Lady Eagles play for state crown Friday
Barbers Hill Head Softball Coach Aaron Fuller gets doused in some Gatorade after the Lady Eagles handled business last week.
Barbers Hill’s Hailey Nutter fires a pitch during Class 5A Division I State Semi-Finals against Smithson Valley. The Lady Eagles hurler tossed a no-hitter and recorded 18 strikeouts.
The Barbers Hill Lady Eagles celebrate winning the Class 5A Division I State Semi-Finals last Thursday night. BH will head to Austin for the state championship round against the Melissa Lady Cardinals this weekend.
WALLER— The Barbers Hill Lady Eagles are returning to the state title game this weekend to face the Melissa Cardinals after clinching a huge win over Smithson Valley.
On Thursday afternoon at Waller High School, the Lady Eagles used a dominating pitching performance for Hailey Nutter in a 4-0 victory over Smithson Valley in the Class 5A Division I State Semi-final game.
Barbers Hill picked up all the runs they needed in the bottom of the third inning.
AshLynn Cooper doubled to make it 1-0 and then scored on a Nutter sacrifice fly and the advantage was 2-0. Aybrie Corona then homered to left field, scoring two more runs and the Lady Eagles led 3-0.
That was more than enough for Nutter, who pitched a no-hitter and finished with 18 strikeouts. The senior walked only one. She threw 111 pitches, 75 of which were strikes.
Zoey Hood, Savannah Barrientos and Bre Norman also added hits for Barbers Hill.
The Lady Eagles will face Melissa on Friday night at Red and Charlene McCombs Field on the campus of the University of Texas.