Lady Blues hold off No. 12 Brock in playoff tuneup

The Graham Lady Blues softball teams heads into the playoffs with plenty of momentum after going undefeated in District 6-4A play, the team defeated Class 3A No. 12 Brock in a high-scoring affair, 12-11, on Monday at Graham ISD softball field. Graham trailed 4-1 until the bottom of the third inning. The Lady Blues scratched across two runs on a two-out, two-run home run to left by Alex Husen. The drive was Husen's second homer of the season. Pitcher Emma Southerland responded with a shutdown inning by retiring the Lady Eagles in order in the top of the fourth. In the bottom of the frame, the Lady Blues put together a six-run outburst that proved to be the difference. The first five hitters in the inning reached against Brock (23-5) starting pitcher Mattye Tyler. Aubree Beggs had an RBI single that tied the game at four after Maddie Morgan led off the inning with a triple. Graham (21-7) regained the lead, for the final time in the game, later in the inning on a Tatum Trester fielder's choice that scored Beggs from third. Husen added her fourth RBI of the game on a single to center that scored Nicole King to give the Lady Blues a 7-4 advantage. Sarah Bundrick's groundout and Morgan Patterson's double extended the Graham lead to 9-4 at the end of the inning. For the rest of this story, subscribe to our print or online edition.