May 18, 2025 – The Sulphur Springs Ladycats softball team won the regional championship Saturday, completing a suspended game from Friday night with a 1-0 win over Sanger, and then winning the decisive third game of the series by the same score, 1-0. The games were broadcast on KSST.
The Ladycats will now play Andrews in the state semi-finals. The first game in a best-of-three series will be played at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Graham, west of Fort Worth. Game two will be at 5 p.m. Saturday with the third game, if necessary following soon after.
Over the weekend, sophomore pitcher Hannah Speed out dueled senior huler Leala Koever for Sanger.
In the suspended game completed Saturday morning, Speed struck out nine, walked three and did not give up a hit until the bottom of the eighth inning.
In game three, Speed struck out four, walked one, and gave up four hits.
In game two, the Ladycats scored in the top of the eighth when Gracie Thompson was hit by a pitch, K.K. Montgomery singled her to second, and Thompson scored on Shaelee Friddle’s singe.
In game three, the Ladycats scored in the third inning, when Emma Thompson walked and eventually scored from third on a wild pitch.
Claire Thompson had a sensational diving catch in right field in the first inning of game two, and K.K. Montgomery possibly saved game three with a running catch in left field to end the game.
