Dobbins sets state career doubles record as Lady Tigers win

Neelyville’s Reese Dobbins (right) is the new Missouri career doubles leader in high school doubles after she hit career double No. 69 on Monday against Chaffee.

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NEELYVILLE — It was a record-setting day for Neelyville’s Reese Dobbins on Monday as her Lady Tigers defeated Chaffee 3-2.

Dobbins connected on an RBI double in the bottom of the fifth inning to get the 69th double of her high school career, eclipsing the old record of 68 set by Sullivan’s Kayla Urich in 2019.

Dobbins’s double loomed large in another way, as Chaffee rallied for two runs in the top of the seventh inning, resulting in that RBI double providing the Lady Tigers with the game’s ultimate deciding run.

September Presler, Anna Lack and Callei Moss each had two hits Monday for Neelyville, while Preslar had a two-run single in the bottom of the fourth inning for the game’s first runs.

Preslar also tossed three innings of relief for the win.

BASEBALL

Van Buren 16, Neelyville 1

At the Neelyville baseball field, the visiting Bulldogs had a pair of six-run innings to roll to a win over the host Tigers.

Van Buren scored single runs in each of the first four innings, then scored six times in the top of the fifth and six more times in the top of the seventh to break the game wide-open.

Gage Vanlandingham had four hits for the Bulldogs, while Brady Smith, Nathan Smith, Braxton Mann and Bryce Hawkins each had two. Vanlandingham drove in three runs on the day, while Hawkins and Chase Carter each drove in two.

Carter and Chase Dillinger combined on a three-hitter. Carter started and pitched four innings for the win while striking out nine, while Dillinger struck out six in three innings of relief.