The string of wins came to an end Thursday when the Lady Knights went to Checotah. Even though Henryetta won the first two games with a 14-1 game against Roland and 5-0 shutout against Checotah, the tide turned. Pocola came away with a 5-2 victory then Oktaha was the winner by a narrow 6-5 margin.
“It was a rough day in the wind but we knew that would make it difficult offensively for all teams,” said HHS coach Ryan Swallow.
“Unfortunately we were on the bad end of two games. We needed to drop one and get it out of the way.”
With the state playoffs looming he was optimistic about the remaining part of the season. “I’m proud of the way the team has been playing. We are going to play hard the rest of the season and get ready for districts.”
Henryetta will be the host site for the district matchup against Meeker in a best of three contest. The winner of that series will go to regionals then look toward the state tournament in May.
At Checotah, Henryetta started off with 14 runs in the first inning against Roland that would close out the game in only three innings. The Lady Knights tallied 11 hits in that game.
Playing Checotah in the second game of the day, HHS senior Katelyn Dwiggins threw six hits and only allowed three walks with no runs.
Henryetta had runs in the first and fourth innings then piled on three more in the sixth for the win.
A Henryetta home run in the first inning by Avery Miller was the highlight of the third game against Pocola. That would be the only time the Lady Knights would cross home plate until the seventh when Kinley Miller scored off a Shannon Corkerin single.
Pocola scored two runs in the first then one each in the third, fourth and fifth innings. Henryetta was able to get six hits during the game. From the circle, Dwiggins allowed the five runs on 12 hits.
Wrapping up the day was the most exciting game as Henryetta came back from a five-run deficit to tie up the contest only to lose in the sixth 6-5 with Oktaha.
The Lady Tigers scored one in the first inning then two runs in the second and two more in the third.
Henryetta put three runs on the board in the third inning when Kasedi Gobin and Shelby Kilhoffer drove in scores.
The game was tied up in the fifth as Kinley Miller hit a sacrifice fly brought Kilhoffer home.
Oktaha would come back with two outs in the sixth with the final run.
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