LHS rips Cougars
LHS 9, Pflugerville Connally 2
By JEREMY HEATH Staff Writer

PHOTO BY RICHARD AKRIDGE In her final at-bat at Lady Badger Field, senior third baseman Vonzella Underwood ripped an RBI single to left field that helped the Lady Badgers top Pflugerville Connally.

The seniors certainly showed up on Senior Night.

Taryn Brown stole two bases and scored two runs. Vonzella Underwood had two hits and drove in a run. Kirby Crow threw a complete game and recorded two hits.

But while those three seniors were playing their last game at Lady Badger Field, the future was also on display as the underclassmen shined in a 9-2 win against Pflugerville Connally.

Junior Stacey Dickens had two hits, an RBI, a run scored, a stolen base and a successful sacrifice bunt. Junior Shelby Wilson had an RBI single. Freshman Callyn Smith registered a single, a run scored, a sacrifice fly and a stolen base, and freshman Kallen Vann drove in a run and scored another.

Freshman Taylor Holloman might have topped them all. She scored in the first inning after reaching base via hit by pitch. In the bottom of the sixth with the bases loaded and the Lady Badgers threatening to blow the game open, Holloman smashed a line drive to the wall in right-center field, clearing the loaded bases and crushing any rally hopes and giving those seniors reason to celebrate their final home game.

"It's probably going to hit me when I get home," Underwood said. "I never thought this was going to end, and now that it has, I don't know what to do."

The gravity of the moment had already weighed on Crow.

"Being on the field with Vonzella and Taryn for the last time is pretty much heartbreaking," Crow said. "But this isn't just an ending, it's a beginning."

Brown was conflicted.

"It's hard to be super-sad when you win," she said. "It's good to go out like that, and it's a great senior class to go out with."

Before the game, head coach Chris Gaffney honored the seniors and retired their jersey numbers.