Dayton Girls 2-2 at State

AKIMA – In their second game in the state softball tournament Friday afternoon, the Dayton girls' softball team faced eventual champion Adna, and felt like they hit a brick wall.

Adna scored six first-inning runs and went on to beat the Lady Bulldogs 13-0 in five innings. The Dayton girls got only four hits in that game, while pitchers Savannah McFarland and Madison Mings gave up a total of only eight hits.

In their first game Friday morning, Dayton mounted a big comeback against Okanogan and prevailed 13-8. Okanogan scored four first-inning runs and took a lead of 8-5 into the bottom of the fourth inning. But the Lady Bulldogs scored four in their half of the fourth and four in the sixth for the win.

Dayton batters Samii Bledsoe, Sarah Phillips and Kellie Moore had three RBIs each. Pitcher Megan Robins gave up 10 hits but allowed no walks.

"They outhit us and we had far too many errors," said Dayton assistant coach Desirae Jones. "But we did have patience at the plate and timely hits."

Dayton faced Brewster Saturday morning and fell behind after three innings, 3-0. But the team rallied back, taking a 4-3 lead into the seventh inning and then added three insurance runs to seal the win, 7-3.

Taylor Frame had three hits in the game, and Phillips, Moore and Heidi Dobbs each had three. Robins pitched and gave up only six Brewster hits.

The Lady Bulldogs moved on in the loser's bracket to face Colfax Saturday afternoon, but their season ended with a 10-7 loss to the other Bulldogs.

Phillips, Bledsoe and Moore each had two of the Lady 'Dogs' 10 hits, and pitcher McFarland surrendered 10 hits to Colfax.