SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Oak Glen scored three runs with two out in the sixth inning to rally past Herbert Hoover, 5-4 in the opening game of the Class AA state softball tournament at Little Creek Park.
Trailing 4-2 in the sixth, Lizzie Kell scored on a wild pitch to trim the Golden Bear deficit to 4-3. Sydney Brown and Kenna Calahan followed that up with back-to-back run-scoring doubles to give Oak Glen a lead they would not relinquish.
Kell pitched a 1-2-3 seventh inning to shut the door in the seventh. She earned the win for Oak Glen (27-2) with three shutout innings of relief.
Herbert Hoover opened the scoring in the top of the first on a solo home run from Sydney Bright. Oak Glen took the lead back in the bottom of the first with a two-run double off the batt of Maddie McKay. Hoover tied the game in the fourth inning on a solo home run from Grayson Buckner. The Huskies (21-4) added two more runs to take a 4-2 lead.
Sydney Brown went 3-for-4 for the Golden Bears. Calahan and McKay also had multi-hit games.
Oak Glen will face Winfield in the Class AA winners bracket final Wednesday evening. The Huskies will face Shady Spring in an elimination game at 4:45 p.m.