Final 2010 Season Statistics College Signings!  Teighlor Williams (Three Rivers CC, Poplar Bluff, MO) and Jordan Stevens (Labette CC, Parsons, KN) signed their softball letters of intent Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at 1:15 p.m. in the FHS Library. Friends and family witnessed and joined the celebration.  A great opportunity for two deserving young ladies!

Saturday- Lady Cardinals Earn Semi-Final Berth!  

The Lady Cards struck for 2 runs in the first and 4 in the 3^rd and 5^th innings and rolled to a 10-0 mercy-rule victory over Jonesboro Westside.  Katy Chavis (13-3) went the distance for the win and drove in the 2 runs in the first with a 2-out single to get the Lady Cards’ offense started. Teighlor Williams (2-3, BB, SB, 2 RBI) was the offensive catalyst with 2 doubles from the leadoff position and Chavis (1-2, HBP) came through with 3 RBI. Michaela Larabee (2 R, 2 BB, SAC, SB, RBI), Kala Crisp (2-3, SB, RBI), Jayme Doss (1-2, R, BB), Samantha Combs (2 BB, R, RBI), and Payton Wiedner (1-3, R, SB, 2 RB I) also helped the offense back Chavis.

Read about it here: Lady Cardinals Move On At State by Kurt Voigt

Saturday’s games:

Game 5-Farmington 10, Jonesboro Westside 0;

Game 6-Nashville 1, Heber Springs 0;

Game 7-Trumann 6, Pottsville 4;

Game 8 Fordyce 8, Dardanelle 6

Monday- Lady Cardinals face Trumann in Semi-Final.

The Lady Cards were game in defeat as the season ended with a 4-1 loss to Trumann.  Lacey Staten handcuffed the bats with 9 strike-outs, only allowing 3 hits.  

Read about it here: Farmington Silenced Against Trumann and Nashville earns spot in Class 4A finals 

Secret of the Bats Revealed:

The Arms!

Read about it Here: 

Practice Prepares Farmington By Kurt Voigt

Read about it here:  Lady Cardinals Move On At Regional By Kurt Voigt

Friday-The Lady Cardinals traveled to Harrison for the first round of the state playoffs and the Regional match-up with the Clarksville Lady Panthers in a re-match of the 2009 first round game.  The Lady Panthers roared out of the dugout with a 4-run first inning, but the Lady Cardinals answered the challenge with 20 base hits and a 15-9 victory to advance to the second round and to the state tournament next week in Nashville. Katy Chavis (11-3) got the win and helped herself with 4 hits (including a double) and 4 RBI. Kala Crisp added 4 RBI with 2 singles and a triple to lead the offense. Michaela Larabee and Samantha Combs each had 3 hits, while Jordan Stevens, Jayme Doss, Teighlor Williams and Kelsie Stewart had two each.

Later Games:  Dardanelle defeated Huntsville, 9-1, and Pottsville won over Berryville, 2-1.

Read about it here: Freshman’s Big Hit Lifts Farmington  By Kurt Voigt

Saturday-The Lady Cardinals returned to Harrison to face Dover, a 5-4 winner over Prairie Grove.  Dover scored 1 in the top of the first inning, led 2-0 after 3 1/2 innings, and 4-3 after 5 1/2, but the Lady Cards came back twice with 3 in the 4th and 3 more in the 6th to take a 6-4 win.  Katy Chavis (12-3) relieved Madison Barnes in the circle in the 6th inning and got six outs for her 12th win.  Samantha Combs (2-2, R, BB, SB, RBI) and Jayme Doss (2-2, 2 R,  SAC, 2 SB) led the offense. Payton Wiedner had 2 RBI and a single, while Chavis, Michaela Larabee, and Jordan Stevens (double) also had hits.

FARMINGTON 6, DOVER 4

Dover 100 111 0 — 4 8 1

Farmington 000 303 x — 6 10 3

Fields and Scott; Barnes, Chavis (4), Barnes (5), Chavis (6) and Stewart. W-Chavis. L-Fields. HR-None.

Monday-RAINED OUT!

North Region Champions!

Read about it here:

FARMINGTON SCORES NINE RUNS LATE, DECKS DARDANELLE By Kurt Voigt

Tuesday-The Lady Cardinals (24-5) won their re-match with Dardanelle, 10-4, to capture the top seed from the north region going into the 2010 State Tournament!  Madison Barnes (12-3) was the winner in relief as the Lady Cards roared back from a 4-1 deficit with 5 runs in the 4^th inning and 4 more in the 6^th.  Kala Crisp had the big day at the plate, going 4-4 with 5 RBI and getting a bases-clearing double in the 4^th inning to give the Lady Cards the lead.  Michaela Larabee (3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI) and Teighlor Williams (2-3, 2 R, SAC, SB, 2 RBI) had multi-hit games and Samantha Combs (1-4, R), Payton Wiedner (1-3, 2 R), and Kelsie Stewart (1-1, 2 BB, SB) also had hits to help the Lady Cards to victory.

Saturday- State Tournament!  The Lady Cards will play at 12:00 noon in Nashville vs. Jonesboro Westside, the 7-3 first round winner over Malvern.

Day 1:  Read about it here!

Day 2: Semi-finals are in the books.  Top-seeded Farmington defeated 4th-seeded Huntsville 7-1 behind Katy Chavis’ 5-hit pitching. She picked up her 9th win (9-3) as the Lady Cards put up 5 runs in the first inning to cruise to the the win. Chavis also had two singles and 2 RBI and Kylee Lewis was 2-3 with a double and 2 RBI to lead the offense.  In Game Two, 6th seeded Berryville continued its winning ways with a 2-0 win over 2nd-seeded host Prairie Grove.

Day 3:  Championship Game-Berryville (3) vs. Farmington (14)

The Lady Cards responded to giving up 3 unearned runs to the Lady Bobcats in the top of the first inning with 1 run in the first, 7 runs in the 2nd and 6 in the third to win the Conference crown 14-3 in a run-rule shortened game of 5 innings.  Katy Chavis (10-3) won her 10th game and her 2nd of the tournament.  Kala Crisp was phenomenal as she was 2-2, scored 2 runs and had a double, triple, a SAC fly, 1 stolen base and 3 RBI in her three trips. Jayme Doss was 3-3 with a SB and 2 runs, and Michaela Larabee was 3-4, scored twice and had 2 RBI.  Chavis was 2-3 with 2 RBI and Jordan Stevens (1-3, R, RBI), Samantha Combs (1-3, 2 R, HBP, SB, 2 RBI), Kelsie Stewart (1-3, R, RBI) also had hits to help the offense come from behind.

Monday-The Lady Cards went to Ben Geren Park in Fort Smith to play the Southside Lady Rebels and avenged an early-season loss by winning 6-1.  Trailing 1-0 in the 5th inning, the offense put it in gear by scoring 4 runs, followed by 2 in the 6th.  Katy Chavis was superb in relief in the circle with 5 1/3 innings of 1 hit pitching.  She won her 8th game and only allowed one runner; no batter got the ball out of the infield.  Kala Crisp led the hitters, going 2-3, with a walk, a double, a stolen base and 2 RBI.  Chavis (2-4) and Samantha Combs (2-4, 2 R) also had two hits each.  Teighlor Williams (1-3, SAC), Michaela Larabee (1-3, R, 2B, BB, 2 RBI), Jordan Stevens (1-2, BB, HBP, RBI), and Andi Daniel (1-2, R) helped the Lady Cards get their 18th win of the season. Kendra Center had a nice game defensively, handling 13 putouts and 1 assist.

Friday-Siloam Springs came to town for Senior Day (See video), and the Lady Cards welcomed them with a 9-run first inning on their way to a 14-2, 5-inning mercy-rule victory.  Madison Barnes picked up her 11th win and the Lady Cards took advantage of 6 hits, 8 walks, 1 hit batter and 3 errors to decide the game early.  Kelsie Stewart walked and scored 3 times and Samantha Combs had a pinch-hit double for 2 RBI.  Single hits were collected by Teighlor Williams, Michaela Larabee, Kala Crisp, Jordan Stevens and Katy Chavis.

Inaugural FHS Softball Alumni Game, 2010: See Video

Friday, April 23rd:  Alumni and family gathered to watch the High School team play Siloam Springs at 5:00.  After the games, all went to Mexico Viejo to eat and visit. 

Saturday, April 24th:  FHS welcomed the alumni back to town for the inaugural FHS Softball Alumni Game! It was a rainy, sloppy, and short affair as only one-half inning was played, but everyone got together and reminisced and had a great time for a couple hours or so.  The event was very successful, thanks to a great turnout of alumni and families, and the current team did a fantastic job on the field in tough conditions!  There was also a very nice turnout of folks from the community in the stands to see the game, and we thank you all, too, for supporting the event and our program.  All wanted this to be repeated next year, and are looking forward to it!

Thanks,  FHS Softball

Thursday-The Lady Cardinals hosted Pea Ridge in the conference finale and clinched an undefeated conference season with a 16-1, 5-inning, run-rule victory.  Katy Chavis won her 7th game and Kelsie Stewart led the offense with a 3-run Home Run, 2 hits, a Walk, 3 runs scored and 4 RBI.  Michaela Larabee went 3-3, with an RBI and stole one base.  Christian Parker (2-3, 2B, 2 RBI), Chavis (2-3, RBI), Teighlor Williams (1-3, 2 R, 3B, BB, SB, RBI), Kala Crisp (1-3, 2 R), Payton Wiedner (1-3, 2B, R, SAC, 2 RBI), Jordan Stevens (1-3, 2B, SAC, B, 2 RBI) and Samantha Combs (1-2, R, BB) also contributed to the offensive attack.

Friday- The Lady Cardinals visited Elkins for a non-conference encounter.  A 5-run 3rd inning propeled the Lady Cards to a 9-0 victory.  Madison Barnes picked up her 9th win with her first shutout, a complete game effort.  She struck out 11 batters and only allowed 4 hits and 1 walk in a dominating performance.  Jordan Stevens (3-4) rapped her first triple and drove in 3 runs.  Samantha Combs, who had her 2nd triple this season, was 2-2, with a walk and a sacrifice bunt and 2 RBI.  Kelsie Stewart continued her effective hitting, going 3-4 with a double, a stolen base and 2 RBI.  Teighlor Williams was 2-5 (SB, RBI).  Kala Crisp (2-4, 2 R, SB), Michaela Larabee (1-4, 2 R, BB, SB), Jayme Doss (1-3, R, BB), and Payton Wiedner (1-4, R) also had hits to contribute to the win.

Saturday- The Lady Cardinals traveled to Prairie Grove to play Dardanelle (2:00 p.m.) and Prairie Grove (4:00 p.m.) in non-conference games.

Dardanelle-The Lady Sand Lizards rallied for a late win over the Lady Cards, 7-6.  Michaela Larabee had a 3-3 game with a SAC and 3 RBI to lead the offense.  Kala Crisp (2-4, 2 RBI) and Kelsie Stewart (2-3, 2 R) had multiple-hit games.  Teighlor Williams (1-4, R) led off the first inning with a triple and Katy Chavis (1-3, R) had a single.

Read about it here:     Dardanelle Rallies to Win

Prairie Grove-The Lady Cardinals rebounded with a 21-4 victory.  The Lady Cards opened with an 11-run first inning and Madison Barnes took it from there, working to secure her 10th win on the season.  Payton Wiedner led the offense with a 3-3 day, scoring twice, stealing two bases and driving in two runs.  Teighlor Williams (2-2, HBP, SAC, 2 RBI), Jayme Doss (2-2, SAC, RBI), and Samantha Combs (2-3, RBI) had multiple-hit games to contribute to the win.  Others with hits and/or RBI were Kala Crisp (1-3, 3 R, 2 RBI). Michaela Larabee (1-2, 2 R, BB), Kendra Center (1-1), Jordan Stevens (RBI), Shelby Taylor (1-1, R, RBI), Kelsie Stewart (1-3, 2 R, SB, 2 RBI), Holly Wrobel (RBI), Kylee Lewis (RBI), and Katy Chavis (2 RBI).

Thursday-Gravette came to Farmington for a 1-AAAA conference game. 

Read about it here!  (Registration and login are free to print subscribers.)

Lady Cardinals Stay Perfect In Conference
Prep Softball 4A-1 Conference
FARMINGTON 8, GRAVETTE

Gravette      000 100 0 — 1 6 2
Farmington 001 304 x — 8 11 2
Stidham and Olevera; Chavis and Stewart. W-Chavis, 6-2; L-Stidham. HRs-None.

Tuesday-The conference season opened in Gentry and the Lady Cardinals got off to a great start, banging 4 Home Runs in a 12-3 win.  Madison Barnes got her 6th win of the year and Katy Chavis (2-4, 3 RBI, HR), Kelcie Stewart (3-4, HR, 2 SB, 2 RBI), Jordan Stevens (2-4, 2R, RBI) and Samantha Combs (2-4, BB, HR, 2 SB, 2 RBI) all socked homers! Michaela Larabee went 2-4, Kala Crisp was 2-5, and Teighlor Williams was 1-4 to aid the offense.

Thursday-The Lady Cards visited Prairie Grove for the second conference game of the season and applied the “early and often” theory while scoring a 7-run first inning and a 17-0 victory.  Katy Chavis got her first shutout and her 5th win in the circle while collecting 4 RBIs at the plate.  Michaela Larabee (2-4, RBI), Kelsie Stewart (3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI), Teighlor Williams (3-4, 3B, SB), Jordan Stevens (2-4, 2 R, RBI), Samantha Combs (1-3, BB, 2 SB, RBI),and Payton Wiedner (2-4, R, SB) all contributed mightily to the offensive attack.

Check out FHS Softball 2010 so far in video!!!!!  

Monday–Bentonville came to FHS to play a double header and left town with an 0-2 record as the Lady Cards swept the games, 6-5 and 9-7.  Both were very competitive games between two good teams and the Lady Cards were excited to come out with the sweep and boost their record to 7-2.

Game One was a back and forth affair as the Lady Cards scored 2 in the 6th to tie the game at 5. In the top of the 7th, Bentonville loaded the bases with none out against starter Katy Chavis, who pitched beautifully for 6 innings. Into the game in relief came Madison Barnes, who escaped the jam allowing no runs and set the stage for Jordan Stevens to finish off the Lady Tigers.  Stevens opened the bottom of the 7th with a double to the right-center field wall, then went to third and scored on two wild pitches.

Game Two-The Lady Cards scored early and often, opening up a 6-1 lead after two innings.  Teighlor Williams socked her first Home Run in the second inning after doubling to right field in the first.   Starter Madison Barnes (4-1) won her second game of the day and 4th of the season and Katy Chavis (3-1) recorded her second save by closing down a scoring threat in the 6th and another one in the 7th.

The Farmington-Fayetteville Tournament was a one-day, rain-shortened affair on the Saturday before Spring Break.  The Lady Cards played two games as they defeated Springdale 2-1 and lost to Greenbrier 7-2.  In the Springdale game, Katy Chavis picked up her 4th victory and Kala Crisp led the offensive attack, going 2-3 with a double.  Michaela Larabee and Payton Wiedner (1-2, 2B, BB) picked up the RBIs.  In the second game, Larabee was 2-2 with a walk and a run scored.  Crisp and Kelsie Stewart (1-2, 2B) also collected hits, while Payton Wiedner (1-2, HR, RBI) hit her first varsity career Home Run.

Over Spring Break, the Lady Cardinals hosted Horatio, who was making a spring break trip to NWA.  The Lady Cards defeated the guests, 13-2, in a 5-inning run-rule game.  Madison Barnes picked up her 5th win, and the offense put the game away with a 7-run 4th inning.  Michaela Larabee (3-4, 2 R, SB), Teighlor Williams (2-4, 2R, SB), Kala Crisp (2-4, 2 R, SB), Samantha Combs (2-3, 2B, R, 2 RBI), Payton Wiedner (1-3, 2B, R, SB), and Jordan Stevens (1-2, 2B, 2 R, BB, SAC, 3 RBI) led the attack. Katy Chavis and Andi Daniel also had hits and Chavis closed out the game in the circle.

Week One:

Monday: The Lady Cards played well in a 9-2 victory over Springdale Har-Ber in the opener.  Katy Chavis got her first win, backed by Kala Crisp (3-4, 3 RBI), Teighlor Williams (2-4, 2b, 2 RBI) and Andi Daniel (1-3, SAC, 2 RBI).

Thursday:  Fayetteville came to town and left with a solid 9-1 victory over the Lady Cards.  Michaela Larabee (3-4, R, SB) and Payton Wiedner (2-3) led the Lady Cards at the plate.

Friday:   Heartbreak in the 7th as Southside got two unearned runs in the top half to win 4-3.  Jordan Stevens went 3-4 and Kala Crisp went 2-3 with an RBI and stole 2 bases.

Week Two:

Tuesday:  After Monday’s rain out at Bentonville, the Elkins Lady Elks came to town.  The Lady Cards scored in almost every inning to overcome a 2-0 deficit and won, 9-2.  Madison Barnes got her first varsity win, striking out 11, only allowing 4 hits and 2 walks.  Kelsie Stewart slammed her first home run and Michaela Larabee (2-4), Kala Crisp (2-4, 2B), and Samantha Combs (3-3, 2B) had multiple-hit games.

Thursday:  The Lady Cardinals hosted the Springdale Lady Bulldogs in the next step of their tour through the 7A West conference, and won the game with a 5-inning mercy-rule 13-3 decision.  Katy Chavis got her second win and Kala Crisp (2-3, 3 RBI) and Samantha Combs (1-3, RBI) both ripped line-drive home runs to lead at the plate.

Friday: Rained out again at Rogers High School!

Saturday: The Lady Cardinals went to Van Buren to play Van Buren and Arkansas Baptist.  It was a very successful day as they swept the double-header by scores of 11-1 and 9-4.

Against Van Buren, Katy Chavis went to the circle and got her 3rd win.  Payton Wiedner (2-2, BB, Run, 2B, 2 RBI), Kala Crisp (2-4, 2 Runs, 2 RBI), and Jordan Stevens (2-4, Run, RBI) led the offensive onslaught and the 7-run 3rd inning!  Michaela Larabee, Kelsie Stewart and Jamie Doss also had hits. Chavis, Teighlor Williams and Samantha Combs also had RBIs.

The Lady Cards defeated Arkansas Baptist behind the combined pitching of Madison Barnes (2nd victory) and Katy Chavis (1st save). Kelcie Stewart (2-4, HR, 5 RBI) got the Lady Cards rolling in the first with a 3-run Home Run to left field and they took a 4-0 early lead. Teighlor Williams and Michaela Larabee had two hits each, and Kala Crisp went 3-5 with a double.  Samantha Combs and Kelsey Evans also had singles and Katy Chavis walked 3 times as the Lady Cards put up 5 runs in the last 3 innings to close out the game.  AND…how about that DOUBLE STEAL by Jordan Stevens and Katy Chavis…SWEET!!!!