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Two Ferriday teams at State
by Joey Martin - posted E-mail Story E-mail Story | Print Story Print Story 
Ferriday's Dixie Debs (16-18) captured the district tournament with a 5-0 win over West Carroll Friday.

Melissa McFarland allowed one hit for the win.

McFarland, who played at Franklin County, signed a softball scholarship with Copiah-Lincoln.

Monea Cameron, who signed with Copiah-Lincoln Community College, provided the offense with a grand slam home run, double and single. Cameron played high school ball at Franklin County.

Casey Smith and Taylor Stewart both had two hits.

Alyx Atkinson, who pitched at Trinity Episcopal, signed a scholarship with Hinds Community College.

The Dixie Debs begin play in the state tournament Friday in West Monroe.

The Ferriday Dixie Belles defeated Winnsboro 2-1 Friday to win the 13-15-year-old district tournament.

Ellen Bairnsfather was the winning pitcher in relief of Heidi Thornton.

"Ellen has a great rise ball," Horne said of the Monterey High softball player.

Kierra Collins and Thornton had two hits each for Ferriday, while Ginny Daggett tripled.

The Ferriday Dixie Belles defeated West Carroll, 2-1 on July 9.

Mary Sanders was the winning pitcher.

Bailey New led Ferriday with two hits.

Ferriday begin state tournament play Saturday in Pineville.

"We had a lot of tough games," said Ferriday coach Rut Horne. "We played three one-run games and they were all pretty much decided in the last inning. We had good pitching and defense."

Horne said he has 12 players has good speed.

"We have seven left-handed batters and bunted 10 times against Winnsboro and got nine hits out of it," Horne said.

The Ferriday Ponytails fell to West Carroll 14-3 Friday to finish third in their tournament.

Maggie Ray had two hits, while Taylor Perkins had a base hit.


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