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The Airline Lady Vikings and Parkway Lady Panthers won tournament games iSaturday.
Airline defeated St. Mary’s 9-2 and Ouachita Parish 4-1 in the North DeSoto tournament. Parkway split two games in the Lakeside round robin, defeating Converse 7-6 and falling to Lakeside 10-4.
Airline’s Emily Rachal went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI against St. Mary’s. Kemora Guidry went 2-for-3. Madalynn Shortridge and Lindsey Marcinkus had three RBI each. Taylor Smith gave up six hits and struck out 12.
Eight Lady Vikings combined for nine hits against Ouachita Parish. Ryan Hutchinson went 2-for-2. Winning pitcher Aleena Duran hit a solo home run. She went 5 1/3 innings and scattered eight hits and no walks. Emily Rachal didn’t allow a hit in 1 2/3 innings of relief.
Airline (3-1) hosts Minden Tuesday at 5:30.
Parkway scored two runs in the top of the seventh to rally past Converse. Katie Giovengo, Addison McCall and Ceniya Thompkins had two hits each. Madison Menard had a triple.
Macee Thompson struck out 10 with no walks.
McCall went 4-for-4 with three RBI against Lakeside. Menard went 3-for-4 with a double. Giovengo and Zoey Horn had two hits each.
Parkway (2-1) visits Calvary Baptist Monday at 5:30.
Benton opened the season Friday with a 12-0 victory over Florien in five innings.
Audrey Stark went 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBI. Dylan Defee had two hits. Ashley Promes had a home run and two RBI. Bayleigh Moniz had a double.
Moniz struck allowed three hits in five innings. She struck out nine and walked only one.
Benton hosts Minden Monday at 5.