After a season opening win over Wynnewood last Monday, the Sulphur Lady Bulldogs kept things going in the first week, winning two of three to start the year 3-1.
Sulphur beat Pauls Valley 11-4 last Tuesday at home before going on the road to beat Dickson 12-6 on Thursday.
The Lady Dogs suffered their first loss of the season in an 11-6 defeat at home to Purcell on Monday.
“We started off the season like we wanted to, going undefeated and that’s great because we have a really tough week upcoming,” said Sulphur head coach Heath Gilbert.
The Lady Dogs hosted Madill on Tuesday before co-hosting their annual tournament this weekend.
Gilbert talked about his pitching needing to improve some and leaning on his defense and lineup to carry the Lady Dogs early.
“Pitchers have struggled a little early on in the year,” he said. “We have had too many walks but otherwise they have pitched around those walks to not allow many hits.”
“Our defense has played well enough to get us out with some wins early and we have hit the ball well and scored a lot of runs, which made it a successful week.”
Sulphur will open play on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. against the winner of Ardmore vs. Dibble.
With a win, Sulphur would play the winner of Turner vs. Madill immediately after at 8 p.m.
The semifinals and championship will be Saturday morning and afternoon, with the consolation bracket playing out all day Friday.
SULPHUR 11, PAULS VALLEY 4
Sulphur got things going offensively early, as the Lady Dogs jumped out to a big lead in the first couple of innings and cruised to a win last Tuesday.
Sulphur led 9-1 through two innings, thanks to six runs in the 2nd.
Pauls Valley made things interesting with three runs in the 4th, but the Lady Dogs were able to hold tight and added two more in the 6th to put the game away.
Freshman Zoli May was 3-for-3 with two runs scored, while Savannah Patrick drove in three runs.
Junior Landri Oxley had two RBIs in the win, while junior Rylee Norman, freshman Destry Muck and sophomore Kinsley Rochelle each drove in a run.
Sophomore Cheyenne Ruth pitched well for Sulphur, going all seven innings and allowing just two hits.
She did walk nine hitters to allow three earned runs, but also struck out six.
SULPHUR 12, DICKSON 6
The Lady Dogs used a late surge offensively to pull away from Dickson on the road last Thursday.
After a 3-3 score through three innings, Sulphur pushed across three in the top of the 4th to take the lead and then added four more in the 6th to go up 11-4.
The Lady Dogs had 16 hits as a team in the game, led by Muck, who was 4-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs in the win.
May was 3-for-6 with an RBI, while Oxley had a 2-run double in the win.
Jordyn Johnston was 2-for-5 with an RBI, while Sydney Rollin also had two hits for Sulphur.
Rochelle picked up the win for Sulphur, going all seven innings.
She allowed 10 hits and walked four, but struck out five Comet hitters.
PURCELL 11, SULPHUR 6
This time, it was the other team that got off to a hot start, as Sulphur got down early and could never catch up in Monday’s loss to Purcell.
The Dragons scored four runs in the top of the 1st and four more in the 3rd to race out to a 9-0 lead.
Sulphur battled back to make it 9-4 in the 5th but the Dragons scored another run in the 5th and the 6th to push the lead back out to seven.
Rollin was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Johnston was 2-for-5 with an RBI.
Duck had the lone extra base hit for Sulphur with an RBI double.
Ruth got the start and allowed nine runs in the three innings to take the loss.
Rochelle pitched well in relief, allowing just two runs in four innings, striking out six hitters.
