Lady Cardinals: Conference Champs

The Lady Cardinals played the 2008 1-AAAA Conference Tournament this week. They opened with a 10-0 shutout of Prairie Grove. Skyler Smith went to 18-5 for the year and Kala Crisp went 3 for 3 with 3 RBI to lead the offense. Lacey Kragel went 3-4 (double, 2 RBI), Samantha Luther went 2-4 (2 RBI), Katy Chavis was 1-2 (BB, double and 2 RBI), and Ashley Gourley was 2-2.

In the Championship game Monday at Gentry, at 5:00 p.m., they played the Gentry Lady Pioneers for top seeding at Saturday’s Regional Tournament. Farmington won the conference championship, 7-1, behind the 6-hit pitching of tourney MVP Skyler Smith, now 19-5. Katy Chavis was 2-3 in the game, Kelly Helton had three hits (double, 2 RBI), Kragel was 2-3 (BB, SB, RBI), and Crisp was 2-3 (double, SAC, RBI). All-Tournament performances were turned in by Kala Crisp, Kelly Helton and Lacey Kragel.