The Natchitoches Central softball team split a Saturday doubleheader, dropping a 4-1 decision to state power Buckeye after holding off West Ouachita 9-8.
The Lady Chiefs (1-2) got two of their six hits in the first game by Sydney Terrell but could only push across a fourth-inning run to answer a four-run Buckeye second inning.
NCHS pounded 10 hits in the second game. Terrell’s RBI double provided the margin of victory, when she delivered in the bottom of the fifth for a 9-6 advantage.
The Lady Chiefs scored three in the first at-bat, getting an RBI single from Ehren Guidroz, and a two-run double from Sydni Jones.
In the fourth, NCHS picked up an RBI double by Morgan Robinson, a run-scoring ground out by Guidroz and another RBI, on a base hit, by Jones.
Breanna Hale, Jones and Terrell each had two hits in the winning effort for the Lady Chiefs.
Earlier last week NCHS was surprised by Montgomery in the regular-season debut for both teams.
