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Floresville -- An eighth-inning homer for Woodsboro led to the end of the season for the D’Hanis Cowgirls softball team on Saturday, May 4. The Cowgirls fell to Woodsboro, 3-2, in the second game of a best-of-three series at Floresville High School. The Lady Eagles had won the series opener, 12-2, in six innings on Thursday evening, May 2.

The losses end the Cowgirls’ District 30-A championship season with a 19-12 record.

Woodsboro will now face Center Point in the 1A regional quarterfinals.

Thursday’s series opener belonged to Woodsboro, and the Lady Eagles took very little time getting started.

After the Cowgirls left two runners stranded in the top of the first, Woodsboro answered with four runs in the bottom, and added another in the second to go up 5-0.

D’Hanis got on the board in the third. Jackie Bedinghaus led off with a bunt single, stole second and third and came home on Kelly Taylor’s sacrifice fly to left.

Woodsboro replied with two unearned runs in the bottom of the third to go ahead, 7-1.

The Cowgirls’ only other run came in the top of the fifth. Taylor drew a one-out walk. After another walk to Lindsay Barton, Sam Craft singled to right center to drive in the run.

Woodsboro got that run back in the bottom of the inning with a solo homer by pitcher Jamie Wilson. Then they put the game away with four unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth to put the 10-run rule into effect.

In the second game of the series Saturday, Woodsboro took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second.

The Cowgirls cut the gap in half in the fifth inning. Sarah Craft hit a two-out single, stole two bases and scored on an error. Facing elimination, D’Hanis tied the game in the bottom of the seventh. Sarah Craft singled to lead off the inning, stole second, and scored on an infield grounder by Barton.

Heading into extra innings, Wilson delivered at the plate again for the the Lady Eagles, driving a leadoff solo homer over the center field fence. Woodsboro put two more runers on base, but D’Hanis got out of the inning with no further damage.

In the bottom of the frame, Tanehsa Sharp drew a leadoff walk, but two strikeouts and a grounder back to the mound sealed the win for Woodsboro.