Lady Tigers win in extra innings

DRIPPING SPRINGS   — The Dripping Springs High School Lady Tigers softball team (8-3) hosted the Johnson High School Jaguars (7-5) on Friday, April 5. After extra innings, the final score was Tigers 9, Jags 8. The Tigers were leading most of the game and the Jags scored three runs to tie the game in the top of the seventh inning; the Tigers scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh and the game went to extra innings with the game tied at seven runs each. In the top of the eighth inning, the Jags scored one run and they took the lead 8 to 7 and then in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Tigers tied the game at eight runs each, with a runner on second base and a runner at third base. Jai-Lynn Flores was next up to bat and she popped out in deep centerfielder; Tiger Lilly Wearden (No. 14) was on third base and tagged up and ran in for the final score of the game. Senior Haiden Anderson got the win with seven strikeouts, a homerun and three RBIs. The next home game for the Tigers is on April 12 against Westlake High School (6-5).