PAWNEE — The Pawnee Lady Black Bears are 5–3, 0–1 in District 2A-14, and sitting in third place in the standings. In other words, they’ve still got plenty of climbing to do — but if the last week is any hint, they aren’t afraid of heights.
Walk-oa wonder
Against Davenport, Pawnee set the drama dial on high. The game was tied in the bottom of the seventh when Maddy Ives strolled to the plate and showed the kind of patience your grandma wishes you had at Thanksgiving dinner.
Ball four. Walk-o . 4–3 Pawnee.
Meanwhile, Kamber Higgins was mowing down Bulldogs like she was getting paid by the strike. Eleven strikeouts, two hits allowed, and one seriously defl ated Lady Bulldog lineup.
Aeris Clark lit the scoreboard early with a triple, and Finlee Dvorak knotted things up in the sixth with a single so timely it could’ve ben the morning bell.
Big bats in the big city
In Oklahoma City, Pawnee spotted the Lady Broncos a run, then decided enough was enough. Higgins launched a home run to right that may have tripped the I-44 toll meter., Braylnn Traster laced an RBI single, and Dvorak chipped in with a fi elder's choice RBI.
By the third inning, Teagan Ready added another run, and the Lady Bears never looked back in a 7–2 win.
The hit parade was led by Kailey Quintanilla, Jaslene Garcia-Howell, Higgins, and Traster with two apiece, while Ready and Dvorak drove in runs to keep the party going.
Pawnee swiped fi ve bases - two of them by Traster, who’s starting to run like whe, well, stole something — and the defense didn’t commit a single error.
Four-run fi rst at Sterling
Sterling found out fast that Pawnee brought the lumber. A bases-loaded plunking of Clark opened the fl oodgates, Traster cracked a two-run single, and Ready added an RBI knock. Just like that, it was 4–0.
Higgins and Dvorak each collected two hits, while Ives came in for fi ve innings of relief, scattering just two runs. Pawnee fl ashed leather too, turning a double play that killed Sterling’s best rally.
Bristow blues
Of course, every story needs a plot twist. Pawnee out-hit Bristow 10–6 but dropped an 8–6 decision after some early miscues. Still, Traster brught her bat with a 3-for-3 night (double and two singles). Garcia-Howell, Higgins, and Ives all chipped in multiple hits, but the Lady Pirates made every Pawnee mistake cost.
Player of the Week: Braylnn Traster
If there’s such a thing as an automatic hit button, Traster found it. She racked up seven hits across four games, including a 3-for-3 performance against Bristow, and drove in two huge runs against Sterling. Sprinkle in two stolen bases against OKC, and Traster has been hotter than a Click’s pepper strip.
The road ahead
So the Lady Bears are 5–3, hungry, scrappy, and talented enough to turn district play upside down. If Pawnee keeps swinging like they did in OKC and Sterling, and pitching like Higgins and Ives have, the rest of 2A-14 might want to start double-knotting their cleats.