By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
The girls took the softball fields Tuesday night to open the 2002 10-under slow pitch softball league.
But not without a little disorder.
Walker Insurance and Southern Furniture played their opening game under protest, even though the official scorebook shows Walker to be the winner, 14-6. The book does not offer an explanation of the protest filed.
That may or may not hold up.
In other 10-under games, Forrest City Bank had a easy time against Children's Clinic, scoring in every inning to take a 13-5 win.
Sanyo scored five runs in the first inning and never looked back or slowed down, rolling past True value 14-3 in three innings.
Stevens Funeral Home took a 10-0 win over the league's new team, B&E Tires and Food Giant ran past Dr. Schwartz 10-1.
The 16-under girls' fast-pitch league will get under way Thursday night while the 12-under fast-pitch league will start on Monday, May 10.
In action on the baseball side of the complex Tuesday, the Bambino (9-10) League opened with four games.
First National Bank got a strong pitching performance from Michael Ludwig as the Bank team pounded Giffin's Grins 18-1.
FNB scored 12 runs in the first inning sending 15 batters to the plate.
Leslie Construction plated a single run in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 4-4 tie for a 5-4 win.
Pearson Insurance ran all over taco Bell 16-7 while Sanyo had a easy time against Joey's Muffler, winning 17-1.
Pearson got three runs each from John Vowans, Scott Gracey, Timothy Graham and Antonio Sanders.
Taco Bell got two runs from Xavier Clardy, who was also the starting pitcher.
Sanyo got runs from every starting player in the lineup including two each by James Alldredge, Matt Jumper, Kendall Lee, Jacob Sohn and Malik Mosby
Corey Robichaud scored the lone run for Joey's Muffler..
*In the Minor league (pitching machine) Vaccaro Lumber shut out Food Giant 19-0 while Easley Law handed Twillies Tigers a 12-2 opening season loss.
Davian Hardrick, Jared Haynie and Adam Hoy each scored three runs for Vaccaro.
Easley Law got three runs by Seth Parker and two runs from Damond Watson.
Easley scored seven runs in the bottom of the third inning to pull away from the Tigers.
Twillies got single runs from Tyler Holmes and Anthony Jenkins.
Play resumes in the Minor League on Thursday night.
Also Thursday, the Junior Babe Ruth league will open its 2004 season with a pair of games on Field 8.
The men's and women's adult softball leagues are tentatively scheduled to begin next week.
The East is no more at the Class AAAAA Fast Pitch State Softball Tournament.
On Tuesday, No. 1 seeded Jacksonville and No. 2 seeded Cabot fell by the wayside.
Fayetteville defeated Cabot 8-1 on Tuesday to advance to the semifinals of the Class AAAAA State Tournament at the Kevin McReynolds Sports Complex in Sherwood.
The Lady Bulldogs will play North Little Rock today at 5 p.m.
The winner advances to the championship game set for Saturday at Lady 'Back Yard in Fayetteville.
This is the farthest Fayetteville has ever advanced in the state tournament. The Lady Bulldogs are 26-6.
The Lady Bulldogs didn't waste any time Tuesday as Jess Reed led off the first inning with a hit and Kylee Russell drove her in with a hit down the left-field line for a 1-0 lead.
Fayetteville made it 2-0 in the second when McKinzie Fruchil singled and scored on a wild pitch. Jessica Smith and Lyndi Modica scored on a single by Reed for a 4-0 lead.
*A hit by Nikki Hill in the bottom of the third inning scored Kayla Mowery which helped send Texarkana to a 3-0 victory over Jacksonville.
Texarkana pitcher Dayna Huckabee had 12 strikeouts.
*Jamie Terry drove in two runs in the first inning as North Little Rock held off Lake Hamilton 4-0.
In Tuesday's final game, it was Benton holding off Bentonville 5-0 helped by Julie Duke's two-RBI, bases-loaded hit down the third-base line in the sixth inning.
*In the Class AAAAA state baseball tournament being played at Benton and Bauxite, Little Rock Central stayed alive with a 14-0 win over Sheridan.
Bryant shut out Watson Chapel 11-0 while Bentonville ousted Texarkana 8-5.
In Class AAAA, Magnolia defeated Nettleton 9-8; Marion got past Malvern 8-2; White Hall clipped Alma 5-4.
In Class AAA state play at Ashdown, Pulaski Oak grove was all over Greenland, winning 20-0 while Gosnell edged Nashville 3-2.
Play in all classifications continues today with the overall finals to be played saturday at Baum Stadium in Fayetteville.