OILTON — It was a whirlwind stretch for the Oilton Lady Panthers — a pair of blowout wins, a tough loss in Henryetta, and a heartbreaker that ended on a walk-o .
Oilton opened the week in style, pounding Oklahoma Christian Academy 11-0 behind the bat of Demi Kennedy. The junior did everything but sell tickets at the gate, driving in four runs with two clutch singles. Kennedy’s fi rst-inning knock jump-started a fi ve- run frame, and she came back in the third to push across two more. Paydee Smith joined the fun with a triple into the corner, while Jadeann Smith added a three-bagger of her own.
The Lady Panthers piled up nine hits in all, and the pitching sta - Smith up front, Kennedy in relief — combined for a one-hit shutout.
Two nights later in Wilson, Oilton stayed the course, blanking Savanna 7-0. Kennedy again set the table twice out of the leado spot with a pair of hits, while Smith did the heavy lifting in the circle with two scoreless innings. Je Cox locked down the middle frames, and the Panthers ran wild on the bases, swiping 12 bags like they were free snow cones at the farmer’s market.
The week’s momentum did hit a wall against Wilson (Henryetta). The Lady Panthers couldn’t climb out of a fi ve-run second inning and fell 7-0 despite Smith’s seven strikeouts. Oilton managed just one hit in the loss, though Smith battled through four innings in the circle.
Saturday at Morris was the real gut- punch. Tied at fi ve in the fi nal inning, the Lady Eagles walked it o on a single to center, stealing a 6-5 win. Oilton had clawed back twice — Cox drove in a pair, Rosenquist ripped a double, and Smith tied it again in the fourth - but the fi nal swing belonged to Morris.
Even with the tough ending, the Lady Panthers’ week showed plenty of bite: Kennedy’s bat is red-hot, Cox is seeing the ball well, and the pitching sta is throwing zeroes when they get some run support. Oilton has the speed, the defense, and enough arms to keep grinding through the fall slate.