3/30/23
By Kevin Taylor
Alma Schools
Nutt-led Lady Airedales throttle Siloam Springs
The Alma Lady Airedales have had some big games at Siloam Springs over the years.
Tuesday proved to be no exception.
Sophomore MacKenzie Gwinn pitched Alma to a pair of blowout victories as the Airedales swept a 5A-West doubleheader from the Lady Panthers. Makinzie Erwin had three hits and scored three times in Alma’s 17-0 win in the first game.
Junior Julia Nutt set a school record with 12 RBIs during the doubleheader sweeps, including seven RBIs during a 16-1 blowout in Game 2.
Freshman Annabelle Davis scored four times as the Airedales took the second game. Davis, who had three hits on the day, scored three times in the first game as well.
Coach Charla Parrish and Co. are now 2-2 in conference play and 4-4 overall.
Alma took a 2-0 lead after one inning of play on RBI singles by Nutt and Jada Wallis. The Lady Airedales broke it open with 14 runs in the nightcap.
Nutt had a pair of two-run doubles during Alma’s big 14-run record. She finished with seven hits on the day and is now batting .636 with nine doubles and 18 RBIs through eight games.
Nutt, Wallis, Gwinn, Jenna Williams, and Kaytlin Willis scored twice in the opener.
Nutt and Willis scored three times in the second game.
Strong pitching lifts Fry, Alma
The Alma Airedales are a long way from clinching their first playoff berth in six years.
But they’re getting closer.
Noah Likens and Cash Wilson allowed just one run and the Airedales’ Easton Daily, Camden Curd, and Nathan Machen had clutch two-out hits as Alma won a pair of 5A-West games at Siloam Springs Tuesday.
Likens struck out three and pitched around a couple of late miscues as the Airedales won the opener, 5-1. Likens has won three games in two weeks.
Wilson was even better in the nightcap, fanning 11 while earning his first-career complete game and 5A-West victory. The right-hander allowed four hits and walked three.
Curd’s RBI double put the Airedales ahead, 2-0, in the opener. Daily added an RBI single to make it 3-0, and Machen’s run-scoring single gave the Airedales a 4-0 lead.
Branson Brogan hit a solo homer in the seventh, the first of his career.
Daily’s RBI double snapped a scoreless tie in the nightcap. Machen’s two-out, RBI single gave the Airedales a 2-0 lead in the sixth.
Soccer teams fall at Van Buren
The Alma Lady Airedales and Airedales dropped a pair of matches to Van Buren Tuesday.
The girls fell to the Pointers, 5-1. Presli Taylor scored Alma’s lone goal in the fifth minute. Liv Reed provided the assist.
Senior keeper Rachel James had seven saves for the Lady Airedales. Eddie Tate was under fire most of the night and recorded 26 saves.
Alma JV girls win, 2-0
The Alma Lady Airedales’ junior varsity squad earned a 2-0 win over Van Buren. Rimini Ziegler and Giulia Tanchella scored as the winners.
Alma will Greenbrier Thursday, with the senior high boys starting at 5 p.m.