WOODLAWN - Dillon Lunsford's bases-loaded triple in the bottom of the sixth pushed Woodlawn in front for the final time as the Bears clinched the 82A conference championship with a 9-6 win over the Ouachita Warriors Tuesday at Woodlawn.The matchup between the teams atop the league standings left the Bears a 11-0 and the Warriors fell to 9-2, assuring Woodlawn of the title with one conference game left.Wooldawn will be the conference's no. 1 seed headed into next week's Class 2A South Region Tournament at Parkers Chapel. The Bears will play the no. 4 seed from the 7-2A conference at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 2.Tuesdays' game went back and forth with Ouachita drawing first blood only to see Woodlawn battle back each time.After two scoreless innings, back-to-back singles briefly gave the Warriors a 2-0 lead in the third before the Bears answered with four runs in the bottom of the frame.Triston Bates' lead-off single was followed by an RBI double from Peyton Wells. Two walks then loaded the bases, and Tate Hall had another double to clear the bases and give Woodlawn a 4-2 lead.The Bears added to their lead with bases-loaded fielder's choice in the fourth to go up 5-2.Ouachita battled back with two runs in the fifth off a single and a sacrifice bunt to close it to 5-4, and then moved in front with a two-out single that scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth, giving the Warriors a 6-5 lead.Woodlawn answered again as an error, a hit batter and walk loaded the bases, setting up Lunsford to deliver his three-run shot into center to give the lead back to the Bears, 8-6. Lunsford then scored on a passed ball push it to 9-6.The Warriors did get their lead-off batter aboard in the seventh, but a fly out and double play ended the game.Hall started on the mound for Woodlawn and went four innings, allowing five hits and one walk while striking out four. Wells threw the final three innings, giving up three hits with a walk. He had three strikeouts.Ouachita used four pitchers in the…
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