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Day one action Drawing to a close here in Conway.

The lights are on and the stage is set for the Lady Badgers of Beebe.

It's a chance to capture the state title that eluded the program nearly two decades ago.

While Sheridan looks to reclaim the state's top spot, a title and a championship the Hornets last held in 2019.

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Welcome to Ferris Field and Natalie Schock Stadium alongside former Razorback Sidney Parley.

I'm Dorian Grant Sheridan and Beebe have already met once this season.

It was an 11 nothing victory in favor of the Hornets, but that game was all the way back on March the ninth.

It was just the second game of the year for the Lady Badgers.

And did you put any stock in that outcome?

Absolutely not.

For the Lady Badgers.

They were a completely different team at that point.

Pitching staff has changed since then and they are just have a different mentality since that second game of the season.

Lexi Delaney is that star in both the circle and the lineup for the Lady Badgers.

She is in the four spot tonight.

She is going to be a force to be reckoned with and like you said, like she, Delaney is a force to be reckoned with in the circle.

But offensively, out of 83 at bats this season, she's only had two strikeouts that shows how well she is in the box.

Beebe trying to capture their first ever state title.

Meanwhile, for Sheridan, they know what it takes to bring home a championships.

The Hornets did it four years in a row from 2016 to 2019.

They thought last year was going to be the year that they were finally able to break back through to the final hampered by injuries.

But they are back here in 2020 for a big reason for that.

Skylar stared at the top of the lineup and sophomore Skylar star stare at she is that true triple threat at the top of the lineup already this season 44 stolen bases ten homers.

That just shows the power that she has and she is capable of using small ball as well.

Neither one of these teams big on the power numbers, but speed to burn, especially on the side of the Sheridan Yellowjackets they come into tonight 27 and two overall.

Meanwhile for the Beebe Badgers, they sit at 26 and four.

They dropped their regular season finale at Magnet Cove.

That was a32 game.

But head coach says they are the hottest team that she has ever had.

That is head coach Sarah Fleenor, who, of course, played for Beebe, her alma mater, as part of those two state final teams in 2005 and 2007.

For the Beebe Badgers, the lineup, Kaylee Wooten, the first baseman leading things off the Caldwell sisters Phoebe and Frankie back to back Lexi Delaney in the four spot, Haley Shellenbarger, Haley, Faith Tatum, Howell, Madison Jones, Alison Elkins and Jordan Leppard rounding out the lineup for the Beebe Badgers.

And they will be taking on Charlie Kilburn in the circle for the Sheridan Hornets.

This the lefty getting the start today for Sheridan's We take a look at the defense that is rolling behind her Kilburn in the circle.

Emma Goodman Behind the plate.

Wilson Chloe Clark Sterritt left and then around the outfield, Jayden Ashcraft, Chloe Ashmead and Cooper Terry left to right in the outfield.

And what Beebe can expect from seeing from Kelly Kilburn today is she is that stiff south South Pole.

She's going to sit 62 to 63.

She heavily relies upon her curves change up two seam fastball combo that touching fastball she is going to run inside on the hands of these hitters Kilbourne 12 and on the season 1.36 ERA 83 strikeouts opposing batters hitting just 177 against the senior South Ball Moments away from first pitch here on Ferris field, the new five A's state championship game, the second of two state finals.

And we are underway a first pitch strike delivery to Wooten.

And what a first pitch that is by Kelly Kilburn and Kilburn wanting to work ahead quickly to these Bebe hitters, the one shot over to second Clark has it over the first easy out to start off the game and that's the kind of statement you want to make coming in first pitch first at bat by Kilburn.

She throws that two seam fastball back to back to get the leadoff hitter out.

The shortstop, Phoebe Caldwell stepping in 394 on the season for Caldwell, a pair of doubles a triple 19 RBI and looped in the shower Let's get that's going to drop for a base hit as Caldwell has the first hit of the day for Bebe.

And that's a solid piece of hitting by Caldwell stepping in the box.

The two seam fastball runs up and in on her hands.

As you can see here, she just gets her barrel inside of it and is able to lift it in front of Jayden Ashcraft in left field between her count, the same as power hits, it's always that hit in the triangle that always seems to drop for a batter.

Frankie Caldwell, the sophomore, falling back.

The first pitch.

And Dorian.

I'm already loving seeing a runner at first, even though there is one out scoring around a bunt to move a runner.

This is something that Bebe is going to do.

They are going to apply the pressure on Sheridan's defense by utilizing the small ball can be a lost art as the once squared again dropped in front of the pitcher only plays the first base.

Kilburn delivers a strike, two outs and two outs here in the top of the first inning.

But Phoebe Caldwell standing on second base, hits and four Kelly Kilburn being a left handed pitcher at times.

That's a really hard bunt to field as a left handed pitcher going towards the first base line and having to spin around to get the out.

And especially with the speed of Caldwell getting down the first base line, that's a great job getting the out by Kilburn, Sheridan and Bebe, two teams that are very similar in terms of their offensive makeup as the first pitch.

Mrs. Low to Lexi Delaney, trying to help her own cause here in the top of the first inning, the one zero taken for a low strike to even the count.

Lexi Delaney has been an integral part of this Bebe team her first year after transferring over from Hazen.

Not just in terms of her position in the batting order, but also filling out the rotation inside the circle.

Not one sails just a bit wide.

The count now two and one in favor of Delaney.

I always love watching pitchers hit because they have that pitcher's eye when they step in the batter's box.

Always have such great plate discipline, pitchers and catchers.

They know the strike zone better than anyone.

Absolutely they do.

One swung on and missed and that's a big cut from Delaney.

The count two and two.

That is a huge cut by Delaney, but a huge pitch by Kelly Kilburn with a runner in scoring position.

That rise ball just breaking off the outer part of the plate away from Delaney the two two fouled away Bebe threatening here in the top of the first inning a one out single by Caldwell before she was sacrificed into scoring position the two two line softly over to the left side the throw the first in time Delaney retired by LAMB as Bebe gets one on but cannot bring her around Caldwell stranded at second we head to the bottom of the first inning still no score here in the five state championship.

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Still no score.

You're in the five.

A state championship a shared was able to work around a one out single bebe stranded a runner could not push anyone across a Sheridan steps to the plate It'll be Skylar Starrett, Chloe Ashmead and Mary Lem starting things off for the Hornets and they will be going up against the lefty Lexi Delaney.

Ten and three on the season, getting her 17th start of the year.

First pitch tap foul.

And for Lexi Delaney, we've got a great lefty lefty match up here tonight.

Lexi Delaney is a down ball pitcher.

She occasionally utilizes her change up and she really likes to work East west was her screen curve.

Next is Lefty Lefty as big of a matchup in softball as it is in baseball?

I love a good lefty lefty match up.

Baseball.

Softball.

I'm always for it.

Do you and Evan have that debate?

Yeah, we have.

We've got a lot of debates between baseball and softball, to say the least.

The one in the turf to even the count at one and one.

Delaney is allowed 42 hits on the season.

27 runs, 17 have been earned, has only walked 16, compared to 75 strikeouts with a 1.75 era opposing batters hitting just 167.

The one one screwball catches the inside corner for a strike stair, hitting 553 on the season.

Six triples ten home runs, the one two bounces in the turf two and two has a great pitch on a12 count.

Taking that Offspeed pitch that gets in the dirt.

And for Schuyler Steer being the leadoff hitter personally when I played wasn't a big numbers girl, but being in that leadoff spot batting having a 643 on base percentage that is getting the job done at the top of the lineup lined into right field.

That ball's going to get down.

It will get to the fence, stare at turning the corner.

She's headed for third.

She is in with a leadoff triple for Sheridan.

Skyler Sterritt pump me up.

That is a way to get the inning started.

Let's take another look at the swing up and in pitch on her hand.

She gets her barrel out in front in the extension on the swing, driving it to the right field wall.

And with the speed she has around the base pass, she legs it out for a triple.

We talked to head coach Scott Hoffman prior to the game and he said, you know what, we don't really consider batting average.

What we consider is quality contact.

And you're not going to see a better example of quality contact than that ball there by Schuyler Sterritt.

That is a solid piece of hitting the offering bunted through by Chloe Ashmead and Ashmead hitting 407 on the season 22.

RBI trying to pick up number 23 to give Sheridan an early lead here in the five state title.

And with the speed and the true triple threat that we're going to see from Sterritt and Ashmead at the top of the lineup, it just applies so much pressure.

Ball put in play stared on the move.

The only place the first knot in time it scoots into the outfield as Sheridan strikes first and with the big offensive numbers that Sheridan puts up just displaying already the pressure putting on starting off with steers triple and this is a nice soft shot.

Let's take another look at this swing and then a nice soft slap by Ashmead as she gets around this pitch, pulling it to the right side.

That is solid situational hitting right there.

May have yet to call that a hit or an error.

I think it should go down as a hit.

There is no way that Ashmead was going to be out.

At first.

Sterritt was on the move either way, as Ashmead moves the second as the pitch kicks away.

And already Sheridan, a runner on, a runner on second, no one away here in the bottom of the first inning.

And Sydney shared and we saw them when they were came in, they were loud, they were loose, they were dancing, There was pom poms in the dugout.

This was a team that was playing very, very free, looking free, coming into the start of this game.

And you've got to play free.

You've got it as much as you can, eliminate the nerves and one thing that I love that Coach Hoffman talked about is he was like, Most people don't get this opportunity, so dig in and make the most of it and have fun.

At the end of the day, Have fun and enjoy the moment.

Bebe Head Coach Sarah Fleener out in the circle talking to her infield.

Coach Fleener knows what it's like to be in this moment.

She was part of the two B teams that made it to the state finals back in 2005 and 2007.

They fell in both of those games by the score of 2 to 1.

The first loss coming to Batesville.

That was back when Bebe was a four way team.

And then in 2007, that was a21 loss to Vilonia in the five eight final.

And she talked to us about really drawing from her experience in terms of settling those nerves here in this matchup.

Marilyn's stepping to the plate first pitch, swinging over to third through the wickets as LAMB will reach on the error, Ashmead stays put at second.

This is a formidable batting line up for the Sheridan Hornets, who's already seen Sterritt Ashmead lamb all hitting over 400 coming to the plate.

COOPER Terry hitting 362.

Kelly Kilburn moving up in the lineup today.

She's eight of her last 17.

Coach Hoffman said feeling really good about the way that she's swinging the bat as of late.

Mason Wilson, Jayden Ashcraft, Emma Goodman and Emma Harrell rounding out the lineup for Sheridan.

Chloe Clark is the flex player.

She'll be playing second, not in the batting order.

Cooper Sheridan Trying to hang a crooked number here in the bottom of the first inning.

Tapped chopped only plate is the first and they will get Terry both runners advance that is the first out of the inning.

And the Bebe Badgers defense it's Kelly Kilbourne in the circle and the Goodman behind the plate.

Wooten at first, Elkins at second, Caldwell at short and third.

Those are the Caldwell sisters left to right around the outfield.

Haley Faith, Tatum Howell and Haley Shellenbarger first pitch ball to Kilbourne.

It talks about pitchers you love to see them Lefty on lefty match up once again the one zero swung on and miss that was a better drop ball there.

That is a great drop ball by Lexie Delaney.

And talking about the lefty lefty matchup, it is extremely hard as a left handed hitter facing a left handed pitcher, especially for Delaney, that has that lethal drop ball that just falls off the table that she utilizes away from left handed hitters on the outer part of the plate.

Fun to do the pitch.

Why is facing a lefty so difficult for a lefty batter?

Because it is going to completely cut across the zone.

It looks as though it starts at your front hip as a left handed hitter and then it just continues to break right before the plate.

Getting that outside part, you're talking about a curveball, her left hand.

The biggest thing is, is understanding to stay inside of it and to stay through it.

Kilbourne understand she needed to foul that ball off to stay alive.

And one thing about Sheridan so far throughout their lineup, let's take another look at this pitch as she shows but pulls back to get to contact just does enough to foul it off to stay alive the one two upstairs good snag behind the plate by Jones and for Sheridan so far through the half of their lineup, they are attacking early in the count when Delaney is leaving it through the middle of the plate.

They're jumping all over it.

They are not wasting good pitches.

First, seven batters in the shared on line of all hitting over 300 on the season the due to contact foul get a bat here from Gilbert and one of the biggest things that coach Hoffman talked about going into this game is just being the offense that takes the one.

So just having the mentality of going base to base pass the bat and they have displayed that so far through the bottom of the first inning.

And Sheridan comes in on an eight game winning streak, the two two swing on and Miss Strike three back to back outs for Bebe Delaney, settling in doing what she does best.

Her bread and butter is pounding the lower half of the zone in between.

Terry's last at bat.

And then Kyle Burns with the big strikeout.

She's utilizing her drop ball at the bottom half of his own.

No let up in the Hornets lineup.

Mason Wilson hitting 337, swings through the drop off for a first pitch strike.

Let's take another look at this pitch, just so precise on the outer part of the plate.

The way that the ball curves away from Kilburn, that curveball going to be coming into the hands of the righties.

The one that one curves too far in.

Wilson wears it on the hip and now the bases are loaded.

There are two away.

But Sheridan really with an opportunity here to break things open in the bottom of the first.

This is a huge moment for Jason Ashcraft, who is about to step in the box.

Bases loaded bottom of the first inning.

They have already applied pressure on the Badgers defense.

So this could be a moment where, like you said, Dorian, they could really busted open it takes one hit in the gap to score if he runs with the speed that Sheridan has on the base path.

Conversely if you're Bebe two outs bases loaded that does set up of course anywhere you have the opportunity to get out of the inning.

First pitch put into play to Shorten sneaks through one run is it?

Here comes the other throw is up the line over the third out is made, but not before Sheridan strikes for two more runs off of the RBI single from Jayden Ashcraft.

Sheridan played three in the home half of the first inning.

We head to the second with the Hornets on top.

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So I heard and have seen that you guys made it to the Final Four and you have one more game to get to the state finals.

I just want to tell you guys, congratulations that that is such a big accomplishment that a lot of people don't get to be a part of.

And so I'm really proud of you guys.

Continue to just stay together and just enjoy the moment because before you know it, it's going to go away.

And so just have so much fun.

And I'm so proud of you guys that was Arkansas third baseman Hannah Gamble, the Beebe alum, Prior to Bebe's five two win over GREENE County Tech in the semifinals, swung through the pitch.

That evens the count at one and one on.

Haley.

Shellenbarger, of course, had a gamble in the Razorbacks hosting in yet another regional.

They will start their NCAA tournament play tomorrow at home.

I got chemo and had a game of being an in-state girl playing for Arkansas.

She just has done big things for Arkansas over the course of the past four years.

I may be biased, but I love seeing in-state girls that go on to play at the next level have success, and then to send a video like that for the Badgers in their state championship game that's just so meaningful.

The one one change up waited on leaped over to first base for the first out.

So now it's not biased.

You know exactly what it means to be an in-state player that goes to play for the University of Arkansas in Sheridan.

Head coach Scott Hoffman really talked about that.

When it comes to the growth of the high school sport and the levels that it's reaching over the last few years, he said.

It all starts in northwest Arkansas, in Fayetteville, with what Courtney Dipole and the Razorbacks program is doing.

It brings so much excitement to the state.

It brings excitement to young girls who are growing, you know, in the game of softball in the state of Arkansas.

And, you know, that's such an interesting point that he made.

I've never thought of it that way.

But personally, I'm so proud to see the growth of softball in this state and where it's at today.

one Taken for a Ball High by Haley feat 254 The left fielder.

Let's not discount what Central Arkansas has been able to do over the last few seasons as well.

First, under David Q and currently under Johnny Parsons, they swept the Razorbacks last year.

Is everyone in the state aware of is that one is just low outside U.S.A., capturing the Asian title last year before falling in the Tuscaloosa Regional.

Yeah, U.S.A. You talk about Arkansas Tech.

I mean, we could go on and on, take another look at this pitch.

That's a great pitch painted on the outer part of the plate.

But just the growth is in the state and the amount of opportunity that is here within the state for girls to be able to play at the next level.

It's tremendous.

Arkansas famously getting a little bit of a later start in the fast pitch than some of the surrounding states.

But, really bringing the level up across the board.

You're seeing that here, across this weekend in the state finals.

Ball outside runs the count for three and two shared in struck for three runs in the home.

Half of the first inning tapped up the middle over the first in time as Sterritt delivers a strike and that pitch up and in on the hand of Haley faith by Kilburn it's just that two seam fastball that she continues to go to.

But star steer with the Cannon from shortstop over the first base.

you mentioned the two seam fastball.

It's also referred to as the Bluebird around the state.

It's one of the unique pitches that's infiltrating its way into the softball ranks.

First pitch misses low to Tatum How the two seam fastball the two seam fastball has movement much like a seam fastball that you see in baseball.

You know, it's interesting because earlier in the season you and I were calling some collegiate games and the pitcher or the pitching coach referred to her pitchers utilizing a teaching fastball.

And not that it wasn't the first time that we had heard that, but it truly has different movement than the typical fastball that you see in the game of softball swung on and missed as Kilburn climbed the ladder.

That stays low to away here in the top of the second inning, soft liner finds its way into the outfield for the second hit.

Bebe has had a lot of success with those little soft singles falling in no man's land, just making enough contact to get it over the middle infielders head.

But you'll take your hits as you can get on.

This pitch is low in the zone that houses drops her barrel on and is able to get that pop slap oversteer Ted as she was playing more in on the infield and runner on first two away for the Lady Badgers as Madison Jones steps to the plate, Jones hitting 214 on the season takes a first pitch Strike at the knees.

And for Kelly Kilburn she has been pounding first pitch strike and her pitch combination between the two seam fastball her rise ball and then adjusting the eye level to these badger hitters with her drop ball.

That three pitch combo has been very effective changes the eye level goes upstairs to quickly get to the head and the count OTU caught her looking Jones down on three straight pitches to end the inning.

The Yellowjackets head to the bottom of the second leading three to nothing.

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They are feeling loose with a three nothing lead in the bottom of the second.

But the yellow jackets they started that way.

This was them at 530, coming to the field.

They showed up, music blaring, lots of cheering.

And there certainly lots to cheer about as they were getting their groove on before the game.

Look at those dance moves.

And how about the Hawaiian skirt with the lei and even think someone came in with the wig on?

All about having fun and embracing the moment you may only experiences once in your lifetime.

Well, should this score continue in favor of shared and there will be a lot for the jackets to dance and cheer about as they are trying to capture their first state championship since 2019.

The last of their four state championship run from 2016 to 2019 made it to the semifinals two years ago before falling in the quarters last season.

First pitch ball to Emma Goodman.

It's Goodman.

Harrell Sterrett due up here in the home half of the second inning for Sheridan.

Lexi Delaney, back out in the circle for Beebe surrendered three runs on three hits in the bottom of the first catches, the outside corner for a strike.

And like she Delaney she has been pounding the strike zone over the course of the last two innings.

That pitch on the outer part of the plate.

Her screwball.

It's been very effective along with the curveball that she's been throwing the 112 the jackets catcher tapped back into the screen, one to Goodman hitting to 69 on the year six doubles in a home run to her name, the one two nabbed off the end of the bat.

It'll stay foul.

Scott Hoffman talked about finally making it back to the state championship and what a climb it has been since he took over the program back in 2021, 2022, the one to soft tapper Over the second Alkins over to Wooten as the first batter is retired and for Lexi to laning after last inning of the yellowjackets plating three runs.

This is a great response pounding the strike zone and getting that leadoff hitter out.

You want a minimal wise leadoff hitter is getting on base as much as possible.

How important is it after you've given up a larger number in an inning to come right back out in the next inning and get through the order quickly?

it's huge.

And it shows the grittiness that Lexi Delaney has in the circle put into play almost the Bermuda Triangle.

But Elkins goes out to make the grab as is retired on a single pitch.

So two away here in the bottom of the second inning.

That brings up Skylar Sterritt stare at triple to lead off the bottom of the first inning, then scored on the single by Chloe Ashmead.

There's Scott Hoffman down at the third base line in his third season as the head coach at Sheridan spent the five seasons prior to that, Batesville as the head coach of the Lady Pioneers.

And to talk about that speed that we just saw last inning from Skylar, steer around the base path.

She is actually deemed the fastest pitcher in the state In her track season.

She broke the 100 meter sprint record, 11.9, 6 seconds in that 100 meter sprint.

Certainly for those of us who are not fast, put that into perspective for us.

Hey, you want to be home to home in roughly like for a fast runner around 11 seconds.

And so we're talking a 100 meter sprint, just dead sprint on the track to run that an 11.9, 6 seconds that is floating.

I will not tell you at my home to home time was all those years ago.

Sterritt Currently down in the count one, two, that triple back in the first her seventh of the season.

One to stay stays high even to count at two to Sterritt, just a sophomore to two on the way so Jones trying to frame it behind the plate no dice as the count runs full two away here in the bottom of the second bounces in the turf stair works a walk at the plate discipline by Skyler stair being down on the count and working it back to get the walk.

That is also why she is in the one spot.

Yes, she's a true triple threat.

Yes, she has great barrel control, but the ability to see ball to strike anytime Sterritt is on base, she is a threat to run 44 stolen bases on the year coming into today, 130 stolen bases on the year for the yellow Jackets shows but pulls back there Go Sterritt throw not in time She slides the bag so impressed with the jump there that Sterritt got.

Let's take another look at this jump.

She is already three feet off of the base in just one stride.

Look at her legged out and to grab the outer part of the the base and to get her body around it, to avoid the tag.

That's especially important here at Ferris Field with the turf plays a little bit differently.

You're going to slide differently than you do on dirt.

You've got to start whenever you slide into the bases.

You've got to start way sooner than you would on dirt because you're going to go an extra few feet than what you typically would on dirt.

Ashmead puts it in play, but Elkins is there to collect it, so Sterritt works a two out walk but is stranded on second.

It's three nothing shared in after two full innings here at Ferris Field, you're watching the Centennial Bank, State baseball and Softball Championships on Arkansas.

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We head to the top of the third inning.

Bebe trailing shared in three nothing.

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has had runners on in each of the first two innings but has not been able to advance any one or past seconds.

Meanwhile, the Yellowjackets struck for three.

The home half of the first inning jumpstarted by a leadoff triple off the bat of Skylar Sterrett.

First pitch straight to the nine hole hitter Alison Elkins.

The second baseman, nine one to do up for the Lady Badgers here in the third, Elkins, Wilton and Phoebe Caldwell, her sister Frankie is waiting.

Should anybody reach in last inning with the way that Delaney got in the gotten the circle and found a way to fight back from the bottom of the first inning that shifts the momentum.

That should bring some momentum back into the Badgers dugout as they face Kaylie Kilburn and Kilburn back in the turf.

Bebe has not had a lead off runner yet in this game, as Kilbourne doing a nice job of tamping down on the Lady Badgers, bats to one check swing, found even the count at two and two Bebe's path to the State championship.

They topped Green County Tech five two last year.

Green County Tech a 2023 state finalist in the quarters.

Beebe beat Mountain Home three Nothing and top Nettleton 5 to 1 in the opening round of the bracket.

Two teams swung on and missed Second strikeout of the day for Kaylee Kilburn, her second in a row, and there was one away here in the third.

Kaylie Kilburn continuously utilizing that curveball on the outer part of the plate when she gets ahead in the zone to take another look at this pitch, she's starting out early in the count, climbing the ladder with her low rise, and then she's working lower in the zone.

Once she gets ahead, that turns the lineup over for Kiley.

Woo woo.

Grounded out to second to start off the game.

And Wootton takes a cold strike on the outside corner from our home plate umpire Dan Henry Corby Davison is at first and Bill Wilson rounds out the umpiring crew over at third one off speed catches the top of the zone and Kilburn expect to see her mix that in a little bit more here in the second time through the order.

Absolutely.

She's going to start to sprinkle it in.

She did not utilize it much in the first time through the batting order.

to chased up and outs.

Three straight strikeouts now for Kaylie Kilburn Harari's ball is hopping.

We just saw it in that last pitch that she threw against Wootton.

Let's take another look at it.

This rise ball starts about at the letters and just expands up and out of the zone.

And Kilburn reminds me a little of Robin Heron up at Arkansas, the lefty that throws the rise ball.

Both sides of the plate has a lot of great ups, but that is a very good comp right there to Robin here and and that is a very good rise ball there To start off the back to Phoebe Caldwell.

I like seeing that swing by Caldwell early in the count.

That's one thing that these Beebe hitters they been letting the first pitch strike go by this time around we're going to see them attack that first pitch, strike more because that's the best pitcher you're going to get against Kilburn after that, you're going to have to hit her pitch.

Caldwell singled in the first, was stranded on second tap to the left side, fell and facing arise ball pitcher like Kilburn when she does sprinkle in that rise ball early on in the count for these big hitters set your eyesight low, pick your hands up a notch and work to get to the top half of the ball.

With the two taken high, Kilburn has been able to get OTU on three of the last four batters over the last two innings.

1 to 2.

Caldwell nice patience going to just we talked so much about adjustments at bat two at bat but adjustments pitch to pitch are also crucial.

Adjustments are huge.

It is everything in this game.

The quicker that you can make adjustments, the quicker you are to having that success.

And we're seeing it right here and Caldwell's at bat.

The adjustment to the rise ball slaps a single through the left side.

Bebe Caldwell two for two today and for Phoebe Caldwell.

The adjustment that she made just in that at bat, it pays off.

That's the kind of at bats that you want to see.

And your hitters I know it's what Coach Fleener wants to see this pitches up and in and Caldwell just does a great job of getting a knob inside getting the barrel out in front and getting enough of it to drive it through the five six hole.

Two out single for Caldwell brings Frankie Caldwell to the plate, sacrifice her sister over in the first inning.

First pitch, swinging forward back into the screen.

I know one thing that we talk about often is quality at bats.

And one fun tidbit on Frankie Caldwell that I was able to dig into is 65% of her at bats this season have gone down as quality at bats.

That shows how successful she is in that three spot below.

One takes the ball in the turf.

For those who are not familiar with what a club is.

Sidney, why don't you explain that for the rest of the viewing public?

So quality at bat.

We're looking after OTA eight pitches, after OTA drawing a walk, going more than eight pitches in at bat.

According to bat, can look a lot of different ways.

So even if you're not necessarily getting on, putting together quality at bat is what you want.

Floaters snagged by lamb that will end the threat for Bebe in the top of the third inning.

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Sheridan Holding on to a three nothing lead as we head to the home half of the third inning.

LAMB Terry Kilburn do up for the jackets.

LAMB reached on an error in the first was part of that three run first inning takes the first pitch ball higher and that Offspeed pitch by Delaney is not missing by much.

She is a pitcher that has a 63% first pitch strike rate.

She has been pounding the zone first pitch strike No one, no, not one skips in the turf.

Two And now to the number three hitter for the Yellowjackets.

Sheridan's run through the bracket and play a couple of nail biters.

Their first round matchup was a81 cruise over Van Buren, but a pair of three two wins over Maumelle in the quarters and Valley View as lamb slaps it foul down the third base line Maumelle and Valley View.

Very good high school teams.

And earlier we were talking about players playing on, you know, the next level, having the ability to play in college.

And for Mary LAMB she will be going on to play Mississippi College.

It's a D2 school and so exciting that she's going to be able to play softball at the next level when her time is done.

Being in Yellowjacket multiple collegiate commits on both sides of the field.

The two one off speed swung on the count, now two and two changeup is not something that Delaney has mixed in much yet to this point to to bring back up the middle off of Delaney scorch away as Mary LAMB is on with what I expect they will call a leadoff single and you see there Delaney saying I'm good.

Let's take another look at this, hitting it right back up the middle off of Delaney Sheehan.

Great hustle to still stick with it and try to get the out at first.

That's a shot right back up the middle the second time in three innings that Sheridan has got the lead off runner on, as Delaney will take a couple of extra seconds, throw a couple of pitches, just to make sure.

Softball is so often a game of momentum.

Does a play like this any give anyone an advantage when you have to take even a little bit of an extended break?

absolutely.

And momentum is everything in this game.

And like you just stated, getting their leadoff hitter on, statistically, you don't know the exact percentage, but more times than not, when you get the leadoff hitter on, you are going to score.

And especially with an offense like Sheard and finding a way, putting runners in motion, utilizing the small ball and they've got the power to back it up.

First pitch, swinging, turning, play over to third just in time to get Cooper Terry.

But Mary Love is able to move to second so it won't go down in the books as a sacrifice but works the same.

And for Frankie Caldwell to stay down on that ball off of turf, the ball is going to bounce.

She does a great job of staying down on it and then gunning it over the first base to get the outs.

That's an adjustment going from dirt to turf.

As a former third baseman, I can speak to that specifically because the dirt is going to stay down after two hops.

You don't get the big hops that you get on turf.

And that's why it's critical to keep your glove down, keep your body low and adjust to the hot versus being high and slapping down on it on turf.

You it's critical to keep your glove down and adjust to the hop.

First pitch straight to Kelly Kilborn.

Look at you sounding like a former infielder.

Yeah.

Hey, listen, I played infield all the way until I got to college.

That's why it's good to be versatile.

You don't ever know where you'll play one day.

That one in the turf bounces away from Jones behind the plate as lamb scampers over to third.

And for Mary Lynn that is a good a read at the ball in the dirt or may I say on the turf she breaks off a second and just gets such a great read the second she reads that it's down ball semantics, dirt turf.

It's the same thing.

It's all the same.

It's softball.

It is softball.

Shared now went away with a runner on third Kelly Kilburn trying to help her own cause.

Shows bunt moves through it.

One, two.

I like the aggressive approach though, by the Jackets.

they are so aggressive in the box.

And just again, the power and the ability to utilize a small ball.

And one thing that Coach Hoffman talked about is he's going to put a lineup together that has a 90% contact rate and above in one through nine there in that that sector of being at a 90% contact rate.

Kilburn set down for the second time today on strikes two away here in the bottom of the third.

That was a big pitch there from Lexi Delaney.

Huge pitch by Lexi Delaney with a runner at third and only one out.

It's the lower half of the zone that is getting the job done in stands Mason Wells.

And she was hit by a pitch back in the first, ended up being thrown out at third on the by Jaden Ashcraft trying to go first, the third in that inning, take the first pitch ball outside and for Madison Jones behind the plate, that was a really great job getting her body behind it at two pitches.

A catcher.

When you're set up at one position and your body has to work away from it, line in the center field, inch down, it's going to get to the fence.

Len comes in to score and Wilson is in to second with a two out stand up double the hits just keep on coming for the jackets and for the yellow jackets.

It is short and quick to contact along through extension, finding a way to put the ball in play.

And that's what this game is all about.

Put the ball in play and see what happens.

This is such a great piece of hitting by Wilson.

She gets every piece of this pitch just driving it to right center, goes back to the 90% contact rate that Sheridan head coach Scott will serve.

Scott Hoffman, rather, was talking about when he talked about why it's so important to look at contact rate versus average, make the defense play.

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Sheridan chases her after two and two thirds innings.

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After adding on one more run in the home half of the third inning, they were able to get to Beebe started Lexie Delaney As Carli Kilburn back out for her fourth inning of work, first pitch strike delivered to Delaney, Beebe has managed a hit in each of the first three innings, has not been able to get a runner past second base.

Sheridan playing solid defense behind Kilbourne.

And for the Badgers, it's going to be attacking early in the count, not letting that first pitch strike go by.

But for Kaylee Kilbourne, it's her low rise.

It's the Offspeed pitch and it's the low scoring curve that she's getting at the bottom half of the zone.

She's adjusting the Badgers level really precisely when you have a pitcher that's adjusting your eye level as a batter, what's the most important adjustment you need to make attacking early?

But also, I'm not typically this type of hitter that says this because I was always in Yes, yes, yes, no attacking the first pitch mentality, but it's also pitching, picking what, half of the zone you're looking to attack.

Delaney goes upstairs a pop out to steer it for the first out of the inning.

And when you see the all rise, it's you're meeting the ball to where it's going to end up.

Not where you initially see it out of the hand.

So that's why it's pertinent to keep your hands up and work to be above it.

When you see that ball lower in the zone, that's when you use your back half and drive your backside to get to the lower half and stay through it.

It's making those quick adjustments.

When you see the pitches, location, Kilburn goes upstairs for a first pitch strike on the right fielder, Hailey Shellenbarger.

Shellenbarger popped out to Wilson at first to start things off in the top of the second MIA one same spot, different result has Shellenbarger able to lay off.

That's a good take.

But also a great perch on the up and in corner sometimes is the header you take a ball that you don't really mean to and it ends up working out in your favor.

It's it's the way the game goes.

The softball gods give it the softball gods taketh away.

It makes no sense.

Sometimes a Shellenbarger falls back just over the netting into the bleachers here at Ferris Field and we can hear the crowd.

The crowd is really locked in and engage.

And that's the type of atmosphere that you want to play in and just feed off of.

You and I were over there about an hour and a half before the game.

As we see all of the fans in the ballroom, they were filling in nicely once you put into play.

Hi out to right field tracking under is Terry.

She makes the catch for out number two.

I mean certainly that looks like a collegiate crowd out there that is a packed crowd and it's just it gives you that environment and it's so much to feed off of.

And just look at the turnout.

This is what we were talking about, where we were talking about the rise in popularity of the sport and the rise of the level of the play across the state of Arkansas as a first pitch strike off speed delivered to Haley Faith to it has been a full day of action here on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas.

Started at 10 a.m. with one eight baseball.

The Taylor Tigers completing a three peat in baseball before the softball tigers out did that, the seventh consecutive state title for Taylor that is an Arkansas Prep's record.

Is that Mrs. High the Taylor community is walking away from today big pretty good in their face That's seven consecutive a three peat.

Can't ask for much more than that.

Of course, Beebe took on Taylor earlier this year.

That was a53 victory in favor of the Tigers.

That would Skip's in the turf.

Back out three and one here meanwhile shared and they started the year 19 and before running into Bryant in bauxite that's a walk issued is that one just off the outside corner.

So now the lady Badgers have had a runner on in every inning that will bring Tatum Howard to the plate.

She singled back in the second was stranded on first Kilburn got Madison Jones looking to end the inning Cal pulls back puts it in play over to the left side Great play from Sterrett cannot get to her feet in time Did a nice job of just keep that on the infield but now Bebe with two runners on to away here in the top of the fourth and four Tatum how that is a perfectly placed slap a stellar steer was shaded more up the middle grade below control staying inside of it and just placing it towards shortstop position and for Skylar steer it.

That's a heck of a play to keep it in the infield.

Speed doesn't just apply to the Basepaths for Schuyler.

Stair does a great job covering ground over there at shortstop Madison Jones First pitch, swinging it high, but it will hang up in time for Ashmead to make the grab so Beebe gets to on, but Kilburn gets the final out.

We head to the home half of the fourth inning.

It is still for nothing in favor of Sheridan.

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Congratulations, Tori Howard.

And that's just so exciting to be able to be that successful on and off of the playing field, going on to do big things academically.

We love to see it.

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GOODMAN Harrell And Stair do up for Sheridan in the home half of the first fourth inning, and that one found back into the screen.

This will be Jordan Lefferts first full inning of work after coming on in relief of Lexie Delaney through just a single pitch in the bottom of the third 24th appearance of the year is that rise ball climbs the ladder for two strikes and four left.

She's going to have a different look than Delaney right handed pitcher.

She's going to pound the upper half of the zone.

The more the hitter chase the chases, the more she's going to climb the ladder with her rise ball.

She'll occasionally sprinkle in the offspeed pitch and work east or west.

The two rise ball fouled away.

It was Leifer that started the game on March the ninth against Sheridan, held them to four runs before the Lady Badgers brought in Lexi Delaney.

And that's where the yellow Jackets really able to increase that score.

They scored six runs before they went back to left.

So you take a look at that scoreline, a little lopsided.

Both coaches say it's not indicative of the way that first game was played.

Absolutely not.

And, you know, Coach Fleener was talking about in that game, like you said, Lefferts started Delaney came in from that point.

Delaney has been starting the Leopards been coming in and she coach Player also talked about just the mentality of the team has been different since that game.

Throughout the progression of the season, what two swung and missed.

First batter retired here in the bottom of the fourth inning.

And you know as much as I do early on in the season, you're still just getting in the grave of things, trying to figure out who you are as a team, who fits where.

And as the season progresses, the pieces of the puzzle get pretty set and I Herrell, the designated player for one today, popped up to the second baseman Elkins in the second first pitch swinging laced out to right center field.

That ball is down.

It is in the Gap Herald on her way to second a one out double for and a Herald and four in the Herald in the yellow Jackets.

It is just doubles all day long.

Let's take a look at this piece of hitting.

She gets her crossover step at the front corner of the box gets her barrel out in front in this ball is power slap like no other of the six hits today four shared in three have been four extra bases, a triple and a pair of doubles and once again the jackets threatening with a runner in scoring position only one away here in the bottom of the fourth.

I love slappers who can power slap the ball off of the fence and they are going to intentionally walk Skyler's strike that will put runners on first and second after Steer tripled and scored in the first and walked in solo base in the second.

You like the decision to pick your own steer or I guess tell the umpire to put her on first.

So pitch is actually throw, put it on first.

I'm going to I'm going to presume that Clifford's going to pitch away from Ashmead to try to get a ground ball to the left side of the field.

That's that's what I'm presuming there.

But with what Skylar Stewart has done offensively, putting her on and trying to get the leader on her out, I can understand that.

Force a ground ball over to the left side of the field, maybe get an easy pop up on the infield, invoke an infield fly.

Yeah, absolutely.

But is a possibility with a rise ball pitcher tend to have more outs the air than they do on the ground but Ashmead is one for two.

Take the call and strike.

They are one and one.

Ashmead came into today hitting four of seven on the year, raised that average back in the first does have 22 RBI on the year as well lifted Val out of play and something that we're seeing from stare at Ashmead and then Harrell at the bottom of the lineup early on thereabouts.

They are standing in swinging the way they showed.

They move their feet in motion somewhat, trying to do more of a short game.

But right here we're seeing all three hitters stand in outside at stair being walked.

But we're watching, seeing them put their feet in motion and trying to power slap in there at bats.

Ashley lets that one run high to even the count at two and two.

And Sydney, you know, as a lefty, it's important to have different tools in your toolbox when it comes to power.

Slap, soft slap, stand away.

And it also depends on the situation.

The defense due to lifted into shallow left field phase coming on to make the grab and two away and four left for this is a solid pitch up.

And then on the hands of Ashmead, she gets her barrel underneath it, lifting it to left field to Hayley Faith to get the out.

Now Bebe will have to contend with Mary LAMB, who has been on base both times today she reached via an error in the first came around to score and then singled and scored back in the third and first pitch stays high land so dangerous in the three hole 517 one one of two batters in the lineup hitting nearly 600 on the season 1245 RBI.

Those are the numbers coming in to the state final one zero.

That was a hack by Barry Lynn was a huge swing by Lynn but the Rise ball by Lefferts, she is just continuing to climb the ladder to rise.

Ball has such tight spin.

It's a game of inches, though.

Lynn was just an inch away from getting making contact with that pitch.

The one one goes after the rise ball again, one in two.

That's why old joke is what is a rise ball That doesn't rise.

It's a home run because the ball that stays in the zone on the rise is so easy to elevate, especially for hitters of this caliber.

And just underneath that was when one two goes after it again, fouls it back.

And Lynn is working hard with her hands.

She's working to get above it.

But Lefferts, as she's getting underneath the barrels if you're left or do you change the eye level here and you keep going back to the rise?

I go back to the rise until they prove differently.

But with how good Lem is offensively could be a toss up the one to speed hammer it, but it hangs up to right as well with a loud out to shell barber Sheridan able to get to on Leppert able to work out of the jam we go to the fifth inning it is for nothing Sheridan You're watching the Centennial Bank, State softball and Baseball Championships on Arkansas.

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The shared in yellow jackets have given their faithful something to cheer about as they leave for not being in the top of the fifth inning.

Here is how the game is played out and Skyler Steer starting things off, doing what she does best, legging it out for a triple, get things started for the Yellow Jackets.

And how about this soft slap to the right side that asked me to score steer from third in this ball that's driven up middle by Ashcraft finding a way to drive in more runs.

It is just the run production that keeps on giving third inning.

This is a huge hit back at Delaney rollover ground ball that just doesn't stick.

They're finding ways to move runners across, put runners in motion and that last league was a double on the right centerfield wall by Herald Zero policy for nothing in favor of the jackets as we go to the top of the fifth inning shared and looking to capture their first state title since 2019, the last of a four straight championship.

One first pitch straight to Alison Elkins.

It's Elkins, Wooten and Caldwell do up for the Lady Badgers here in the top of the fifth.

And for Sheridan, they have stepped in and they've made the big moments count.

They've done the small things right.

And when they get in scoring position, they stepped up with those clutch hits.

Elkins zero for one today struck out to lead off the third takes a cold strike there one and two Bebe has had runners on in every inning.

They've been able to get a hit in every single inning.

Last inning, two runners on.

They've left two runners in scoring position.

Tonight, the one two swung on and missed another strikeout for Kailey Kilburn, one away in the fifth inning and Kilburn racking up her fourth K of the night.

This low rise ball gets under the barrel of.

Elkins big strikeout to start the top of the fifth inning turns over the lineup for Kiley Wooten the first baseman.

for two today a groundout and a strikeout back in the third, he found a way down the right field line.

Neo one off speed hangs up.

It'll stay on the infield lamb over to make the catch two retired here in the top of the fifth inning that will bring a Phoebe Caldwell to the plate.

Caldwell a lot of success today against Carlie Kilburn a pair of singles as you take a look at that last pop up by first pitch rise ball taken for a ball by Caldwell Caldwell singled in the first was stranded on second swings through the offering there singled and was stranded on first back in the third and for Caldwell she is had quality at bats from her first two at bats now to her third.

She's been very disciplined with kill burns rise ball laying off of it and making contact forcing Kilburn to bring it lower in the zone goes over the rise ball there and the one two at Kilburn working now here in the fifth inning as Sheridan inching closer to that title one two flared touches green and it's a three for three dilly for Phoebe Caldwell Have a day Phoebe Caldwell she is short and quick to contact finding a way to get the job done and all three of her at bat.

This ball is on the outer part of the plate.

She enables it to get deep into the strike zone, staying through it, driving it to right center field.

Caldwell really utilizing all fields.

Her first two hits to the left side, that one dropped in right center.

And to be successful at the plate, being able to hit both sides of the plate effectively, that's what Phoebe Caldwell does so well.

She hits both sides of the plate effectively.

It's really something that's important for younger players to learn because the adjustment really tough to make once you get to the collegiate level.

Absolutely.

And a lot of times we see young hitters that are very pull happy, want to pour everything to the left side or left handed hitters to the right side of the field.

Pulled over to the left side, LAMB collects over the first in time and once again, Phoebe Caldwell, stranded on the bases.

We go to the bottom of the fifth.

It is a four run lead for the Sheridan Yellowjackets.

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As we head to the bottom of the fifth inning, it'll be Terry Kilbourne and Wilson two up for the Yellowjackets.

Jaiden Ashcraft is waiting.

Should anybody reach Sheridan was able to touch up Beebe for three runs in the bottom of the first.

They added an extra in the bottom of the third inning.

First pitch strike to Cooper Terry Terry O for two today, a couple of ground outs arise.

Ball stays upstairs left four coming on in relief for the starter Lexi Delaney for Beebe back in the third inning the final stat line on Delaney two in two thirds innings, five hits four runs lifted out to center field tracking back underneath is how to make the catch.

Delaney issued one walk struck out two as there is one away here in the fifth inning one run Carly Kilburn coming to the plate Paris strikeouts for the Sheridan starter First pitch ball and this is a shared in team Sydney that was perhaps stunned by their three two loss against bauxite back on April the eighth.

That was the last time the Yellow Jackets dropped a contest as that is tacked back to the pitcher leopard factory collect.

It does get it over to first in time for the second out let's stop.

Hoffmann said that he thought losing in the box.

They woke this program up a little bit.

They started the year 19 no, They did lose to Bryant 8 to 6 in a game in which they were leading.

But the box went a little bit surprising and maybe a little bit of a wake up call that we need to actually focus back in here.

If we do want to realize our goal of making it to the state championship.

Absolutely.

And when you go on a winning streak of that many games and then you face a team like bauxite, you get steam.

It just makes you wake up and realize, okay, we can't get too complacent in the way that we're playing and what we're doing.

We do have to stay on our toes and we do have to keep being in attack mode, which I mean, it is very easy to do that since that loss back on April the 18th, The Yellow Jackets have won eight consecutive games trying to make it nine and capping it off with a state championship.

Tonight, it stays high.

Mason Wilson, one for one, was hit by a pitch in the first doubled back in the third off speed tap foul.

Okay we talked about earlier hitters making offensive adjustments.

One thing about Lefort is in this ending the inning prior, she really utilized her rise ball.

This inning, she's made the adjustment to work lower in the zone and really mix in her offspeed pitch more consistently.

The one to goes back upstairs lifted.

It will stay in play in and out in the glove of Caldwell.

But since it was touched in foul territory, it will be a foul ball.

Wilson will live to see another pitch and those are the kind of defensive plays that you want to make sure that you secure when it's foul balls in foul territory in the air.

Take another look at this is balls lifted down the left field line.

An initial really good jump by Caldwell just needed to get her body a little bit more underneath that for an and tapped over to second is Wilson so she is retired 123 inning for a leopard Beebe going to need to mount an offensive comeback as we head to the sixth the lady badgers trailed by four.

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The Beebe Lady Badgers down to their final six outs here in the five eight state championship.

Delaney Shellenbarger and faith do up for Beebe a check swing from Lexie Delaney to start things off.

They will check down third base umpire Bill Wilson.

He says yes indeed she swung.

And one thing that Coach Clinger talked about throughout the progression of the season is winning the days and winning the opportunities within those days and inching closer to the seventh inning, being down to the final six out.

This is the time to win the opportunity.

Cue ball foul down the third base side Delaney for two today grounded out to end the first and popped out to lead things off in the fourth lifted just fell as that was tailing towards the wall out in left field.

It's been a good day inside the circle for shared and starter Kaylie Kilburn.

Over five complete innings she scattered five hits walked just one struck out four just 72 pitches.

So it's been an efficient outing for Kilburn gets Delaney swinging through the rise ball for out number one and for her fifth strikeout of the day.

Kilburn has just allowed her defense to play behind her, in which her defense has played so solid behind her.

Let's take a look at this rise ball again, just climbing the ladder, getting underneath the hands of Delaney.

That up and out rise ball as a left handed hitter.

Got to let it get deep.

But you've got to keep her barrel on it.

That brings up Hayley Shellenbarger off for two pop out and a fly out first pitch swinging through the drop one stays upstairs, evens the count.

And for Kilburn, she has the speed to back it up for her pitches are so spinny, and it's the effectiveness as it stays through the heart of the zone to drop down, to rise up.

She's able to throw her pitches on different planes, fall back into the banner behind the plate to have this conversation off.

And as a pitcher, what's more important, speed or location?

Ideally, you'd love to have both the location the more important of the two, because good hitters can catch up to speed.

Absolutely.

Good hitters can catch up to speed all day 65, 70 miles an hour, 70.

You can catch up to it.

It's when you're facing a pitcher that has spectacular command and has the movement, that's when it's difficult.

Maybe with the exception of Tennessee's Karlan.

Pickens It's coming at just 74, maybe a little bit of a different issue.

It's a little bit different, but spinning pitching that hops through the strike zone is way harder to adjust to.

And Kilburn, one in the card strike will not get it to in to or really pump it in 6162.

She can get it up to the lower mid 60 but she is at her best when she is moving those pitches in that lower velocity to 2 to 3.

Make it six ks now for Kilburn.

And tonight I'm going to take a guess and say she is sitting in the mid 60.

She has got some peaks behind those pitches.

Let's take another look at this pitch.

It's just the right ball again and it doesn't break until right about a foot in front of the plate.

It's not an early rising rise ball.

It is a very late breaking rise ball.

First pitch fouled away and it makes a difference is a batter whether or not it's an early break or a late break in terms of how you read it out of the hand.

Absolutely.

When you're facing a pitcher that has an early breaking rise ball, it's easy all day long to take it for a ball.

But with Kilburn having such a late breaking Rye's ball to adjust your barrel to get on top of it made it very difficult tonight for the Badger hitters.

one off speed just misses the outside says you're back to the velocity You said Kilburn has a little extra oomph.

The adrenaline of playing in the state final will do that for you.

It will.

And the environment.

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The game is evolving.

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And I called the first Arkansas UK game here at Ferris Field back in 2021.

That's when the berm looked like for that game.

The one to strike out the side.

Charlie Kilburn.

Four k's on the day for the Yellow Jackets Hurler, we head to the bottom of the sixth.

Her team has given her a41 lead.

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Shared it here in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Ashcraft Goodman and heralds you up as Ash laces it off the bench in left a leadoff double for Jayden Ashcraft.

She has had herself a day, a single and a double plus an RBI as shared and getting things started again.

Jayden Ashcraft Seeing the ball well, this pitches up and in she attacks first pitch strike and drives it off the left field fence.

She's seen the ball well.

She's short and quick to contact and she's finding a way to drive the ball.

Time and time again.

Ashcraft with a leadoff double.

It's the third time in six innings that the Yellowjackets have gotten the leadoff batter on Goodman Stepping to the plate lays down the bunny.

It's a beauty only play over the first Alkins does get the foot.

The man does her job as Ashcraft moves to third and to talk about the double story and going into this game 58 doubles on the season for the Yellowjackets.

Three doubles in the game today and a triple for the Yellowjackets.

Four of the seven hits have gone for extra bases, and this was a game coming in that felt like it was going to be a matchup of pitching versus hitting in terms of one of the best duos in the state versus this powerful shared in offense.

Typically, Sidney, you and I talked before the broadcast, you would give the edge to the pitchers because they know what they're going to throw.

They don't have to throw the batter strikes in.

Typically good pitching can neutralize good hitting.

But Sheridan may have been a powerhouse tonight.

What surprised you the most?

What surprised me the most is their aggressive swings, attacking early in the count, getting runners on base and then stepping in the box and finding a way to drive the ball in the gaps to score runs.

Getting in gets their kicks away.

Ashcraft comes in to score on the wild pitch.

Make it five.

Nothing in favor of the jackets.

They're starting to feel it now.

Let's take another look at this wild pitch on the outer part of the plate that Madison Jones is just not able to stay behind.

A really good read by Jayden Ashcraft lifted fouling out of play.

And to go back to your question, Dorian, they've been aggressive with every swing that they've taken, but they've been intentional with every pitch that they've taken and that they've swung at the intent that they've had at the plate pitch to pitch is what has impressed me the most.

That's such an important part of hitting because it's not just going up there free swinging.

It's going up there with a plan about what you're going to attack is the one one line to right center.

But what a grab by Shellenberger coming on to make the catch for Shellenberger that is a huge catch is that line drive is diving down towards the ground pyro gets on top of that pitch all smiles from Shellenberger Yeah identical to the Skyler stair stepping to the plate two for two today rather one for one an intentional walk in her last year back.

This kid is just a sophomore and she is going to do big things on the next level.

I just know it a first pitch ball low and away and this is a shared in program that felt that last year was finally their time to reassign to the mountain of Arkansas High School.

State softball were ravaged by injuries.

Terry and Kelly Kilbourne.

Kilbourne, having surgery last year just didn't have the health that they needed to make the run through.

Postseason.

Still gritted their way to the quarter finals, but they've come out this year and felt like their mission was to make it back after not being able to get there in 2023.

And injuries are part of it.

It happens.

But the grittiness of this team and it all starts with Skyler Sterritt setting the tone at the top of the lineup.

Sterritt catches the pitch in the hand.

She is on for the fourth time today.

Triple walk, intentional walk, hit by pitch.

And I'll say, given the season that they had last year with the injuries and just the way that the progression of the season went, this game just means that much more to this core group that has has returned.

A lot of players from last year's team go.

But make no mistake, this match up also meant a lot.

This game meant a lot to the Lady Badgers, to head coach Sarah Fleener, who was a member of both the 2005 and 2007 teams that made it to the state title game.

And we talked to her about what it meant and she said, doesn't mean so much for me, but it means so much for the community.

For the people that started softball in Beebe stare, Sterritt stays put, and there's so much history with the Beebe program and how knit the program has been all of the years.

You know, her dad, he was the coach of Beebe, Terry Fleener, for so many years and was so successful.

Coach Billy Tucker I actually played for Coach Tucker when I was younger, not for Beebe, but when I was younger playing for Beebe Blast.

But those are two great coaches that just throughout the progression, the program got it to where it's gotten.

And then for Fleener to be able to get the program, the word today is very impressive.

Stare at it With her second stolen base of the game, Terry Fleener in attendance tonight, one of the nearly 1500 fans that have made the trip here to Conway.

And what a special moment between a dad and daughter coaching for the same high school carrying on that legacy.

It's very, very rare, very unique.

Let's take this take a look at this jump by Skylar Steer.

She's just so fast between first to second, the jump that she gets, she does run track.

So she is used to the whole sprinter start getting a good job, slice foul down the left field line.

But as you know and I both know first steps in this game are everything on the base path defensively out of the batter's box.

A good aggressive first step makes a difference.

One, two two.

Chloe Ashby, the center fielder, singled and scored in the first puffed out and flyout in the second in the fourth one two Speed swung on and missed.

It was caught in the glove.

Confirm by Dan Henry that ends the inning as Sterritt is stranded on second.

We head to the top of the seventh inning.

Baby needs five runs to keep their season alive.

It is five.

Nothing in favor of the yellow jackets.

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Go to M&M productions dot net to place your order shared in holding on to a five run lead in the top of the seventh inning be down to their final three outs Tatum, Howard Madison Jones and Allison Elkins do up for the Lady Badgers and Kiley Wooten would be up should anyone reach first pitch ball low to Howard who is two for two today with a pair of singles and that pitch is not missing by much being painted on the outer part of the plate.

And Tatum, how she has been so consistent in her at bats thus far today tapped over to the left side sneaks through start hands arm but not in time as Howard reaches for the third time today.

And that is exactly how you want to start off the top of the seventh inning how legging it out finding way to get the leadoff hitter on base.

Let's take a look at this top slide.

The Cheney low top slot that she gets her barrel on top of driving it into the ground.

Solid piece of slapping.

So much of being a short game specialist is also being able to read the defense and using the ground in your favor.

That's a big adjustment.

We talked about the dirt versus turf when it comes to fielding defensively, but that's a big adjustment as well when you're a short game specialist.

absolutely.

On this turf you could have a field day as a slapper and Hal just displayed such great barrel control as Lynn was a little bit back towards third base, back steer.

It was shaded up the middle.

She placed it so perfectly in that triangle between Kilburn lemon stare it the conversation behind the plate as we will have a hit runner and working birdie or rather a pinch hitter it number ten first pitch outside so Jones was zero for two swung on and missed a ball high to Katelyn Burgin who is the pinch hitter Very good hitting 200 on the year has ten hits in 50 at bats two one fouled away and one thing that not talked about enough is pinch hitting.

Pinch hitting is a art in itself, especially in a game where you're down to your last three outs with the runner.

At first it is a precious position to be in.

Good take there for Bergen as she works the Count ball.

So Bebe trying to string together some baserunners to keep their season alive.

Three two swung on and missed Snap throw back to first, not in time as the pinch hitter.

Bergen retired via strikes that is eight K's now for Charlie Kilburn.

Kilburn just racking up the K's and it's all brought to the fact that it's a rise ball.

Alison Elkins a pair of strikeouts today for the Badgers second baseman first pitch swinging rise ball again from Gilbert You're baby you have to expect to see here a steady diet of rise balls as Sheridan closes in on that potential state championship.

She's going to continue to go to that pitch as it has been so effective.

Deny and for be down to your final two outs.

It's just stringing together base hit after they set the thought process is not home runs not gap two gap shots it is taking it one base at a time.

There's no such thing as a six run hit.

You have to have baserunners right now if you're bebe the count one and one to Elkins Tatum Howard led off the inning with a single is a big swing from Elkins and it's one to in for Kilburn She will be furthering her playing career it will be you and what a dandy job you will be getting and Kelly Tilbury will be the one to take in on the outside corner, two and two.

That's a tough ball to take, especially on a12 count.

But for Elkins, just missing, about an inch off of the plate will go her way.

It's a good eye for Malkin's more patient in this at bat the two to Swann and missed Kilburn continuing to mow through the lady badgers and now Sheridan one out away from a state title.

Let's take another look at this pitch Kilburn just racking up yet another K her ninth of the night.

It is the low rise that is so deceptive starts at the midway point and just gets right underneath the hands of Elkins.

Kylie Wootton standing in for three on the day and takes the first pitch.

Strike movement is grounded out, struck out and popped out.

100 total pitches tonight for Cally Kilburn please.

We all off of each other along the lines.

Game three keep out.

People feel all.

We have to have an announcement here at Ferris Field.

Is the Sheridan fans preparing to potentially rush the field?

It's looking like it's going to get rushed.

We've got some exciting fans down the left line and now we've got some security down the left field line as well.

Trying to tamp down on the yellow Jack is excited.

This for the moment being got to love the passion misses just outside one and one fouled away and now Bebe down to their final strike Tatum now standing on first after she led off the inning with a single by Sarah Fleener having to take a moment to comfort her first baseman.

And Sidney, you and I know, especially for these seniors on both of these teams, this moment can be filled with emotion regardless of what side that you're on.

There's so much emotion and coming down to what is your last game of your playing career in high school and just all of the memories and the moments that you experienced throughout time with your teammates and coaching staff?

And it's all about what you do out on the field, but it's really about the that you create off of it.

And a round of applause for Wooten as she steps back into the box.

The one two fouled off down the right field line and you can just feel it.

With what she's putting into this at bat.

You can feel it one, two.

Again, line to the right side, hanging tough third state championship appearance for Bebe.

They dropped a pair two one decisions in 2005 and 2007 The one two nice adjustment there on the offspeed for Wooten Boy, he's been making adjustments throughout the progression of this entire game, adjusting The Offspeed pitch, getting a piece of it to keep the bat at love.

This is a quality at bat.

You're going deep into the count shared in four straight state titles from 20 to 2019 and Wooten spoils the party once again four straight foul balls off the bat of Kiley Newton rooting for the Lady Badgers.

Best hitter digging in one, two, five straight.

An absolute battle here, trying to extend BBQs in.

And this is the kind of it that it takes to extend the season, to keep to keep things going.

Again, like we said, it's taking one hit pit at a time, base to base the one to, again, root and able to foul it off.

Wooten continuing to battle.

This will be the 10th pitch of the back one to Offspeed swung on and miss it's in the turf down to first and for the first time since 2019.

Sheridan are the state champions and the excitement in the dogpile for Sheridan.

The excitement Kilburn racking up so many strikeouts throughout the night.

She was so solid in the circle and offensively one through nine, just the offensive production with the extra base hits, the stolen bases, the big time clutch hits in the big time moments.

It's what capped off this win for Sheridan six of the last outs for Sheridan were recorded via the strike out ten total ks for Kailey Kilbourne on the night as Sheridan puts together a complete performance, the Yellowjackets capture the five eight state championship.

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Welcome back to Ferris Field at Natalie Schock Stadium where Sheridan goes out the way they came in dancing as the yellow jackets are the five eight state champions behind a ten strikeout performance by Carly Gilbert.

Exciting win for Coach Hoffman and his team.

Kelly Kilbourne.

Her arsenal tonight with the rise ball off speed pitch her screw and curve was just lethal and offensively Skylar stared at the one spot.

She just sets the tone for the offense and the run production from Ashcraft, from Terry, from Ashley.

Just one through nine.

They got the job done and it started early on in the bottom of the first inning.

For Sheridan as the player of the game is indeed Kelly Kilburn and there is Sterritt starting things off with the leadoff triple.

She would come around to score on the single by Chloe Ashmead and then for Ashmead with a soft slap to the right side of the field.

Just good situational hitting to get the first run across.

And then Jayden Ashcraft with a two RBI single to drive in more runs.

It was in the third inning that we saw a huge swing back up the middle off the shin of Delaney, the roll over ground ball just not able to stick with it by Caldwell.

And it was this swing right here by Wilson that plated more runs off of the right centerfield gap and it was in the fourth inning back to the sixth inning.

It was all for Kilburn that just found a way in the circle to get the job done.

And then the trip to the double Harrell just capped off the win.

And then let's take a look at that pitch by Wofford and then Kilburn striking out to finalize the game.

Sheridan able to chase Bebe starter Lexi Delaney after just two and two thirds innings as it was an offensive onslaught from start to finish for the Yellowjackets here in Conway mission complete for the Sheridan Yellowjackets, they recapture the title for the first time since 2019.

So for Sydney Parley and our entire Arkansas PBS crew here in Conway, I'm Dorian crossing the so long from Ferris Field at Natalie Schoch Stadium where the final score is shared in VB Nothing.

Make sure to join us tomorrow starting at 10 a.m. for they for a softball championship between Pea Ridge and Farmington.