By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Nine of Dr. St. John's starting 10 players scored runs Tuesday night in a 15-4 win over Clay Funeral Home.
The victory leaves St. John as the only undefeated team in the 16-under fast-pitch girls' softball league.
Rebecca Brown, Erin Patterson, Loren Andrews, Natalie Nelson, Kara Siler and Amanda Hoots each scored twice while Kim Hoots, Nicole Thomason and Kristen Rodriguez scored single runs.
St. John broke on top 5-0 in the top of the first inning before Clay Funeral Home (3-1) scored a single run in the bottom of the second when Angela Williams walked and scored.
St. John plated five more runs in the top of the third and added five in the fourth.
Heather White and Shantell Miller each scored single runs for Clay Funeral Home in the bottom of the third inning.
St. John improves to 4-0 for the year.
Bonanza 15, Sanyo 14
Bonanza evened their season mark at 2-2 Tuesday by edging Sanyo 15-14 in 16-under league play.
Bonanza led 15-10 as Sanyo came to bat in the top of the sixth inning.
Sanyo was able to score four runs to get within one run before the rally attempt fell short.
Wendi Humphrey and Priscilla Meredith scored three runs each to lead Sanyo, 1-3 for the year.
Shari Rogers added two runs, including a first-inning home run.
Bonanza got runs from Stacey Gracey, Alicia Kennedy, Lauren Dover, Shardavia Davis, Hannah McMahand, Tasha Batt and Melissa Fogg.
McDonald's 17, Boar's Head 6
McDonald's improved to 3-2 for the year Tuesday with a 17-6 win over Boar's head.
Fallon Parker scored three times while Kylie Moore scored twice.
Jennifer Ballard, Jessica Lewis, Casey Qualls, Whitney Tracy, Torri Willis and Krystal Long scored single runs.
Boar's Head got runs from Risondra Deans, Gabrielle Agnew, Whitney Lowe and Rachel Sims.
McDonald's led 5-0 after one inning and 10-1 after two innings.
League play will resume Friday night with a couple of minor schedule time and field changes.
Sanyo and Food Giant will start at 9:15 on Field 3 instead of the original scheduled time of 8 p.m.
Dr. St. John and McDonald's will start at 9 p.m. while Boar's head and Bonanza will play on Field 4 at 9:15 p.m.
By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Easley Law won its third straight game of the year Tuesday in Minor League play, by downing Joey's Muffler 16-6.
Easley improves to 3-2 for the year while Joey's falls to 2-3.
Denate Mitchell and James Pendergrass each scored three times for Easley.
Anthony Wallace and Cory Leslie each hit home runs for the winners.
Larry Smith scored twice for Joey's and hit a first inning home run.
Mr. T Auto 19, Farm Bureau 0
Ryan Green led the way by scoring three runs Tuesday as Mr. T Auto improved to 2-3 for the year.
Devin Green, Austin Kennedy, Anthony Guyton, Darrien Green and Ryan Hawkins each scored twice. Austin Kennedy homered for Mr. T.
Farm Bureau had only one base runner during the game, Cory Nelson who doubled fourth inning.
By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
Hess Shoes improved to 4-0 for the year in Bambino (11-12) League play Tuesday night.
Alan Triggs and Justin Siler each crossed home plate three times to lead Hess to a 15-13 win over POPS.
POPS opened a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning with runs from Charles Cooley, Taylor Chism, Justin Ross and Nakieer Barton.
Hess scored three in the bottom of the second to cut the lead to one run 4-3.
POPS extended the lead to 10-3 with six runs in the top of the third and made it 12-3 with two runs in the fourth.
Hess answered with three runs in the bottom of the fourth and then added seven runs in the fifth to take a 13-12 lead.
POPS tied the game at 13-13 with a single run in the fifth and Hess won the game with two runs in the bottom of the sixth.
Ross and Barton led POPS by scoring three runs each. Cooley and Chism scored twice. Barton, Chism and Jeremy Golatt each took turns on the pitching mound for POPS.
Chadwick Doyle homered for Hess in the fifth inning.
In other Bambino games played Tuesday, Rotary Club rolled past Taco Bell 12-1 to improve to 3-1 for the year.
Tyrice Bradley scored three times for Rotary while Julian Isom, Taylor Clark, Kyle Ramsey and Chauceney Boles scored two runs each.
Ramsey and Bradley combined for the pitching duties.
William Mitchell scored Taco Bell's single run in the fourth inning.
Bonanza scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning to clip Taylor Glass 11-10 Tuesday.
Taylor put up two runs in the bottom of the sixth but fell short of the victory.
Taylor used a six-run, third inning to take a 6-5 lead before Bonanza tied the game at 6-6 in the top of the fourth.
Rylan Nimocks and Wilson Parker led Taylor Glass with two runs while Donnie Willis, A. J. Moody, Joe DeWitt and Brandon Barnett scored single runs.
Bonanza was led by Johnnie Jones, Larry Bean, Torey Rogers, Terrence Pendleton and Jacob Shafer.
Cochran Auto moved to 3-1 for the year Tuesday with a 6-5 win over Vaccaro Lumber.
Vaccaro led 4-1 before Cochran pushed five runs in the top of the sixth to lead 6-4. Vaccaro got one run in their final at-bat.
Cochran scored the five runs on seven hits and one walk.
Kellon Bowman scored two runs for Cochran.
Dale Boyd scored twice for Vaccaro while Kyle Emerson, Trenton Ware and Justin Harris scored single runs.
Boyd pitched the complete game.
Times-Herald improved to 4-0 for the year Tuesday behind a 13-4 win over Children's Clinic in 12-under fast pitch girls' softball.
Children's Clinic remains winless at 0-4.
Layne McGuirt, Mary Nelson, Randal Ross and Sara Cate Lewey each scored two runs to lead Times-Herald.
Children's Clinic scored two runs in the second inning and two runs in the third inning.
Giffin's Grins 18, Crowley's 9
Giffin's moved to 4-1 for the year Tuesday with an 18-9 win over Crowley's Ridge.
Each one of Giffin's starters scored at least one run, led by Cassandra Jackson and Stephonia Woods, who scored three runs each.
Jazzalyn Rodgers scored two runs for Crowley's, 1-3 for the season. Ashley Boswell, Kayla Ballard, Alicia Hall, Christina Faulk, Morgan Davis and Dekesha Huff scored single runs.
Each of the league's unbeaten teams stayed that way Tuesday by posting victories in the 10-under slow-pitch girls' softball league.
Food Giant, Sanyo and Title Company each improved to 5-0 for the year and in a three-way tie for first place.
Food Giant held off Walker Insurance 12-11, Title Company survived Southern Furniture 7-6 and Sanyo shut out Mom's 6-0.
Joy Stephens scored three of Sanyo's six runs and got help from Erin Marlowe, who scored twice and Akilah Norman.
Title Company led 7-4 going into the bottom of the fifth inning Tuesday night and Southern Furniture rallied for three runs in their final at-bat before leaving the game-tying and game-winning runs at first and second when the final out was made.
Title Company got three runs from Kimeshia Norris while Southern got two runs each from Chelsey Cole and Shameka Collins.
Walker Insurance's third inning rally fell just short Tuesday night and Food Giant held on for the 12-11 win.
Walker trailed 12-10 as they went to their last at-bat.
In other 10-under games, True Value held off Steven's 3-0 as Maggie Howard, LaQuisha Moore and Sharicka Jones scored single runs.
True Value improves to 2-3 for the year.
Forrest City Bank slipped to 1-4 for the year, losing to Dr. Schwartz 14-8 Tuesday night.
Dr. Schwartz scored five runs in the first and second innings to lead 10-7.
Savannah Ferguson scored three runs for Schwartz as did Brittney Kidd.
Megan Meridith led FCB with three runs.
Marion Parks and Recreation will sponsor the first "Marion Softball Showdown" June 8, 9 & 10, for girls' 14-under and 16-under fast-pitch teams.
The tournament will be a double-elimination style bracket and ASA approved softballs will be furnished.
Entry fees are $85 per team and the deadline to sign up is June 3.
For more information, call Johnny Lucas at (870) 739-5424; Glen Pennington (870) 739-2381 or Jason Oliver (870) 739-2201.
Forrest City High School will sponsor a "cook out" Thursday, May 24, at Mustang Fieldhouse for those athletes in grades 10,11 & 12.
The cook out will begin at 6 p.m. and is free to the student athletes. Hamburgers will be served.