Madill saw its fastpitch season come to an end last week with a pair of losses in the Class 4A regional tournament at Cache.
TheLadyWildcatsdropped a 12-4 verdict to Purcell before bowing out with a 7-2 setback to McGuinness.
After spotting Purcell a three-run first inning lead, Madill fought back to make a game of it with a single run in the bottom of the first and twomoretalliesinthesecond.
Laila Pickens slapped a two-out RBI single that put the Lady Wildcats on the board and they added the tying runs scored thanks to a pair of Purcell errors off balls hit by Lanna Wigington and Chloe Miller.
Pitcher Zeplin Thomas held the Lady Dragons scoreless in her first three stanzas of relief before yielding a run in the fourth ahead of an eight-run eruption in the fifth frame that put the game out of reach.
Madill notched a final run in the sixth when they utilized small ball, including a Thomas bunt hit to plate the score on a double steal.
Tillie Chapa had the only other Lady Wildcat hit in the contest.
Coach Shawn Runyan’s crew posted a 7-6 edge in hits against McGuinness but were hurt by five errors defensively.
Neither team was able to crack the scoreboard until the fourth as Layne Albright twirled three scoreless frames in the start until McGuinness broke it open with five runs.
It took until the seventh for Madill to push across its two runs with a two-out rally.MillerandThomaseach singled ahead of a Pickens’ run-scoring hit. Thomas then crossed the plate on a wild pitch.
BrooklynPruittandMiller each contributed two hits. Thomas,PickensandWigington had one hit apiece.