STRINGER – The Bogue Chitto Lady Cats have punched their tickets to the big dance after knocking off the Stringer Lady Red Devils 6-3 Thursday afternoon in Game Three softball action for the South 1A State Championship.

In Game Two action last Tuesday, the Lady Cats were short changed as they were on their way to rallying in the top of the seventh inning. They had managed to trim the Lady Devils’ lead down to 11-7 and still had runners on with one out, but a rainstorm caused the contest to be postponed and, by ruling, Stringer won 11-3 since they led after six innings of action.

In Game One at BC, Monday, the Lady Cats won 6-5 over the Lady Devils.

“Our girls did a fantastic job,” said BC coach Scott Leggett. “We fought hard to win the South State Championship.”

The Lady Cats (27-7) will be in action today as they seek to capture their third state championship title since BC won back-to-back fast-pitch softball title in 2009-2010. Bogue Chitto will battle the Hamilton Lady Lions for Game One at Freedom Ridge Park in Ridgeland starting at 6 p.m..

Games Two and Three will be played Saturday starting at 10 a.m.

Bogue Chitto 6, Stringer 3 

The Lady Cats quickly set the tone of the game as they came out ready to play in the first inning and grabbed a 5-0 lead.

The Lady Devils struggled to overcome Bogue Chitto’s tough defense as they could only push one run across in the first, fifth and sixth inning to cut into BC’s lead at 5-3.

Bogue Chitto would cash in their final run of the contest in the top of the seventh inning and relied on their strong defense to close out the game.

Alana Nettles was the winning pitcher for BC with four strikeouts and three walks.

Madison Scoggin suffered the loss with five strikeouts and four walks.

Mattie Avants, Daley Roberts, Christian Black, Zariah Matthews and Mallory Allen provided the offensive power to direct the Lady Cats at the plate with a pair of single apiece. Nettles ripped a double and Colby Kirkland hit safely.

Madison Smith was the top hitter for the Lady Devils with a triple. Teshia Jones contributed a double. Ashley Valentine had a single.

Stringer 11, Bogue Chitto 3 

Scoggin was the winning pitcher for Stringer with two strikeouts and two walks.

Christian Black suffered the setback for the Lady Cats with six strikeouts and two walks.

Terrah Nelson was the offensive leader at the plate for BC with a double and a single. Roberts and Matthews contributed two singles each. Black had a double. Avants, Nettles and Allen hit safely.

Jones paced the Lady Devils’ offense with a pair of singles. Hitting safely were Kaitlyn McCurty, Michaela Gambrell, Jamie Wade, Valentine and Scoggin.