The 13th District Tournament was held at Russellville this week and provided edge-of-your-seat entertainment throughout. The Lady Cougars won the softball championship for the second time in a row. The Wildcats also repeated as champions on the baseball side.
On Saturday, the first round featured the Lady Cougars taking on Todd County in the early game. Logan County pulled away in a close game after a nine-run 6th inning to win 16-8. Abby Hinton hit a grand slam in the win. Nora Epley smacked four hits in the game. Shelby Gettings hit a triple and was also the winning pitcher.
On Tuesday, the Greenwood Gators visited Logan County High School for a late-season game. The Gators (20-13) defeated the Cougars (18-12) 4-1 the first time the two teams met on May 17th. On Tuesday, the Cougars won 14-4.
The Gators struck first with an RBI double in the opening frame. Logan County answered back in the bottom of the first with Kruise Newman scoring on a wild pitch to tie it at 1-1.
The Cougars tacked on two more runs when Zach Yates hit a home run with a runner on base in the 3rd inning. Kruise Newman smashed a ball over the center field fence with a runner on in the bottom of the fourth to make it 5-1.