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The Demopolis Lady Tigers took full advantage of its home field in the Class 5A, Area 7 tournament as they swept through the area easily defeating Jemison twice.

The Tigers advanced to the Class 5A Central Regional Tournament in Montgomery where they will take on Holtville, the winner of Area 5 who defeated Brewbaker Tech 14-6 in the area finals.

The Lady Tigers got an opening round bye due to a forfeit by Selma, automatically advancing them to the winner bracket final.

Prior to the rain on Friday, Demopolis defeated Jemison 17-2. On Monday after the Lady Panthers won the elimination game, the Lady Tigers won 15-5.

In the Friday game that was moved up due to the threat of rain, Jemison scored the first two runs in the first inning, but Demopolis put up 14 runs in the bottom half of the inning.

Demopolis then added three more runs before the game was called after three innings.

Allie Hughes led the way with a 3-for-3 outing with four RBIs and two runs scored. Maddie Grace Teel had a pair of doubles with two RBIs and three runs scored. Lizzie Thornton had a double, single, RBI and three runs scored.

Jadie Hasty had a triple, single, three runs scored and two RBIs. Annagayle Aultman and Caroline Hathcock had the other hits. Lily Turberville scored twice despite not having a hit.

Hughes got the win allowing two runs on three hits and three walks with three strikeouts.

In the finals on Monday, the big inning was the third inning. The Lady Tigers turned a 2-1 deficits into a 12-2 advantage.

Jemison scored three runs in the top of the fifth to force the bottom of the fifth inning, but Demopolis matched it with three runs of their own. Hasty walked in the final run of Hughes to end it on the walk-off.

Maddie Grace Teel was 3-for-3 on the day with a double, two RBIs and three runs scored. Olivia Lindsay had two hits, three RBIs and a run scored. Hathcock had a double with three RBIs and three runs scored.

Turberville, Hughes and Thornton had the other hits.

Aultman got the win allowing five runs, two of which were earned, on four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in five innings.