REPUBLIC, Mo. —Third-seeded Carthage defeated sixth-seeded Joplin 7-1 on Tuesday night in a quarterfinal contest of the Class 5 District 6 softball tournament at Republic High School.
The Tigers (18-11) advance to Wednesday's 6:30 p.m. semifinal to face second-seeded Republic (14-5).
The season ended for the Eagles (7-19).
Republic topped seventh-seeded Springfield Central 16-0, while fourth-seeded Nixa beat fifth-seeded Ozark 9-3.
In Wednesday's first semifinal at 4:30, No. 1 seed Kickapoo (20-3) meets Nixa (13-11) at 4:30.
The district title game is slated for 4:30 on Friday.
GAME RECAP
Carthage plated three runs in the second.
Kate Potter doubled, Jordyn Jones walked and then Jensyn Elder launched a three-run home run to left.
The Tigers added a run in the third when Presley Probert doubled to left, went to third on a passed ball and later scored on a wild pitch.
Carthage went up 6-0 in the fifth on Elder's sac fly and Mary Grace Richmond's RBI ground out.
The Eagles got on the board in the sixth when Tatum Stogsdill and Abby McGinnis hit back-to-back doubles.
The Tigers added a run in the bottom half when Natalie Rodriguez doubled and later scored on Probert's ground out.
Elder was the winning pitcher. She struck out 10, gave up nine hits and just one run.
Rodriguez, Elder and Probert had two hits apiece for the Tigers. Elder drove in four runs.
Bailey Ledford, Izzy Yust and McGinnis had two hits apiece for the Eagles. Jill McDaniel added a double.
McDaniel took the loss. She allowed five earned runs on nine hits while striking out five.
-SoMo Sports staff reports