Bethany heads to Cache Wednesday (Oct. 2) for the Class 4A Regional playoffs.

The Lady Bronchos meet Ada (9-17) at noon. The winner of that game plays at 4 p.m. while the loser plays at 2 p.m.

The other two teams in the Regional are host Cache (17-17) and Classen S.A.S. (4-19).

On Thursday, the loser’s bracket game is at 12 p.m. The winners play at 2 p.m. and again at 4 p.m. if necessary. Only the winner of the regional will advance.

TEAM STAT LEADERS

Senior Ireland Riley paces the team with a .578 average, Hitting at the top of the order, Riley is second in runs scored with 37. She has also swiped 15 bases.

Junior Madison Bibbs enters the tournament hitting .490. She leads the team with six triples, two home runs and is second with 39 runs batted in.

Sophomore Jules Barger adds a .422 average. Barger leads the team with 20 doubles and 40 runs batted in. Barger also leads the team with 17 RBIs with two outs.

Other players hitting above .300 over 20 games or more include sophomore Emma Geissler (.361) and junior Alyssa Daniels (.323).

As a team, Bethany is hitting .364.

In the circle, juniors Paige Sechrist and Jayda Davis both have an 8-7 record. Each player also has a save. Sechrist enters the playoffs with a 2.79 earned run average and Davis adds a 3.42 ERA. Sechrist has struck out 81 batters while Davis has 70 punchouts.

Cache 4A Regional Bracket

Bethany Regular Season Stats

MEET THE TEAMS

Ada finished sixth in 4A-4 with a 4-10 district record. The Lady Cougars strung together a four-game winning streak from Sept. 19-26, picking up district wins over Purcell, Pauls Valley, Dickson and Sulphur. Ada has two other 4A wins, over Madill in the Sulphur Tournament and over Madill on Sept. 10.

Classen S.A.S. finished last in 4A-3 with an 0-12 district record. The Lady Comets beat Capitol Hill, Douglass, Southeast and U.S. Grant in non-district action. Bethany beat Classen S.A.S., 19-0, in the Bethany Tournament Sept. 7.

Host Cache finished second in 4A-2 with a 10-2 district record. Its only two district losses came at the hands of district winner, Tuttle. Cache beat 2023 6A state qualifier Mustang earlier in the season. The Lady Bulldogs enter the playoffs on a three-game losing streak.

CLASS 4A REGIONAL 4 (AT CACHE)
WEDNESDAY, October 2, 2024
GAME 1: Classen S.A.S. vs. Cache, 10 a.m.
GAME 2: Bethany vs. Ada, 12 p.m.
GAME 3: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 2 p.m.
GAME 4: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 4 p.m.

THURSDAY, October 3, 2024
GAME 5: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 12 p.m.
GAME 6: Game 5 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 2 p.m.
GAME 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 4 p.m. (if necessary)

RILEY COMMITS TO INDIANA STATE

The school announced Saturday that Riley has committed to NCAA Division I Indiana State.

“We are very proud of Ireland and all she has accomplished as a Broncho,” Bethany coach Booker Blakley said in a statement released by the school. “We know she will be just as successful at the next level,”

The Sycamores compete in the Missouri Valley Conference. Indiana State finished 20-30 in the spring after a 32-25 season in 2023, falling in the MVC championship game.

Riley will play for new head coach Windy Thees, who joined the school in August.

Photographs courtesy of Kristie Escoe of Life in Action Photography.

BETHANY HITTING STATS

FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	GP	AB	AVG	H	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI
Grey	Williamson	30	76	.276	21	13	3	1	1	12
Madison	Bibbs	33	104	.490	51	39	11	6	2	39
Emma	Geissler	29	61	.361	22	17	1	1	0	10
Jules	Barger	32	102	.422	43	28	20	3	1	40
Paige	Sechrist	33	96	.292	28	19	4	0	0	14
Lydia	Greiner	15	3	.333	1	7	0	0	0	0
Kensley	Folsom	6	6	.167	1	4	0	0	0	1
Ireland	Riley	32	102	.578	59	37	6	2	0	12
Berkley	Johnson	33	74	.284	21	21	3	0	0	14
Alyssa	Daniels	24	62	.323	20	14	7	0	1	11
Jayda	Davis	15	19	.105	2	4	0	0	0	5
Emma	Buxton	28	62	.274	17	13	2	2	0	8
Ella	Davis	25	56	.232	13	9	3	0	1	17
Jaletza	Mendoza	3	1	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
		33	824	.364	300	225	60	15	6	183

BETHANY ADVANCED HITTING STATS

FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	OBP	OPS	SLG	BB	SO	SB
Grey	Williamson	0.337	0.719	0.382	8	18	5
Madison	Bibbs	0.53	1.299	0.769	9	8	7
Emma	Geissler	0.371	0.781	0.41	1	5	5
Jules	Barger	0.449	1.154	0.706	4	8	8
Paige	Sechrist	0.33	0.663	0.333	6	5	2
Lydia	Greiner	0.333	0.667	0.333	0	1	0
Kensley	Folsom	0.375	0.542	0.167	2	1	0
Ireland	Riley	0.636	1.312	0.676	14	3	15
Berkley	Johnson	0.442	0.766	0.324	18	26	6
Alyssa	Daniels	0.338	0.822	0.484	1	10	0
Jayda	Davis	0.433	0.539	0.105	8	9	0
Emma	Buxton	0.365	0.736	0.371	7	11	2
Ella	Davis	0.348	0.688	0.339	9	16	2
Jaletza	Mendoza	1	2	1	3	0	0
		0.433	0.928	0.495	90	121	52

BETHANY PITCHING STATS

FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	IP	GP	GS	W	L	SV	H	R
Emma	Geissler	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paige	Sechrist	95.1	22	16	8	7	1	117	64
Jayda	Davis	75.2	21	13	8	7	1	83	60
Emma	Buxton	11	5	4	0	2	0	21	17
		182	33	33	16	16	2	221	141

FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	ER	BB	SO	HBP	ERA	WHIP
Emma	Geissler	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paige	Sechrist	38	19	81	10	2.79	1.427
Jayda	Davis	37	16	70	15	3.423	1.308
Emma	Buxton	16	4	4	2	10.18	2.273
		90	39	155	27	3.462	1.429