Gordo drops three games in Curry Tournament

By BRIAN HAMILTON, Editor

Gordo travelled to Walker County last weekend to compete in the Curry Tournament and dropped three-of-four games to drop their record to 3-9, with their lone win in the tournament coming in a 4-0 shutout against Lamar County, a team it had defeated the weekend before. The Lady Wave would get back on track Tuesday, however, when they picked up a 4-2 home win over Class 6A Northridge.

Corner, 5 Gordo, 4

Gordo lost a heartbreaker against Corner on Friday, March 15, as Gordo saw its comeback bid fall short after rallying from a 5-2 deficit in the top of the fourth inning. Gordo jumped on the board first in the top of the first inning when Lilly Sutton singled on a fly ball to right field, scoring Taylor Clegg and Kaylee Quimby for a 2-0 lead. The game was Quimby’s first action since breaking her thumb in the season opener against Holy Spirit in mid-February.

Jaden Goodwin made the score 2-1 when she singled to score Shelby Sanford in the bottom of the third. Corner then tied the game at 2-2 when Bonds singled to score Goodwin.

Corner took a 5-2 lead later in the third inning when Lauren Higginbotham hit a two-run home run after Bonds scored on a passed ball.

Bethany Vintson hit a double in the top of the fourth, sending Ansley Wells home to cut the deficit to 5-3. With two outs, Kate Allen hit a hard ground ball to center field to score Vintson and make the score 5-4. Clegg would then ground out to third baseman Sanford to end the game, with the Lady Wave coming up one run short.

Bethany Vintson took the loss for Gordo, surrendering five runs on six hits over two and a third innings, striking out two and walking zero.