

Knowing that she really needed to wait late on this pitch, making sure that she doesn't even start her timing until the pitch is already halfway there.

It's a good effort again by Lizzie Beck, just really hitting off this wall and kicking off hard.

Mackayla Downs take strike one as she was walking up to the plate.

Adam Cam really signaling to her to keep that weight back on that back shoulder, wait, wait, wait because of the speed differential between the two pictures.

Spark shops that in there for strike two and you know to go back to Kendall McClendon.

That's a really great job because typically when hitters are facing 2 pictures that have a significant you know speed difference, it's really hard.

It usually takes a few innings to make the adjustment.

The 02.

Two squibs it found down the first baseline to stay alive.

Then just as you were saying, Dorian for Coach camp, telling her to wait back a lot of times hitters get in the box and they don't really realize how big of a speed difference it is, and so they get out on their front foot.

You know, way too far out in front because they're so early.

The 02 that one stays high.

Taylor leading 71 here in the top of the third.

On the ground a third.

Kollsman look the runner back and got the ball over to 1st in time to get the out and that's a great play by Holzman looking the runner back at second base.

She did not want the Taylor baserunner to advance another base.

From right field to first base with the pitching change.

And Carla down steps to the plate with two outs.

That ball schiede centerfield Beck underneath it to make out #3.

Bailey Sparks able to keep Taylor off.

The scoreboard is 7 one we are going to the bottom half of the third.

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The softball Student Athlete of the game is Lydia Poke from Wonderview High School sophomore pitcher has a 3.5 GPA and she plans to continue her education and pursue a career in physical therapy or nursing and plans to play softball at the collegiate level.

She currently has offers from both in states an out of state schools.

She is pitched 31 games and recorded 207 strikeouts.

Congratulations Lydia, good for her.

She is offers from both.

In state and out-of-state sophomore, we expect to see big things from Lydia, pulled from one review in the coming years.

Sounds like the sky is the limit for this girl.

Back to the top of the lineup for Sacred Heart.

In the bottom of the third.

It will be Greeson Greeson Pettengill, an Holzman.

And Dorian Greeson is the 2nd athlete that we have seen that is committed to further her career after high school.

But it's for basketball to the University of Ozarks.

Greeson scored more than 1100 points during her career at Sacred Heart.

She's a three time all conference selection.

Allstate, as a senior.

She takes strike one.

I'm putting that speed to use on the basketball court as a shooting guard.

The one one.

That ball flared out to shallow right field.

Reese followers under it for out #1.

And that's a great job by Reese Fowler out in right field.

She got the read off the bat sprinted in to make the grab close to the right field line.

No.

New mail.

Shelby, Pettengill singled during the first inning.

The second of those back to back hits by Sacred Heart.

First pitch swing back over the press box.

Morton from the first inning to now.

She has continued to go at these hitters.

She has been pretty dominant.

Every single pitch that she has thrown.

She is executed them all well.

Heading to one of the eight seniors on this Sacred Heart roster.

Adam Camp calling time to go out and talk to his senior pitcher.

Madison Morton is that pitch was signaled as illegal by the home plate umpire.

Eddie Hill aside his hand out as Morton went down too.

Looks like re tire shoe after she'd already gotten the signal from home plate right?

And then she also had the ball in her hand and she was rubbing it on the turf, so I'm.

Sure that that played a part in his call.

I see a little shrug for Morton, a little laugh from coach camp as he jogs back to the dugout.

I'm sure that conversation was, yeah, alright, OK, let's move on.

So it's a 11 count on Pettengill's Morton steps back to the mound.

Have all taken low.

Again, pettengill.

One of eight seniors on this Sacred Heart in roster.

If you 9 counting the team manager and this is really a class that kind of turned the corner for this Sacred Heart team.

They kind of set the lady Rebels back on the map in terms of softball.

Yeah and coach camp.

He highlighted it a lot whenever he was talking about his seniors.

How they really have changed this program and have impacted it in so many ways.

How Duvall couldn't say enough good things about this team.

The two one rocketed down the line into the left field corner.

But foul Shelby, petting Gil.

She got a piece of that getting her barrel around the ball just sending it foul.

But that was a great piece of hitting.

Sacred Heart down 71.

Here in the bottom of the third.

Off speed.

Cold found on the line.

And the pitch before that was hit foul.

I want to note something.

Madison Morton.

She really hasn't gone up in the zone a ton.

She's stayed low in the zone, working the ball in and out.

So that was the first time we've really seen her go up in the zone on a header.

The two two.

Went up in the zone, this time just a little bit too far.

And that's a great job in a 22 count to layoff that pitch.

Usually that's a chase pitch that a pitcher will throw.

Seven pitch via bat coming for Shelby Pettengill.

And she takes Ball 4.

And that's a great at bat by Shelby Pettengill to really remain disciplined, specially in a 22 count.

She works at two a walk.

First walk of the game issued by Madison Morton.

And that brings up hail in Holzman, who had a sacrifice fly back in the 1st.

And against Sidney of Sacred Heart is going to get anything going.

This is one of the places where it needs to get started right there.

Down by a six run deficit.

The bottom of the third inning.

They're really going to have to piece together and string some hits, because this is the part of the game that's going to be very crucial to them.

Holzman hitting 415, six home runs 41 RBI's.

For the junior third baseman already.

Getting some looks for college.

She swings through the curveball on the outside part of the plate, and she's an athlete.

That coach Kyle Duvall talked about.

She brings a lot of energy.

She is the one out on third base that is kind of the anchor of the defense.

She not only gets the job done on the field, but she brings the energy and gets her, keeps her team go in that she is the one that can be heard possibly through our headsets.

In this broadcast, she is the loudest one in the dugout, according to Kyle Duvall.

The 02 she sends it out to centerfield.

That ball is hammered.

It will get to the fence.

Heading out going to be waved around third will have a play at the plate.

Pingel is safe.

As Holzman comes through with an RBI double, Holzman absolutely roped that ball to center field as we saw Lauren Leonard coming in a little bit.

She thought it was shallow hit over her head.

That ball is absolutely roped.

And then when she got the 2nd, we kind of saw her manerisms.

She swatted down and started pumping her fist.

I saw that she was pumped up after picking up her 42nd RBI of the season.

In Sydney again we talk about cutting down the deficit.

You can only do it one run at a time.

You can't get ahead of yourself, but if the lady Rebels are going to get back into it, they need hits like that.

They most definitely do.

Elizabeth Aquil are stepping in and she is committed to Arkansas Tech, the first ever softball commit to come out of the Sacred Heart program.

That is something very special.

And that's a big feat in itself.

10 that ball is going to be flared into shallow left.

Holzman will hold its third base is Aclar.

On with a single and you just set it Dorian before Aguilar's at bat.

They're going to have to piece together hits like that.

Continue to string them together and make most out of their at bats.

And typically we say bloop and a blast blast in a bloop will work just as well.

It goes down in the books as a base.

It an she advanced the runner.

We're going to get a courtesy runner for the catcher aquilar that is number 23, the senior Liam or more.

Maddie Miller, a patient starts.

And for more, this is a big moment.

She's coming in to fulfill her role as a pinch runner.

She's on first base for a reason.

Morris played in 19 games this season, scored 13 runs was that is taken low for a ball.

In Sydney we talked about Elizabeth Aquil are committing to Arkansas Tech.

She's been playing softball since she was eight years old, playing at the collegiate level.

Always something that she dreamed of the Golden Suns going to be very fortunate to get her coming into the program.

More taking second is that ball skips away from Madison, Lindsey and now Sacred Heart with two runners in scoring position.

And that's great baserunning, right there?

Getting the read off of the glove of Madison Lindsey to advance the 2nd and she speedy so of sparks could get something through the infield right here.

We might see two runners come across home plate.

Not ball tapped on the ground to 3rd May over to 1st in time play at the plate, but Holzman is safe and talk about mom dapia see it as she turns to the crowd.

Palin holzman.

Getting this crowd going and she is trying to will Sacred Heart back into this and Holzman isn't athlete that you see she plays with a lot of emotion.

You've gotta love it and here it is.

Another ground ball out where we see Holzman advance from 3rd to home just goes back to both teams.

Have very aggressive baserunning.

They're going to take every chance that they can get.

Sacred Heart is cut the deficit to four here in the bottom of the third as they have brought in two runs.

Carly Cooper looks at strike one.

Grounded out to 1st in her first at bat in the second inning.

And then go back to Heidi.

May she made a really good play.

I'm not so sure that she looked Holzman back for long enough, but she made a great play on that ground ball.

The 01 sliced fowl.

Into that, play it there.

I actually don't have a problem with it.

You know you look back Holzman briefly, but with a five run lead you're not really that concerned about the runner on 3rd.

Sometimes as a fielder, if you worry too much about the runners it can actually impact the way that you play defense.

That's a really great point during your exactly right.

More times than not, we see athletes looking the runner back for way too long and like you just said they can't get that out at first base.

It has been awhile though, that I've seen runners score from first to third on ground balls, hit to the Enfield like that these are too aggressive teams on the basepaths.

That's for sure.

Charlie Cooper in an 02 count with two out and run around 2nd that ball again flared.

Fell down the right field line and for Madison Morton right now.

She is really sticking to that inner part of the plate on Cooper.

Has Cooper's just still a little off timing wise behind her pitch as it's flaring off down the right field line.

Cooper batting 235.

Twelve hits, eight doubles.

16 RBI.

The 02 on the ground.

The second McClendon is there over to 1st in time for the out and that will do it for Sacred Heart.

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The Sacred Heart fans on their feet cheering on their lady rebels as they got two back in the bottom of the third.

It is now 7 to 3 Taylor leading as we head to the top of the fourth inning in Sydney for awhile.

It looked like we might be on our way to a blowout Sacred Heart one there a lot or brother Taylor won their last state Title 10 to nothing in walkoff fashion but Sacred Heart making a game of it here as we get on into the later innings.

You know that's a lot to be proud of from Sacred Heart.

Sometimes when you're down by a six run deficit, you kind of think in your mind, OK, like we have to get five more runs.

But they did a great job of punching back to scratch too.

The leadoff batter Emerson Holzman getting on for Taylor.

That was pitcher Madison Morton.

We'll have a courtesy runner.

Jazlyn rich, the sophomore coming in to run for Morton.

Apple hammer down the left field line and that's a great job by Heidi may.

She knows that Bailey Sparks is throwing it a little bit slower than what she saw from Greece, and she actually put her hands out to kind of square around to pull back to be able to time up her pitch.

May with a sacrifice in a fielder's choice, as she leaves that low for ball number one.

Now these Taylor hitters are sitting in the dugout.

They need to watch to learn from their teammates at bats.

High in the air to right center field.

The out is made.

That's Emerson Holzman out there in right field.

Nine years into it, so easy paddle, little shuffling of the Sacred Heart lineup.

Ever since Bailey Sparks came in to pitch for.

Mackenzie greeson so it now goes around the horn sparks Aquilar Bregler.

Carlie Cooper is its second Greeson into play shortstop, then Halen Holzman at third.

Pettengill beck.

And Emerson Holzman out in right field for the Lady Rebels.

20 Madison Lindsey takes it for a ball and Madison Lindsey.

She has had two fenomenale at bats in her first to hear she's facing Bailey sparks, she's gonna have to adjust as she saw grease and both times in her first two at bats.

Lindsay takes Ball 4.

Probably not a bad walk considering Lindsay already with a double and a triple, that's exactly right.

Dorian, that is not a bad walk, only allowing her 60 feet to 1st to not put the ball in the gap and advance.

Lauren Leonard over 2.

Grounded out to 3rd in the first in.

Grounded out to the pitcher in the second.

One of the few players in this Taylor lineup without a hit so far here this afternoon.

Shows Button pulls back.

And she takes it for ball one.

I think that's something that we're going to see these Taylor hitters do.

They're going to.

They're going to square around the show, but to be able to pull back to get their timing off of sparks.

10 stays upstairs.

Drops that in for a strike and the Taylor crowd.

They're not too happy about that call as that pitch was off the plate.

Not one says just a bit outside and.

City with that ball.

That's kind of parking in there right at the front of the plate for these Taylor hitters.

How do they have to adjust where they stand in order to make sure that that ball is not dropping outside of their swing zone?

So how they adjust as they need to scoot up to the front of the plate so they can catch that ball as it's in the air?

Not when it's dropping in.

Tapped on the ground is short.

Recent had the lead runner at Thurman Holzman couldn't hang on in the base is full of tigers for Maggie McHenry.

And there it is.

The ground ball to grease in it short did a great job of back handing that over to Holzman Holzman just couldn't hold on as it was chest high.

And that's a tough break for sparks.

'cause she got exactly what she wanted.

And now she has to deal with Maggie McHenry who is.

Singleton had an RBI groundout already here this afternoon.

Taylor leading 7 three in the top of the fourth.

While staying upstairs and for Coach Duval, making this pitching change this Taylor lineup, this offense they were very explosive in the first two innings so I don't think it was a bad call on his part.

Taylor averaging nearly ten runs a game this season.

Deep to centerfield.

Playable for beck.

But they will tag and score as it is.

The pinch runner Jason Rich, coming in from third.

And that was a great job by McHenry launching that ball into center field to get.

Her teammate 60 feet.

To be able to come across home plate to score.

Runners on second and third for Leslie Goodner.

Shows but pulls back.

And Adam camp in the Tigers not letting up at all on the aggressiveness?

Oh, not at all.

They're just a few runs within each other.

He is going to continue to have his baserunners be aggressive.

Goodner takes that one inside.

And again, Goodner looks at the ball and this is a great job by Goodner being disciplined at the plate.

Really waiting until her pit shows up for her to drive.

The three oh.

Takes it for a strike on the outside corner, adding Hillas thought that one caught just enough of the plate.

On the three account that did catch the outer part of the plate.

But for Goodner right here, she doesn't really need to chase an expander zone.

Again, that ball just catching the corner.

Maybe the black of the black on that plate?

I think so.

The three two.

And that one called Ball four.

I don't know quite what the difference was between that pitch and the two before it was about to say Dorian.

It looked pretty similar to the pitch before.

And as we saw Goodner and her at that, she was squaring around the bunt as she saw Bailey sparks back about Baghai at first base.

That loads the basis for Kendall McClendon.

McClendon grounded out to second in the first double back in the 3rd, as that one is hammered.

Chased down by Shelby Pettengill in left field to end the inning.

Great defensive graphic.

Taylor gets one in the top half of the 5th.

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Taylor added to their lead in the top half of the fourth inning.

They are now up eight to three and it will be Holzman, Brighella, Ranvet coming to the plate for Sacred Heart.

Very Amazon whole time.

Holzman grounded out to 3rd for the second out back in the second inning.

Shows bunt, lays it down Morton Fields or position over to 1st in time to get the out and that was a great job by the Taylor defenders Madison Morton coming off of the mound to get that.

But I think if it would have been a little bit softer, Holzman would have had a chance.

But as we saw the corners were crashing so hard when they saw her hand square around the bunt.

In city, the velocity with which that ball got to Morton.

A product of this turf field that plays so differently than a traditional dirt field.

Sidney Bregler takes strike one.

She singled to right in the second one of five Lady Rebels hits here this afternoon.

The 01 file back to the screen.

And Sidney burglars.

We just saw she was all over that pitch, getting a piece of it.

And we talk a lot about this game being a game of inches.

Nowhere is it more prevalent than when you're hitting, because the difference between a foul ball to the screen pop up in a home run is an eighth of an inch, and most definitely is.

The 02 now back to the screen again and to stem off of your point you take a cut like that and I know you've experienced it.

I've experienced it.

You're like my gosh, I was all over that pitch.

If it just would have gone out in front of me and not behind me.

And that's when you know your timing is right.

At least you are timing the pitch correctly.

You're just missing it high low, not earlier late, right?

And timings a big piece of hitting.

Want someone argue the biggest piece of hitting.

The 02 not want to hit hard down the line in right that ball is fair and Sidney Briggle are once again coming up with a base hit to right field and for sending burglars.

We just saw in her at that she was all over Madison Morton 's pitch is really staying on that outer part of the plate.

This is the second time that she's been worked inside and then ends up getting pitched outside on the outer part of the plate later in her at that really staying on that outside pitch doing a good job with it.

Regular taking time to tire cleat down there at first.

As Lizzie Beck will be, the batter for the Sacred Heart, Lady Rebels.

Beck, the only strikeout victim of the day for Madison Morton.

He struck out swinging to end the 2nd.

In sending Madison Morton on a picture that has a high volume strikeout number, certainly more pitch to contact.

Let the defense play behind you.

Brighton to go off of that Dorian.

I was going to speak shortly thereafter.

You can explain that yes, she doesn't have a high volume of strikeouts.

She really trust her defense and that is something that coach Adam Camp said that he really pounded into her mind coming into the postseason is just rely on your defense to do the work behind you.

The 01 to back squares to bunt popped in the area will spin foul.

Asmae lets the ball go into fair foul territory before picking it up, and that's a good job by mail it in that role foul.

Sometimes on dirt will see that ball is kind of iffy.

You know you paid 2 days.

I do know and I was actually going to say that's one of the things I like better about these turf fields when it comes to true hops.

When I was playing travel ball back when I was probably 16 years old, we played on a dirt field where it had rained and they had drug the field and they were still tired track marks along the third baseline it happened twice where someone laid down a bunt and I let it go foul and it came back into fair territory for ahead.

Oh, that does not look at all the O2 stays upstairs.

Snap throw to 1st Rigler back in time and I know that was a bunt, but we've seen it over the past three days that the turf does play true to the hot, but we've also seen a few balls that kind of has some funky spin.

Yeah, the blades of the turf.

Again, not like traditional dirt.

The rubber pellets that are in between them it causes it a little funky kick sometimes when it hits it just right.

Struck her out for the second time today.

And Lizzy, back that's the second time that we've seen her come up to bat.

It just hasn't gone in her favor, but she has been ultra aggressive with every swing that she is taken.

Selectively aggressive was the way that Kyle Duvall explained his offensive strategy for his team today, and those are good pitches to swing at by Lizzie Beck and that will bring Mackenzie Greece in up.

Season one for two.

Single delete things off in the 1st and she takes ball one inside.

Sacred Heart trailing 83.

Here in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Three runs on six hits, two errors for the Lady Rebels, eleven hits, eight runs for Taylor.

Is they started off this game with a bang three in the first four in the second?

Grease and looks at a strike, and that's a great pitch by Madison Morton getting behind in the count with one ball.

No strikes throwing it on that curve on the outer part of the plate.

And we've really seen her remain staying low in the zone this entire game to these Sacred Heart hitters.

Grease and handsome pop in some speed 5 triples on the year.

1000 down the third baseline.

Madison Morton she has executed that screwball on the inner part of the plate to these Sacred Heart hitters.

Well, not a lot of times that we've seen them get their hands to be out and around the ball.

In Madison, Morton wasn't necessarily going to be the starting pitcher for this team.

Throughout the majority of this season, they've been pitching by committee and it's really been Morton that's come on as of late.

Not one for Morton didn't dismiss by much, but grease and takes it for ball too.

She hasn't pitched in four years.

That is a long time to not have that feel of being on the mound and really working at something that is an art.

It takes a lot of practice at.

The two two.

Rip down the line foul.

In Sydney to your point about not pitching in four years.

That's because Taylor had Lindsay down to is the stellar picture for the tiger.

She was the MVP of the 2019 state championship game, struck out nine in that tendon.

Nothing went also with a two run Homer in the 6th at Taylor team, one of the best in program history.

They finished the year 30 and one what a record that is running.

She was pretty much the go to pitcher for Taylor during that time.

Recent files it back and so Mackenzie or Madison Morton, rather having to wait her turn.

And I think that goes a lot to how athletic she is.

It takes a lot for an athlete who is predominantly played a position to step out on the mound and fulfill that role, not just her athleticism, but just the patience and the maturity it that it takes to sit for four years or three years behind somebody else.

The two two.

Off speed stays up and I'm sure within those years she learned a lot from Lindsey Downs.

You know, sometimes as athletes, obviously everyone wants to be out on the field, but you can learn a lot if there's someone ahead of you who is very successful.

And not just the one a state title for Taylor in 2019.

They also want it in 2018 in 2017.

The three two.

Looking inside for Ball 4.

So Greeson able to work a two out walk and Sacred Heart with two on with two outs for Shelby Pettengill.

This Sacred Heart offense.

They're not giving up.

Never, never horse.

No, this is the team as we said that.

The senior heavy lineup was really the turning point for this Lady Rebels program.

They have been through a lot, making it to the state title game.

This Pettengill takes a strike on the outer part of the point.

They're not giving up.

They have they have been through a lot to get to this point.

Coach Duval told us that you know losing the 2020 season really wanted one of the rallying points for this team as it's been for the majority of the teams across the state.

The old one.

Found back out of play, just missed us back here in the press box as we have our window barely open.

I think the netting will protect us.

I think we're OK. You have your glove back in here, right?

Yeah, we have our gloves.

I mean, if that netting wasn't there, we would be prepared.

I think you're more you have.

I have the open window.

So I got.

I got this covered back here.

Two on two out for Sacred Heart.

Here in the bottom of the fourth inning as they trailed 8 to 3.

Not one taken for ball one, that pitch just gets away from Morton as we can tell she was throwing arm side really wanting to attack Pettengill back inside tight as the pitch before she fouled it off.

Pettengill hitting 298.

18 hits on the year.

That one to the backstop Wrigglers often running.

She will be into third and they're going to say that hit cotingo.

So, Madison Morton has issued a walk in a hit by pitch.

After a Sydney Rigler single and now the bases are loaded for Sacred Heart and to go back to Sacred Heart, their senior heavy lineup.

This team is showing a lot of heart, a lot of fight for most of these girls this is going to be played.

The last game that they play.

It is hailing Holzman who steps to the plate now in a big RBI opportunity for her team.

She had the RBI double in the third.

Remember getting into the base, being really pumped up and then ended up scoring on the fielder's choice later in the inning.

She is swinging at the first pitch back up the middle.

That ball is going to skip through.

Two runs are going to come into score.

As holzman.

Coming through again in a big way for the Lady Rebels.

Like you just said Dorian stepping up for Sacred Heart, coming in with a big way Holzman Blast that ball past the shortstop as we've talked about the turf, it speeds the ball up as a ground balls being hit, and that was already hard as it is really aggressive baserunning also.

That ball it tough play for Carly Downs at shortstop, hit sharply on the ground.

It is a single as two runs come in in Sacred Heart, refusing to go away, cutting it to an 85 Taylor lead in the 4th.

Ball one load to Elizabeth Aquil are.

Aquil are the Arkansas tech commit.

As we mentioned.

Earlier in the game something.

That's a big accomplishment, not just for Aclar, but this entire Sacred Heart program.

Tapped on the ground down, this time getting the ball over to 1st in time to get Aquilar but Taylor but Sacred Heart gets two runs back.

The lead now down to three as we head to the fifth inning.

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Well, if you thought this game was over after the second inning, I got news for you folks.

We have got ourselves a ball game as Sacred Heart has cut it to 85 here in the top of the fifth inning.

It will be Michaela Downs, Carly Downs and Madison Morton to bat for Taylor here in the top half of the inning.

Like they always say, Dorian hits never over until it's over.

That's right, that's why you play the game right right?

It's gonna happen.

This game works in such a funny way and not that this is funny.

It just shows how gritty and relentless these athletes can be.

Both teams showing a lot of heart here this afternoon is the 30.

Taken for a strike by Michaela Downs.

Downs one for two with a double in a groundout.

Grounded out to Hale and Holzman back in this second.

She works a leadoff walk.

Adam Cam talking with home plate umpire Eddie Hillis.

Signaling for a runner for his designated player that is going to be Reese Fowler.

The flex.

Playing in right field, not batting in the lineup.

Well, that's the beauty of the DP Flex player.

That is, they work is like a superhuman something.

We see that a lot with Allie Monzo and Larissas insania up at Arkansas.

Arkansas, of course, hosting the Fayetteville Regional this weekend, which is why we're hosting the state softball championships at the Benton Sports Athletic Complex.

They succeed Arkansas, advancing into the championship game of the regional with a Four Nothing win over South Dakota State earlier this afternoon.

Well, you know, do the Cardinals.

Carla Downs takes ball one.

Downs 2 for three with two singles in the 1st and the second, she flied out to straightaway center field back in the third.

Takes that one for strike, two on the outer part, and this is down second time to see Bailey Sparks as it will be all of these Taylor hitters.

She's staying very patient, just like Michaela Downs dead.

Shows bunt with two strikes.

That ball is going to just stay inside the line aquil our picks it up, but downs already all the way to 1st and Sidney.

I think if she would have had the patience to let that ball roll this trajectory on that was curving towards that first baseline with two strikes that would have been announced.

You're exactly right during.

It sure would have been out.

You know in that situation with two strikes, that's that's a bold move.

It obviously worked in her favor.

She saw the corners back back high, but they were because.

Two strikes and it takes a lot of patience and a lot of trust to let that ball play out on its trajectory.

As Madison Morton steps in with two on and no out.

Morton has reached base successfully all three times at the plant is single in the first double in the second, in a single in the fourth.

And she is ahead in the Count Tuineau talking about Madison Morton.

She has been dialed in every single time that she has stepped up to the plate and as a picture they say it a lot.

You've got that pictures I you get you, get up to the plate.

You're very disciplined because he was a pitcher.

You know what's coming at you pitchers and catchers.

They know the strike zone better than anyone is.

She leaves that one outside for Ball 3.

Through observing this game, one thing that I love to see about these Taylor baserunners is they don't go back to the base until the ball is back on the mound.

They watch it all the way back in case there is a mistake made.

Four pitch walk issue to Madison Morton.

And now the base is full of tigers and that is Kyle Duvall.

Signal to come back out to the mound and talk to Bailey Sparks.

In sending you and I were talking in between innings.

We wondered how long Duvall would stay with Sparks before perhaps turning back to Greece.

And after these Taylor hitters got their timing on sparks talking about what we had talked about previous to this, we had said that it only take a little bit of time for these Taylor hitters to adjust and then once that happened there would be a change made as we're seeing right here.

One other picture on the roster for Sacred Heart that would be Gabriel Moore who is only thrown one inning.

So who will devolve turn to and it will be back to the starter.

Mackenzie greeson.

Will be going back into pitch as Sparks moves back over to first base and like we had talked about.

This is not a bad decision.

There was a, you know they had their timing.

The adjustments had to be made because of the speed difference.

So now versus having to adjust to a slower speed, they're having to readjust to faster speed when sitting which you think it's easier to do it just down to slower.

Just back up to fast.

Oh my gosh, I think it is way harder adjusting to slow, but I'm speaking from a slappers POV.

Slow pitching, I hated it.

I would.

I would agree from a from a stand in hitter's point of view from the right side.

I would agree it's always harder.

I think to train yourself to be patient enough to go back to a slower pitcher.

They say the easiest pitch to hit in softball is actually a fastball.

All you have to do is catch your hands up to it right.

We're going to step away, as Mackenzie Greasing gets back.

Warmed up.

We will be right back.

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Big moment here in the top of the fifth as two runs come in on the single back up the middle by Heidi May.

She swung at the first pitch offering from the Kenzie Greeson and slapped it right back up the middle and on that turf that bulges High Chopper.

No chance for Emerson Holzman to get to it here at 2nd and with bases loaded, no outs.

That is a big timely hit to secure two more runs across to put up to put him up on the board.

Increase in staying off the plate for ball one to Madison Lindsey.

Runners on second and first nobody out for Taylor here in the top of the fifth Apple High in the air, but playable at short infield fly is called is that is Carlie Cooper Camping.

Out underneath it, Lindsey has been phenomenal and all of her at that so far.

That pitch that she just swung out.

She was a little bit out in front thus her hands getting underneath it to pop it up.

Doubt number one for the time.

Taylor tigers Lauren Leonard now reached on an error in her last at bat in the fourth inning, grounded out the two previous times is that ball skips away.

And that is jazzlyn rich, the courtesy runner for Madison Morton advancing to 3rd that **** ******* away from Elizabeth Aguilar.

She did a great job of trying to work her body around it to block it.

It just hit off of her left shoulder.

Found back at the screen is Leonard just missed that one?

She's another hitter that we have seen who's all over that pitch.

Leonard with 17 RBI's on the season.

Curveball caught the outside corner.

That curveball looking to be a little bit off the plate.

Not working in Leonard's favor.

How she's 212 counts.

She's going to have to grind to work her way back.

Taylor up five here in the 5th.

That curveball stayed outside, and that's a great job there with a 12 count she.

Recent just went back to back curveballs.

Typically, when you have two strikes, you want to chase at that pitch 'cause you don't want to go down looking.

Count even at two and two.

Into the turf for Ball three as Leonard has worked the count full.

In Sydney, Runners on second and third for Taylor with one out really an opportunity here for Leonard to really blow this game wide open.

Line down at Adam camp.

There at 30.

Didn't try to stop that one this time.

No, he was not going to barehand that ball.

He knew better.

I think we saw a little hill clay hop, yeah?

That ball was hit way too hard.

Now on that one he would definitely need a glove to help himself.

The three two.

Taking low for Ball 4.

Ann again Taylor with the bases loaded, and that's a really great at bat by Leonard.

She was in a 12 count to work it back.

She stayed disciplined.

She didn't chase and typically that's easy to do when you have two strikes on you is to chase and she had runners in scoring position.

She didn't make the moment bigger than what it was.

Maggie McHenry oh.

For one with two RBI, singled in the first, grounded out in the second.

And she takes strike one on the outer part of the plate, as she had a sacrifice fly back in the 4th.

McHenry came in today, hitting three 5522 hits, 18 singles, three doubles.

Devin does have a home run on the season.

Just got on top of that one.

That pitch that McKinsey Greeson just through she took a little bit off of it.

Mackinder she was a little bit out in front as she pulled her head and came around that ball.

As long as one of the things I sometimes struggled with as a hitter is keeping that front side locked in instead of letting it pull open and pull everything to the left side of the field, sometimes that happens.

You get a little bit too excited.

Follow I think we have all fallen victim to that at times.

There's so many parts to the swing that you mechanically can get out of pitch to pitch, and it's just knowing what adjustment needs to be made that next.

The two two.

And she's chasing low.

As greeson gets Maggie McHenry in a big spot for a strike out with the bases loaded and that was a huge moment for Grissom bases.

Loaded one out with Mick Henry up to bat.

That makes a statement the way that she just went at McHenry ninth batter of the inning for Taylor Leslie Goodner.

One for three singled back in the first fly out in the third.

Works a walk in the 4th, so over 2 for goodner.

Another one of the seniors in this Taylor roster.

Leave that one up.

And as we talked about adjusting from sparks, two grease and her last at bat was against Spark, so now she's having to readjust to faster pitching.

We've only seen a couple of batters, but so far it looks like Taylor more comfortable against Greeson.

Bases loaded two out.

Three in one to Leslie Goodner, Michaela Greeson doesn't have anywhere Mackenzie Greeson rather doesn't have anywhere to put her.

No she doesn't.

A31.

12-4 inside and that will bring home.

The pinch runner.

Jaslyn rich as it is now, A6 run lead for the Taylor Tigers and in that situation that's not what she wanted to walk in or run.

You would rather her put the ball in play and allow your defense to work back behind you.

Kendall McClendon looks at strike one.

That ball was spinning, curving off of the plate.

Elizabeth Aguilar.

She did a really great job of framing that pitch.

McClendon doubled in the third.

And she rockets that one back up the middle.

Leonard being waved around, she will score.

As mclendon.

Gets a two RBI single and the tigers of 13 to 5 in the 5th.

And that's a great job.

Bases loaded two outs.

She got her barrel around that curveball in the outer part of the plate, blasting it back up the middle.

Really great baserunning 2 by Leslie Goodner as she went first to third RBI's number 16 and 17 on the year for Taylor who is batted around in this inning.

Michaela Downs the DPS walked to start off the top of the fifth, came around to score.

McClendon off and running and she is going to be out at 2nd.

A strike from Elizabeth Aquilar will get McClendon trying to take a base, but Taylor Hanks five in the top of the fifth.

They are up 13 to 5.

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Madison Morton back on the mound to start the bottom of the fifth inning with the Taylor Tigers leading 13 to 5 the Tigers getting a big inning in the top of the fifth with five runs to give themselves a little extra cushion after Sacred Heart was able to cut the deficit down to three in the Fourth Sacred Heart.

Coming back to cut the deficit down, that just shows how much fight they have and I'm sure in this inning they're not going to lie down to this Taylor team.

Movie Sparks Cooper and Holzman up to the plate for the Lady Rebels in the bottom of the fifth.

Holzman oh for two or sparks rather over 2 today grounded out to 3rd in the 1st.

Grounded out to 3rd in the third with an RBI.

That one lifted high in the air to left field, but right at Leslie Goodner for out #1.

And that's a great play by Leslie Goodner.

Right now, the sun is starting to shift as we could tell from her facial expression.

The sun is kind of in her eyes.

She did a really great job of sticking with that.

It is hard to say how much a ball with this can we get her advisor?

A pair of sunglasses?

Something out there?

Yeah, something.

In that setting, sun can certainly play tricks as we see shadows start to.

Show across the field here at the Benton Schools Athletic Complex.

We're nearly two hours into this one.

A state championship game first pitch.

Just after 4:00 o'clock it is now almost 10 till 7:10 till six.

I can I can re tell him yes you can.

We've had so many runs it feels like it's an hour later.

Swung on and missed by Carly Cooper.

And that is a great pitch made by Madison Morton.

She has executed her pitches very well throughout these five innings.

Cooper over two another groundout to 1st in the second and a groundout to second in the third.

As she takes that for strike to throwing that curveball in the outer part of the plate again, she's really relied on working east to West and makes mixing it up.

Going out on these hitters then back in tight inside on their hands.

I feel like some of these groundouts could be a tongue Twister groundout to third round up the second corner.

There's been a lot of other men alot.

Both of these teams putting the ball in play.

Not a lot of strikeouts here in this one.

A state championship.

A lot of runs though.

A time for one to that one flared down the right field line, but foul.

This is indeed been the highest scoring game that we have seen over the past three days.

We've seen a lot of good softball over the last three days out.

All of our games have been competitive, and it's just been such a joy to see the players back out on the field.

The coaches, the fans in the stands.

He knows losing that 2020 year to Cova 19.

That is just very impactful and has been to a lot of people's lives.

The 1/2.

Left upstairs is the count.

Now even and you know for these parents of these athletes in these family members, they're just loving to be able to watch their daughters out on the field, competing once again an for a state title.

Now, despite not being at Bogle Park this year, he stands at Benton, have been packed for every single state championship game.

The two two taken on the outside part of the plate for strike three.

And that is another great curveball mapped by Madison Morton.

She is a picture that knows exactly where she's going to throw it.

She spots the ball extremely well.

No, not really.

Everything holds third.

Strikeout of the day for Madison Morton.

As she will now face Emerson Holzman.

Holzman the younger sister of third baseman.

Hey Lynn holzman.

And we've seen that, OK, we've seen some sisters.

We've seen sisters with their dad coaching.

We saw that earlier today.

Just like you said earlier, it's a family affair.

We saw Cousins yesterday for moralton as Holzman offers at the rise ball and I don't have a sister.

I have a brother.

I wonder what that is like.

I'm sure it's ultra competitive between the two.

I have no siblings so I would not know, but I can guarantee that I would be competitive.

Holzman oh for two this afternoon.

Leaves that low.

Cindy, one of the things that we talked about with Kyle Duvall is this crowd from Moralton It's not just Sacred Heart that they've been cheering on this card.

Also here for the morals and Devil Dogs who took home the for a state title yesterday.

He talked about what a trip this has been for.

The entire community is Holzman.

Clears it to 3rd flairs it to 1st, rather for the third out of the inning.

The rebels go in order as we head to the top of the sixth.

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That was Michaela Downs flying out to right field to start off the top half of the sixth inning.

It was a great job.

By Emerson out in right field to make the grab.

We just saw after that out the infield come together meeting at the mound.

Carla Downs takes ball one.

And that's something I don't see a lot now Dorian.

Whenever I played high school ball, I felt like we met at the mound almost after every pitch.

Something like that.

Apple hit **** ** the ground to short Cooper over in time to 1st.

Downs able to leg it out for her fourth single of the day, and that just shows the speed that she has.

She was scooting down the first baseline.

Downs has singles in the first, second, fifth and now the top of the sticks that she beats that one out.

A nice play from Carlie Cooper at shortstop to backhand it and get it over to 1st but downs able to get there first.

Madison Morton that ball is into the gap in right center field.

Down is going to be waved around.

She will head for 3rd.

Ann Morton takes second on the throw as it gets all the way to hailing Holzman at 3rd.

And that is such quality hitting for Madison Morton, a runner at first driving it in the right center field gap, really staying on that curveball in the outer part of the plate.

Also, great baserunning by downs.

Going first to third.

As the throw came in Morton lagging out a double Sidney is impressive.

Is this Taylor team has been?

I think that is actually what is impressed me the most about the Tigers is their baserunning.

I agree with that 100%.

That is what I have been most impressed with.

Heidi may 143.

Three RBI's.

And that is going to be RBI #4 in five is more than being waved around at the plate.

No throw.

As Heidi may gets a two RBI single here in the top of the sixth, and that's a great piece of hitting by May.

Sending that into center fill 2 score Morton and downs.

There was no stopping Madison Morton Adam Camp waving her all the way around from second base.

No play at the plate.

And the first pitch from Lindsay sliced down the left field line, Pettengill giving Chase, but can't get there and Pettengill she was playing in the left center field gap.

She actually just ran an extremely long way.

15 to 5 now.

The score here in the 18 state championship between the Taylor Tigers and the Sacred Heart.

Lady rebels.

At Ball bobbled, May is off and running and she is into second base.

And that's a great read for May.

If you know that you are a athlete who the ball can be bobbled just so ever slightly.

And you can take that extra base, do so and she just did that.

And that is something that aggressive teams preach as soon as you see that ball hit the dirt you go, you put that pressure on the catcher.

Make them get you out, right?

You know who's really good at that is actually Matt Goodheart.

You don't think of Matt Goodheart for Arkansas baseball as a speedy runner, but he is great reading those pitches in the dirt, right?

Anna Big thing that they talked to us about it.

Arkansas, as you can be speedy.

But also it helps to be a very smart baserunner.

There's at times baserunners, who aren't as fast, but they're just very smart.

The two one bat ball high in the air to center field back back to make out #2 and May is going to attack.

She takes third.

Asbeck had no play on the speedy, may advancing to third base.

And this is just some quality baserunning.

It is really top notch.

They turn singles into doubles, they tag on balls elevated to the outfield.

They've even scored on ground balls, hit to the infield.

You just do not see that often as this game is starting to kind of turn towards a baseball mentality type game.

Lauren Leonard swinging at the first pitch.

That ball is high and playable.

Ann Elizabeth Aquilar had it in her glove, but just can't hold on as first baseman Bailey Sparks also closing in.

And that's a hard play for Aguilar to make as she's catching it.

Most winners always some of the most difficult balls that come up with or slicing away is the 01 delivered.

It stays low to Lauren Leonard.

Those most definitely are the hardest type of balls to hit I or to catch.

Excuse me in that situation, I would have liked to have see Bailey sparks come over from first base.

Leonard **** ** the ground to 3rd.

Holzman makes the grab in from her knees, gets the out at first to end the inning.

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Taylor leading 15 to 5 here in the bottom half of the sixth inning and Sacred Heart needing to get a run, at least to keep their season alive.

Because in the Arkansas in the AAA it is a 10 run rule after five innings.

So if the score stands, this game will be over after this half of the inning.

For Sacred Heart here they're really going to have to be dialed into their bats, not get outside of themselves.

They're gonna need a run to take it into the seventh inning.

736 on hand to watch this one A state championship between Taylor and Sacred Heart, and it will be the bottom of the order.

Brickler Beck and then the leadoff McKenzie Greeson for the Lady Rebels.

Ball one upstairs and if your head coach.

Kyle Duvall, Sidney regular.

Actually, the person that you wanted the plate right now she's 2 for two with two singles.

She has been hot today.

She is made the most out of both of her at that she is seeing the ball extremely well.

Rigler singled in the 2nd and then singled and scored as part of that, too, running in the 4th as she takes a cut at that.

That's a great pitch by Morton on the outer part of the plate, throwing that curveball.

Once again, she has really lived on that side of the plate against these Sacred Heart hitters.

Morton, the 11.

Not one, just a little.

Just a bit outside, just a little bit outside.

Gotta just a little bit away from her.

Give it the old Bob Uecker from.

The Major League movies just a bit outside.

We've had big leads.

We've had smaller leads we've had just about everything here in this one.

A state championship game.

As burglar takes strike two on the inner part of the plate, we have really seen it all Dorian.

It has been a very action packed filled game.

And we've seen it on all aspects of it out on defense.

The mound pitching hitting all of it.

Baserunning has been the most crucial part of this game.

I think that's been the difference maker for Taylor in this game has been the aggressiveness with which they run the bases.

Regular living down that right field line today.

Both of her singles have been into right field and she has been the best Lady Rebels header at taking that curveball and taking it the opposite way.

And that's exactly what you do at that pitch most times hitter, especially on the right side.

They like to try to pull that pitch to left field up the middle.

You can't see in the box I'm raising my hand and pointing to myself.

But yeah, she did a great job staying on that pitch as she has done all game.

The two two.

That one shot back up the middle downs over to 1st in time for out #1 and that's a great play by Carla down sometimes that pop.

It's hard to judge on if you should come get it or sit back and wait on it, but that also stems from knowing how fast the hitter is at the plate.

She makes a really great play there.

Brickler retired for the first time today and it is Lizzy Beck who has struck out twice.

Up for the lady rebels.

Swing it strike one.

In Sydney, from this point out for this Taylor defense, the most important thing is actually fundamentals.

You're up by 10.

You don't really need to worry about any of the runners, you just need to be solid defensively and get the easiest outs.

Back fouls it back to the screen and she is quickly down oh into right for this Taylor defense.

They're up by 10 runs like you did say they just need to settle in.

Stick to the fundamentals.

That's a huge part of this game is sticking to the fundamentals, but sometimes in these situations we see.

A team being up by 10 runs, putting the ball in play and then it starts to get a little bit sporadic.

The O2 to back.

Get her looking at strike three.

That is the 5th strikeout of the day for Madison Morton, and that is another great pitch by Madison Morton living on that outer part of the plate, throwing a curveball.

As we saw Madison Lindsay.

She was set up even farther off of the plate, but she adjusted as that pitch came in right over the white.

Mackenzie Greeson now stands in.

Sacred Heart down to the final ounce of their 2021 season.

And she looks at strike number one.

Madison Morton she is down to her final out before she just threw that pitch.

She turned and looked at center fielder Lauren Leonard.

That was a really special moment, I think between the do.

How Morton locked and loaded.

She is coming after Greeson.

Trying to finish this thing off the plate, the 01.

Curveball catches the outside, and it is now one strike away from the 7th State championship for the Taylor Tigers.

She has executed that pitch so well.

This entire game.

She really does not miss.

Tigers fans on their feet on the first base side of the field here at the Benton Sports Athletic Complex, the 02.

And they're going to have to wait is that one stays low, just slipping out of her hand just a tad.

It looked as though she was trying to go back to that curveball.

The 1-2 degrees in.

Pop Fallon out of play as Greece and stays alive.

Just staying alive as Morton just threw her changeup up in in.

She did a good job of getting a piece of it to stay alive in this at bat and we haven't seen a whole lot of offspeed from Morton in this game.

Gutsy call.

At 1/2 here at the bottom of the sixth inning.

Morton to the plate.

And gang going to the off speed and recent is worked.

The count even at two and two.

So it's really interesting.

Dorian 'cause we have not seen her throw that off speed a ton.

She's really heavily relied on her curve in her screwball.

Increasing does have a hit.

Today, she singled back in the first inning.

Flew out to right in the third and walked in the 4th.

She is a very disciplined hitter at the plate.

The two two from Morton.

Back up the middle.

Morton loses her glove, gets the ball and she is met by head coach Adam Camp as the Taylor Tigers.

Capture the 1A state championship.

They take it 15 to five points over Sacred Heart.

Talk about Madison Morton making that last out hard hit ball back at her.

Hitting off of her glove.

She throws her glove off bare hands it to get the out at first.

What a special moment for this team.

She was going to throw it in the air in a few minutes anyway.

Definitely and is excited as the players are.

I'm not sure that anybody was more excited coming out of that first base dugout then head coach Adam Camp.

He sprinted out of that dugout.

He was ready.

You see the emotion on the faces of the players and coaches for the Taylor Tigers as they captured their 7th state championship in program history, their 4th I guess in the last five years, dating back to 2017.

Skipping that 2020 year, they have now won the last four one a state championships that have been played.

There is so much excitement and there's so much to be said about this Taylor team.

And we're going to get there.

But whether it's your first, it's your third.

It's your 4th.

It is all just the same and is just.

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Tiger.

The Taylor Tigers being awarded their first Play Store trophy as they swarm over and lifted high in the air in Sydney.

This one never really in doubt.

Taylor seemed in control of this game from the very first inning when they scored three runs.

The beginning of course coming in the 5th when they got five to really take control of this game.

Most definitely Dorian and this Taylor team.

They were a dominant force from the jump starting in the first inning all the way, finishing until the 6th.

All aspects of their game and we talked about it.

We give majority of the props to their baserunning.

It is really what helped prevailed them forward throughout this game and offensive explosion from the Taylor Tigers 15 runs on 17 hits.

Six walks.

Valley girl, you know the one thing we didn't see in this game was a home run here exactly right.

We have seen that this entire time the past three days.

Madison Morton year 1A state championship MVP.

She got it done at the plate 4 for four two runs, two RBI's for Morton to go along with six innings pitched.

He scattered seven hits, giving up five runs, walking two and striking out with another phenomenal versatile player that can get it done on the mound and up at the plate.

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The Taylor Tigers captured their 7th state championship in program history.

They have now won the last four that have been played dating back to 2017.

Welcome everybody back into the Betonsports athletic complex alongside Sidney Part Dorian Craft.

We've been so happy to have you with us here this weekend in Sydney.

Taylor was the favorite coming into this game and we saw some great pitching from Mackenzie Morton, but in the end it was the big bats of the Taylor Tigers that end up being the difference.

One through nine, they all stepped up to the plate with the plant and they executed that they were electric from the first inning to the six.

They're so aggressive and that is what makes them so good at the plate.

Their aggressive on the base path, their aggressive, but you mentioned the base pass, something that Adam Camp told us before the game was that he expected everybody one through 9 to be able to put the ball in play.

And that is certainly what happened here today you have Morton four for four you had Casey Downs at the top of the lineup, she has four for five.

You had Heidi made with five RBI's despite just a 2 for four game.

But Sidney as you mentioned it wasn't just the base, it wasn't just the base hits.

It was the baserunning that really ended up allowing them to get some of these extra runners into scoring position and bring them in right.

They turned basics into doubles.

They really did a good job of advancing on ground balls hit to the infield SAC flies.

I mean they executed everything everything apart about their offense.

Today they did well.

They even small bald.

Now on the other side of the field as we always talk about the ecstasy and the agony.

Sacred Heart playing in their first state championship game in program history only the second time they had been to the state semifinals the last time coming in 2005.

Prior to this year and Cindy for awhile it looked like Sacred Heart would get back and did this thing they chipped away and they chipped away.

They finally got it down to three runs in the fifth inning, but just too much from Taylor today.

He really did a great job the entire game fighting back.

They left it all out on the field and that is enough to be proud of.

This is their first time here playing.

They got to experience it.

They're going to learn from it.

And I'm sure they will be back out here in the years to come.

Certainly a lot for Kyle Duvall squad to be proud of here this afternoon.

They do fall to the Taylor Tigers 15 to 5 here in the 1A state championship in Sydney.

Not just this game, but we've had a fantastic weekend of high school softball.

I'm honestly sad about it.

We're done.

It has been a phenomenal three days.

Congrats to everyone who are now state champs.

It just on all aspects of it.

The defense was great.

We should make a highlight reel honestly.

Offense was great.

The pitching was great.

It was a great three days for the state of Arkansas.

The only thing that we were missing in the 1A state championship was a home run.

This is the only the highest scoring game of the entire weekend.

Was the only game in which we didn't see somebody put the ball out over the fence.

That just shows you that you don't have to rely upon the home run.

You can get it done in other ways and that's what makes this game so great that is going to put a bow on the Arkansas State high school Softball Champions Championships.

We have crowned 6 state winners over the last three days.

We have been so happy to have you with us for the final time for Sydney Parr IAM Dorian crowd saying so long from the Benton Schools Athletic complex, we'll see you next year.