Prep Softball: Harrisburg drops a pair; Bearcats beat Benton

The Harrisburg High School softball team fell in two games Monday, losing to Nashville 10-0 in five innings and then falling to Pope County 7-5 in the nightcap.

The Bulldogs, who will play Benton today in the Eldorado Class 2A Regional at 4:30 p.m. have little time to think about the losses and no one knows that better than head coach Red Stafford.

The Rangers took two meetings from Harrisburg this year, beating the Bulldogs 4-0 and 3-2 in nine innings.

"We're going to have to come out more focused than what he did Monday night," Stafford said. "Otherwise, it's going to be a short post season for us."

In the loss to Nashville and Pope County, Harrisburg played without the services of Whitney Younger, but the senior should be good to go today for Regional play.

"We had to move some people around, but we just didn't do anything right all night long," Stafford said. "We just didn't come out focused at all. We played flat and Nashville scored six runs in the first couple of innings and only hit one ball out of the infield. I was disappointed in how we approached both ball games Monday."

Galatia-Thompsonville 8, Benton 7

Brooke Burris picked up the win in the circle for Galatia-Thompsonville, who improved to 14-11 overall with an 8-7 win over Class 2A Benton.

Burris worked two innings, allowing one run on one hit, while striking out one.

Dani Reynolds got the start, going five innings, allowing six runs on seven hits, while walking three and striking out one.

At the dish, Katie Ramsey hit the game-winning bases-clearing double in the sixth inning, going 1-for-4 with three RBI.

Kennedy Harris was 3-for-4 with an RBI, wile Burris went 2-for-4. Kylee Brown was 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI and Majayda Irvin was 1-for-1 with an RBI.