The Mountain Home High School softball team is one win away from advancing to next week’s state title game in Benton. The Lady Bombers will host the semifinals of the Class 5A State Tournament Saturday at McClain Park as they will be paired with conference foe Greenwood. The first pitch is scheduled for 2:30.
Another semifinal game will be played on Freedom Field prior to Mountain Home and Greenwood. Greene County Tech and Benton get the action started at noon.
Izard County will be one of three local baseball teams in the semifinals as they continue to host the Class 1A State Tournament in Brockwell. The Cougars face Greers Ferry West Side at noon, and Viola takes on Mammoth Spring at 2:30.
Regional tournaments came to an end Saturday for baseball and softball in Arkansas. Cotter's softball team ended up finishing fourth in the Class 2A West
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The Mountain Home High School softball team had a good night Tuesday at McClain Park as they swept a doubleheader over Van Buren.
Mattie Belk drove in Marcie Cudworth from third base on suicide squeeze in the final inning to push the Lady Bombers past the Lady Pointers 1-0 in the first game. Mallory Pierski, Cudworth and Gracie Uchtman each went two-for-three. Lauren Loving was the winning pitcher after striking out nine batters and giving up three hits.
The second game was more lopsided with Mountain Home beating Van Buren 9-2. Emma Crabb was credited with the win by recording eight strikeouts and allowing three hits. Cudworth was three-for-four with an RBI, Tori Robb went two-for-four and drove in three runs, Emily Payne was two-for-four with an RBI coming on a solo home run, Georgia Burnham went two-for-four with an RBI, and Uchtman was two-for-four.
The Mountain Home High School softball team had a rough outing at home on Friday falling to Greene County Tech 6-4. Georgia Burnham led the Lady Bombers by going two-for-three with a solo home run, a double and a walk, and Lauren Loving was two-for-four with an RBI. Mountain Home drops to 10-4 on the season.
Mountain Home fared better in the junior varsity game. The JV Lady Bombers were down to their last out, when Emma Crabb hit a walk-off two-run triple for a 4-3 win over Tech. Emma Crabb was one-for-two with two RBIs, Josie Kelly went two-for-two, and Tori Robb and Olivia Crabb each went one-for-two.