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Lehi • Although a non-region contest between teams in different classifications, a softball contest between defending 5A state champion Lehi and defending 4A state champion Spanish Fork had the elements in place for a marquee matchup.

But while Lehi ace Sydney White was pitching for the Pioneers, Dons' standout hurler Cambrie Hazel took the day off after throwing Spanish Fork to region wins on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Going with Jordyn Bate for the pitching duties seemed like a good move for Spanish Fork — at least one time through the lineup. But, after Bate retired 11 straight batters to begin the game, the Lehi bats caught with her the second time around en route to a 6-2 win.

"We thought Cam was going to pitch, but it didn't change our game," said Pioneers catcher Brogan Kirby, who admitted that the lefthanded Bate did cause problems initially.

And Lehi (17-6) was behind 2-0 entering the bottom of the fourth. After Bate got out the first two Pioneers in the fourth, Rylin Roberts got the first Lehi hit with a single up the middle.

Stefani Zimmerman followed that with a single to left and Kirby changed the tenor of the contest by driving a home run over the right-centerfield fence for a 3-2 lead.

"She threw mostly outside, so we had to adjust to that," said the right-hand hitting Kirby.

That was all the White would end up needing.

Spanish Fork (19-3) had reached the Lehi senior for a pair of runs in the top of the fourth as singles by Mallory Barber and Taylor Miller was followed by a two-run double by Brooke Carter.

After the Pioneers grabbed the lead, White did not allow a hit over the last three innings.

The home team added three insurance runs in the sixth as Emme Cluff had a two-run single and Alli Butterfield drove in a run with another single.

"It was a good game for us," Lehi coach Tim Kennedy said. "Our girls are pretty good at making adjustments most of the time. When we turn the order over, the bats usually come alive."

For Spanish Fork coach Don Andrews, he was glad to have played Lehi but perhaps more happy that his team's four-games-in-four-days stretch — including a trip to play Uintah on Wednesday — was over.

"You wouldn't think that playing softball or baseball would be so darn draining," Andrews said. "But, you know, I'm mentally tired, so I can't imagine how they (his players) are."