SAND SPRINGS EARNS REGIONAL

Senior pitcher Jacie Taber was back on the mound for only the third time this season and she walked away with her third win. Sand Springs (18-6) beat Stillwater, 8-0, in a district game Monday, Sept. 24, and Taber threw a no-hitter. Taber (3-0) pitched seven innings with no hits, no runs, eight strike outs and two walks. The Sandites scattered 11 hits and scored six runs in back-to-back innings in the third and fourth. Sabrina Usher was 2-3 at the plate with one run scored and two RBIs, and Madelyn Blair was 2-4 with one RBI. Luttrell was 1-2 with one run scored and two RBIs. Taber, Blair and Kimi Presnell all hit doubles in the game. The win ensured the Sandites would host a regional after placing second in Deist 6A-4. Broken Arrow won the district. In the top of the third, Sand Springs scored four runs for their most productive inning of the game. Luttrell scored on a fly ball to center from Makenna Skaggs, and Usher hit a two-RBI single that scored Presnell and Skaggs. Blair then knocked in Usher with an RBI single, giving Sand Springs a 4-0 lead. The Sandites (18-6) scored two more in the top of the fourth thanks to a double from Presnell and a single from Jensen Arnold. With a 6-0 lead in the seventh and freshman Avery Tanner on first to courtesy run, Luttrell hit a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Tanner and Taber for the 8-0 win. After nursing a should hamstring, Felicity Horn was back in the lineup and playing in centerfield.