Tuesday, June 2, 2026

High school softball: Airline, Benton, Parkway win district games

by Russell Hedges
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The Airline Lady Vikings, Benton Lady Tigers and Parkway Lady Panthers won District 1-5A games Tuesday.

Airline defeated Haughton 6-1 at Haughton, Benton downed Evangel Christian 8-0 at Evangel and Parkway defeated Huntington 18-0 at Huntington.

Elsewhere, Providence Classical Academy fell to Loyola 11-2 at Loyola and Plain Dealing lost to North Webster 18-3 at Plain Dealing.

At Airline, the Lady Vikings led 3-1 through four innings then added one in the fifth and two in the sixth.

Tanesciya Thomas went 3-for-4 with two RBI. Madalynn Shortridge went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Taylor Smith struck out six. 

Haughton’s Avery Smith went 2-for-2 with a double. Clara Shaffer had a double. 

Airline (15-10, 4-3) visits Byrd Wednesday at 6 in a makeup game. Haughton (14-16, 5-3) hosts Many Thursday at 5.

At Evangel, Bayleigh Moniz struck out 15 with no walks in 6 1/3 innings. She allowed three hits.

Makaylyn Lawrence went 3-for-4. Audrey Stark went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Callie Turner had a double. 

Benton improved to 13-13 overall and 6-1 in district. Evangel dropped to 12-13 and 5-3.

At Huntington, Madison Menard went 3-for-4 with four RBI in the four-inning game. Izzy Rodriguez went 3-for-4 with two RBI.

Maci Paul went 2-for-2 with three RBI. Ma’Kenzie Waling went 2-for-2. Zoey Carlton and Zoey Horn had one double each.

Katie Giovengo and Macee Thompson combined on a no-hitter. Giovengo struck out two in one inning. Thompson struck out eight in three.

Parkway (10-14, 2-6) hosts Glenbrook Thursday at 6. Huntington dropped to 3-16 and 0-8.

At Plain Dealing, the Lady Lions had six hits. Sanaa Lyles had a double.

Plain Dealing (14-6) visits Lincoln Prep Thursday at 3:30.

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