Guymon-Hooker split a doubleheader

August 21, 2012

Guymon’s Macie Pritchard is safe at third base as Hooker’s Jessica Ugarte fields the ball during the same game. Staff photo/John Plestina

HOOKER—Guymon coach Wesley Bryson said he believes Hooker had never before beaten Guymon at softball.
At least not until last night.
The Lady Tigers and Lady Bulldogs split a doubleheader with Guymon winning the first game 23-10 and Hooker taking the second 8-4, the first loss by Guymon to Hooker at least in recent years.
“They have never beaten us — ever and they never will,” he said after the second game.
“I was real proud of how they played in the second game. In the second game we fielded the ball real good,” said Hooker head coach Terry Meade.
He said overall, the Lady Bulldogs were more relaxed and handled pressure better in the second game.
“Once we got ahead, Guymon probably had pressure on them,” Meade said.
The Lady Tigers appeared to be the big exotic cats taking on the much smaller Bulldog in the first inning of the first game. The Lady Tigers scored 14 runs on four hits, including a bases loaded double by Jahaira Marquez that cleared the bags and several throwing errors by Hooker. Anahiz Alverez, Shay Henry and Monica Padilla singled in the first inning.
The Lady Bulldogs answered with six runs and the bottom half of the first frame. An RBI single by Kortney McDaneld scored Jade Cathcart who had singled, advanced to second base on a hit by Dana Jimenez and stole third. Shania Miller hit a two-RBI double. Several of the other runs came after passed balls and throwing errors.
Guymon added one more run in the second inning on a sacrifice by Graciela Gutierez that scored Lakin Winters. Hooker didn’t answer with any runs in the bottom of the second.
Monica Padilla scored first for Guymon in the third inning on a double by Marquez. She then scored on a single by Alverez. A single by Miranda Sandoval and a walk drawn by Winter set the stage for Henry to hit a grand slam home run, bring the tally to 21-6. The fly ball to center field went over the center fielder’s head and rolled to the fence. The Lady Tigers again loaded the bases in the third inning after hits by Padilla and Gutierez but failed to score any more runs.
A two-RBI single by Hooker’s Jordan Burden scored Miller and Jessica Ugarte. McDaneld batted Burden in. Jade Cathcart walked and eventually scored on a passed ball, making the score 21-10.
Alverez drove in Marquez with a base hit in the fourth inning. Henry sacrificed bringing Alverez home for the final Guymon run.
The Lady Tigers scored twice in the first inning of the second game on a single by Winter and a double by Henry. Another Guymon run scored on a wild pitch.
The Lady Bulldogs loaded the bases in the bottom half of the first inning. Dallas Culwell lined to shortstop and Jimenez scored. A sacrifice by Dakota Burden scored McDaneld. Kyra Cathcart scored on a passed ball. Then Miller singled scoring Culwell bringing Hooker’s lead to 4-2.
Guymon didn’t score in the top of the second inning. In the bottom half, McDaneld sacrificed Jade Cathcart home for Hooker’s fifth run.
In the top of the third inning, and trailing 5-2, Guymon again went scoreless. Hooker went three up and three down in the bottom of the third.
Guymon got one more run in the top of the fourth inning bringing the score to 5-3 in Hooker’s favor.
In Hooker’s half of the fourth, Jimenez and Jade Cathcart singled. McDaneld sacrificed one run home, Kyra Cathcart singled driving Jimenez home, Cullwell then got a hit scoring Cathcart.
Guymon got one more run in the top of the fourth inning when Winter scored on a wild pitch after hitting a single.
The final score was 8-5 Hooker with four and a half innings played. A steady rain fell for about the last half hour of play.
“We hit well in the first game. We didn’t in the second game,” Bryson said.
“We’re young and we’re learning,” he said.
There are several freshmen on the Guymon varsity.
“Dana (Jimenez) reacted quick enough on a couple of passed balls,” Meade said.
Junior high game
Hooker defeated Guymon Junior High 6-4.
Guymon scored first when Kira Marquez slid safely into home plate avoiding a tag by Hooker’s Sarah Kraft.
Hooker’s Naomi Rodriguez scored first for the Lady Bulldogs tying the game in the first inning. Hooker then loaded the bases but didn’t score any more runs in the first inning.
Hooker added one more run int he second inning and Guymon tied it at 2-2 in the third inning and then scored two more runs bring the tally to 4-2 in the Lady Tigers’ favor.
Hooker tied the game in the third inning and went on to score two more runs.