Collinsville, Oklahoma
October 15, 2015
State Softball Advance
Collinsville Eliminated Duncan 6-2 In First Day Of 5A Fast-Pitch State Softball Tournament In OKC
To Face Deer Creek Next
First Collinsville State Softball Game Win Since 2009
The Collinsville Lady Cards waiting their turn at OKC's Hall Of Fame Stadium while Pryor eliminated Guthrie in 9 innings. This was the first state trip back to Oklahoma City after two years in Shawnee.
The Duncan softball team received the 5A State Academic Championship trophy (3.81 GPA) while Collinsville waited behind them. Both teams wore red shirts. Collinsville had white pants while Duncan wore grey.
Ashton Friend pitching, Rylee DeLozier on third, Makayla Bowman at short, and Brittany Kickapoo on first.
Ravyn Murphy (#5) started the Cardinal's half of the first inning with a single.
This first inning Rylee DeLozier swing didn't get the ball out of the infield but was effective enough to plate Ravyn Murphy for the game's first run and get Brittant Kickapoo to 2nd base safely.
Payton Benham's (#17) view from right field.
Gail Young's (#2) center field view with Darci Chester catching Aston Friend pitches.
Darci Chester tagged out this Duncan runner at the plate in the 2nd inning.
The plexiglass behind home plate provides a double view of this 2nd inning Aston Friend (#9) pitch.

Payton Benham (#17) with a 1-out single in the 4th inning and the score tied 1-1.
Ravyn Murphy's 4th inning triple scored Benham from first base and a 2-1 lead.
A 4th inning bloop single off Brittany Kickapoo's bat left two Duncan fielders on the ground and brought home KK Bowman for a 4-1 score. Bowman's single had scored Murphy for 3-1.
Ashton Friend (#9) pitch to Darci Chester (#22) in the 5th inning.
Cardinal Coach Mike Henry had a conference at the pitching circle after Duncan loaded the bases with no outs in the 5th inning.
Rylee DeLozier (#15) has fielded a 5th inning bases loaded grounder and is preparing to throw home (below).
Third baseman Rylee Delozier's throw to the plate was a bit high but Darci Chester (#22) made the catch and came back down to the plate before the runner arrived based on the ump's call (which the Duncan fans disputed). That got the first out of the 5th inning and pitcher Ashton Friend got a strikeout and another out to escape with no Duncan runs across and Collinsville still up 4-1..
Sydnie McClelland (#21) slid in safely for a 5-1 score in the 5th inning on a Gail Young RBI single (following McClelland and Benham singles).
DeLozier and Friend
After a Makayla Bowman walk, Brittany Kickapoo (left) laid down a 2 base sacrifice bunt moving Bowman to 3rd base. Rylee DeLozier got a single but Bowman couldn't advance. Darci Chester (right) then hit a sacrafice fly that allowed Bowman to move the score to 6-1 in the 6th inning.
Duncan scored one on a 7th inning double but the 2nd runner attempting to score ran into a Darci Chester road block and was tagged out by Rylee Delozier in the run down.
The 6-2 Collinsville win Thursday moves them to the second round of the 5A bracket -vs- Deer Creek at 2:30pm Friday. Another win would put Collinsville in the finals 2:30 Saturday.

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All kinds of photo issues (cut off feet and glove and back lit, etc...) but this was perhaps the key play of the game. Collinsville was ahead 4-1 but Duncan had the bases loaded and no out. Third baseman Rylee Delozier's throw to the plate was a bit high but Darci Chester made the catch and came back down to the plate before the runner arrived based on the ump's call (which the Duncan fans disputed). That got the first out of the 5th inning and pitcher Ashton Friend got a strikeout and another out to escape with no runs across. Collinsville won 6-2 to advance. Check back for more details and photos. -- Ted 10pm Thursday 10/15/2015 -- bracket below on this page
-- [per Facebook it will be Deer Creek as our Friday opponent]

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