Winona slow-pitch softball rallied with three runs in the bottom seventh to walk off with a dramatic 4-3 victory over Bruce.
The game was scoreless until Bruce scored once in the fifth, then added two in the sixth for a 3-0 lead.
“We could have easily laid down when it was three to nothing, but we stepped up and played,” said Coach Steven Helms. “That’s what we had to do.”
Winona cut the deficit to 3-1 with a run in the sixth. MyCala Helms led off the seventh with a single and scored on a double by Allyn-Claire Gant. A single by Sara O’Bryant plated Gant with the tying run. O’Bryant went to third on a single by Abria Weathersby and scored the winning run on a grounder by Tyra Weathersby.
It was the second time this year that Winona beat Bruce In an earlier game, eight Winona errors resulted in a 9-2 loss to East Webster. The game was scoreless until errors and walks resulted in five East Webster runs in the fifth. The Lady Tigers responded with two in the bottom of the inning, scoring on a double by Tommesha Brown and a single by Emilee Lowery.
East Webster broke the game open with four unearned runs in the seventh, scoring all four after a two-out error extended the inning.
Lowery, Helms and Abria Weathersby each had two hits.
Winona was to play East Webster again Tuesday, a makeup game from an earlier rain out. The Lady Tigers begin Class II, Region 2 play Thursday at Shannon and have a home game Saturday with Ethel.
