Rusk Eagles Ballpark on Monday, May 1, 2023 –
The Timpson Lady Bears varsity softball team suffered their second bi-district loss to the Groveton Lady Eagles and were eliminated from the Texas UIL State Softball Playoffs. The Lady Bears lost to Groveton 5-1 runs on Friday and by a 10-4 score on Monday. The Lady Indians will advance, with the best-of-three game series win. They next face the West Sabine Lady Tigers in the Area round of the elimination tournament. Timpson came into the contest with a 17-7 mark and they were District 22 2A’s number four seed. Groveton came in at 24-9-1 overall and they were District 21 2A’s number one seeded team.
Game 2 saw Timpson and Groveton tied at 0-0 through the first two innings until Groveton rallied with two outs left in the second frame. Groveton used two hits and four Lady Bears errors to get ahead 3-0. Another rally in the third inning saw Megan Luce hit a 3-run homer over the left-centerfield fence and saw the Lady Indians take a 7-0 lead into the fourth inning.
McKenley Wynn started the top of the fourth inning off for Timpson by singling and moments later advancing to second on a passed ball. She later scored when teammate Haylee Eaves put the ball into play and was thrown out on a fielder’s choice. Timpson pulled to within 7-1.
In a rally in the bottom of the fourth inning Luce gained three more runs-batted-in by doubling to leftfield and scoring teammates Lexi Esterling, Landree Martin, and Kiki Smith to give GHS a 10-1 advantage.
Timpson kept fighting and got the final three scores. Ceale Kruse doubled and then scored on a throwing error by the Lady Indians in the top of the fifth inning. Wynn and Colbi Ford started off the sixth inning with base hits and later scored the final two runs when teammates Haylee Eaves and Cale Cornelius put the ball into play which cut the Groveton lead to 10-4 runs.
