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Portageville wins section play against Jefferson
Thus far, the Portageville Lady Dawgs are having a repeat season of last fall. On Wednesday, the Lady Dawgs defeated Jefferson of Festus, 1-0. This was a sectional game for Class 2A. With this win, Portageville will advance to the state quarterfinals on Saturday, Oct. 17.
The Lady Dawgs will play the winner of John F. Kennedy High School or Bowling Green High School.
Both teams are tied 1-1 with 14 innings. Because the Kennedy Catholic High School does not have field lights, the game is to finish out their game today (Thursday).
If Kennedy wins, the quarterfinals will be played in Portageville, if Bowling Green wins, the game will be played at Bowling Green.
"The girls played well overall. We need to keep improving on our offensive game," said head coach Ashlie Patton. "The girls always seem to work well in clutch situations, but it would be nice if we had some cushion going the later innings. They have worked hard to get here and deserve every minute of it."
The way has been through the arm of Taylor Tiffany, who yet again pitched a shutout while her team did just enough to scratch out a run.
The all-state hurler struck out 18 batters while Portageville's offense had just one hit. It's the second straight game their offense has struggled, which includes a hitless performance against Kelly during the Class 2, District 1 championship game that was won due to a seventh inning error.
Tiffany's 18 strikeouts Wednesday upped her season total to 373. She's 18 strikeouts away from breaking the Missouri single season strikeout record that she set a season ago.
"She was on today," Patton said. "You can see it in her eyes when she steps up. You know it's going to be a good day, which is mostly every day. She's competitive."
One run of cushion was all the senior needed, but Tiffany understands that won't always be the case.
Some information from the Standard-Democrat.