The Aledo Ladycats ran their winning streak to a dozen games and advanced to the second round of the Class 5A Division I playoffs with a bidistrict sweep of Colleyville Heritage, 3-0 and 12-1 on April 23-24.
The Ladycats (26-3), ranked No. 7 in the state and champions of District 5-5A, moved on to face No. 23 Burleson’s Lady Elks (23-6), District 8-5A runners-up. Burleson defeated Fort Worth Paschal 13-3 in bidistrict.
The Ladycats and Elks were squaring off at press time on Thursday, May 1 at Chisholm Trail High School.
In the opening victory against Heritage, Aledo pitcher Taylor McKean struck out 14 Lady Panthers in seven innings. In the second game, Tempe Perry fanned eight in seven frames.
Kyleigh Pawlak led the Aledo offense with five hits in the two games, including four in the second game. She doubled three times and tripled once, driving in four runs and stealing three bases.
Delaney Rosser had a pair of doubles in the sweep, along with a walk, getting hit by a pitch and driving in a run. Kellyn Overturff had three hits in Game 2, including a triple and a stolen base.
Also getting extra-base hits for the Ladycats were Brooklyn Taloa (double, RBI), Kayleigh Martin (double), Breleigh Mayer (triple, RBI) and Jordyn Edington (double, two walks, two RBI).
Class 5A Division II Bidistrict
Best-of-three series
Aledo 3, Colleyville Heritage 0
Aledo hitting: Delaney Rosser double, walk; Kyleigh Pawlak double; Marina Taveras hit; Tempe Perry hit, RBI; Kayleigh Martin hit, walk; Brooklyn Taloa double, RBI; Jordyn Edington walk, stolen base; Austyn Marriage walk, RBI; Grace Heath 2 stolen bases.
Aledo pitching: Taylor McKean 7 innings, 5 hits, 0 earned runs, 14 strikeouts, 5 walks.
Aledo 12, Colleyville Heritage 1
Aledo hitting: Pawlak 4 hits, 2 doubles, triple, 4 RBI; Kellyn Overturff 3 hits, triple, stolen base; Taveras 2 hits, RBI, stolen base; Addie Perry hit, walk, 2 stolen bases; Rosser double, hit by pitch, RBI; Martin double; Breleigh Mayer triple, RBI; Edington double, walk, RBI, stolen base.
Aledo pitching: T. Perry 7 innings, 6 hits, 0 earned runs, 8 strikeouts, 3 walks.
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