Fillies unable to keep up with Prairie View offensive firepower

Iola High’s softball team couldn’t sustain a consistent offense Tuesday to keep up with Prairie View’s bats. The Fillies lost 14-2 and 10-2.
“It was definitely a tougher day and you’re not going to win too many ball games when you have about 18 errors,” coach Melissa Stiffler said. “It’s just the way it is. We showed that we can do it. It’s the same girls that made bad mistakes in the first game and came back and played pretty well in the second game.”
Game one didn’t start the way Iola wanted it to. Prairie View got off to a 3-0 lead after the first and found themselves ahead 10-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth.
Katie Shields started the inning off reaching on an error. Riley Murry followed with a walk. Jaydn Sigg reached on an error that scored both runs, but she was later out on a fielder’s choice. Iola was behind 10-2.
Prairie View scored four more runs in the 14-2 win that ended after five innings.
Iola had four singles in the game. Sydney Wade, Chloe Gardner, Ashlie Shields and Murry each accounted for a hit.
Game two didn’t get any easier for Iola’s offense, but they avoided giving up a big inning to the Buffalos in the 10-2 loss.
Prairie View started with a 1-0 lead after the first, scoring on an error. Iola started the game off with a quick score.
Ashlie Shields was hit by the pitch to reach first base. She then stole second base. Katie Shields reached on an error, knocking in Ashlie to tie the game.
Prairie View took a 2-1 lead in the second inning. The score was the same until the fourth inning, when Prairie View brought in four runs to take a 6-1 lead. The Buffalos had an 8-1 lead heading into the bottom of the sixth inning.
Sydney Wade started the sixth inning with a walk, she then stole second base. A fielder’s choice moved Wade over and an error during Katie Shields’ at-bat brought Wade in to score.
Prairie View answered right back with two more runs and won the game 10-2. Sigg had Iola’s only hit in the game.
In the second game, the Buffalos didn’t get out ahead until later in the game.
“They had a girl hit a triple with the bases loaded and that’s tough. They were hitting, that’s a good hitting team,” Stiffler said. “And that catcher, she’s a stud and won’t let too many runners steal on her. We hurt ourselves though, I thought we could have hung with them a little bit better than we did, but we just got down. We let runners on and they scored. All of a sudden we just fell apart. It’s a mental game.”
Iola (1-3) travels to Anderson County on Tuesday.