Lady Tigers, Ferguson take down Blue Angels

CENTENARY — Aubrey Ferguson might be a good Blackjack player. She likes to double down.

Ferguson had a pair of doubles and drove in 4 runs as the Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers beat the Gallia Academy Blue Angels 12-6 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Thursday.

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Ironton had 10 hits as Ferguson went 2-4 and Miley Bias also had a big game as she went 3-4 with a triple and 4 RBI.

Ava Bihl was 2-4 with 2 RBI, Khamil Martin 1-1, Ryleigh Kouns and Braegan Thomas 1-4, Kenley Neal 1-5 with an RBI and Layla Townsend 1-5.

Townsend went the distance for the win as she gave up 9 hits, 5 earned runs, struck out 9 and walked 4.

Bias had an RBI single in the first inning as Ironton took a 3-0 lead, but the Blue Angels got 2 runs in the bottom of the inning.

The Lady Fighting Tigers then scored 4 times in the second with Ferguson doubling home a run and Bias getting a 2-run triple.

The lead went to 11-2 in the top of the third keyed by Ferguson’s 3-run double and Neal’s RBI single.

Gallia Academy got a run in the bottom of the third but Ironton got it back in the fifth to lead 12-3.

Ironton 344 010 0 = 12 10 1

Gallia Acad. 201 001 2 = 6 9 3

Layla Townsend and Jenna Compliment. Colbie Nida and Chloe Bennett. W-Townsend (IP-7.0, H-9, R-6, ER-5, K-9, BB-4). L-Nida (IP-7.0, H-10, R-12, ER-9, K-2, BB-6). Hitting-Ironton: Miley Bias 3-4 4-RBI 3B, Khamil Martin 1-1, Ryleigh Kouns 1-4, Aubrey Ferguson 2-4 4-RBI 2-2B, Braegan Thomas 1-4, Kenley Neal 1-5 RBI, Layla Townsend 1-5, Ava Bihl 2-4 2-RBI; Gallia Academy: Kaylie Crisenbery 1-3, Colbie Nida 2-4 2B, Reagan Skidmore 2-4 2-RBI 2B, Maggie Davis 2-2 RBI 2B, Braylee Fellure 1-2 RBI, Ava Angel 1-3 RBI 2B.