North Douglas beats Glide 7-0 in SD3 first-place tiebreaker

Halli Vaughn tossed a four-hit shutout and the second-ranked Warriors came through with some key hits at the plate in a 7-0 victory in a Class 2A/1A Special District 3 tiebreaker game at Oakland High School.

North Douglas (25-1 overall), which split a regular season doubleheader with the No. 4 Wildcats (25-2) in Drain, will be SD3’s No. 1 seed for the state playoffs which begin Monday.

North Douglas and Glide will receive first-round byes, and host second-round games Wednesday. The Warriors take a 20-game winning streak into the playoffs.

“Glide is a good team. We’re very happy to come away with a win,” North Douglas coach Jesse Rice said. “We let one (against them) get away from us early in the year and wanted to show everybody we could beat them.”

The Warriors got a big game from Brooklyn Williams, who went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs. Williams knocked in a run in the first inning with a two-bagger and added a two-run double in the fifth.

Freshman Brooklyn Cyr was 2-for-4 for North Douglas. Madelyn Vaughn contributed a run-scoring double in the second.

“We got some good timely hits and played a little small ball,” Rice said.

Halli Vaughn, a senior right-hander, struck out seven and walked one to improve her season record to 19-1.

“She pitched a great game. Hit her spots,” Rice said.

Freshman Aryanna Belloir had two hits, Lily Ranger singled and freshman Leila Collins had a bunt single for the Wildcats, who saw their 20-game winning streak end. Belloir took the loss, giving up nine hits with six strikeouts, six walks and one hit batter.

“We had some mental errors and you can’t afford to do that against a good team like North Douglas,” Glide coach Sam Moyers said. “We need to get some things shored up.”

Glide 000 000 0 — 0 4 2

N. Douglas 220 030 x — 7 9 2

Belloir and Geiger; H. Vaughn and L. Ward. W — H. Vaughn. L — Belloir. 2B — Williams 2 (ND), M. Vaughn (ND).