The Lady Pioneers traveled to Clarksville on March 11 and 12 to play in a tournament. The tournament was 7 innings or 60 minutes drop dead. Gentry’s first game was on Friday at 7:00 against Morrilton. The Lady Pioneers were able to play great defense for a majority of the tournament. The Lady Pioneers were playing a good game; however, one inning got away from them. Gentry was on defense and made a few errors that cost them the game. Morrilton won the game, 6-3.

Gentry was set to play the 7A Har-Ber Wildcats on Saturday at 12:40. The Lady Pioneers were in the field first. Gentry only pitched 6 pitches in the first inning shutting Har-Ber down very quickly. The Pioneers second inning was devastating. Gentry made some errors and allowed the Wildcats to score 8 runs in one inning. The Lady Pioneers did not give up after the mistakes. Gentry was able to come back and score 6 runs in the next inning. Gentry held Har-Ber and didn’t let them score anymore. Gentry wasn’t able to score again before time expired. The Har-Ber Wildcats won the game, 8-6.

Sophomore Lynzey Sikes said, “There are some things that we need to improve on. We did improve our offense this weekend.”

The Lady Pioneers play on Monday, March 14 at Bentonville. The JV game will be first, starting at 4:30, and the Varsity game will follow at 6:30.

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