Addison's Cecilee Gaither chats with her third base coach on Thursday.

MONTGOMERY – Addison’s softball team isn’t ready to go home just yet.

The Lady Bulldogs outlasted Belgreen 14-8 in an elimination game during Day 1 of the Class 1A state softball tournament in Montgomery to keep their title aspirations alive at Lagoon Park heading into Thursday’s win-or-go-home clash against No. 7 Sweet Water at 10:45 a.m.

Coach Lana Hines’ squad is now 19-21 this season.

Macey Butler (RBI single), Anna Grace Luker (sacrifice fly) and Madison Aderholt (RBI single) provided Addison an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning.

Belgreen netted two runs in the bottom half of the frame to cut its deficit to 3-2, but the Lady Bulldogs soon made it 6-2 in the second inning following big-time hits by Gaither (RBI single) and Luker (two-run double).

Gaither and Aderholt whacked run-scoring singles in the fourth inning as well to extend the advantage to 9-2, but the opposing team wouldn’t go quietly.

Belgreen manufactured three key runs in the bottom half of the fourth and three more in the fifth – most of which came off Addison errors – to make it a 9-8 contest.

The Lady Bulldogs responded, though, with two huge runs in the sixth inning following an RBI single from Luker and a sacrifice fly by Abbie Chambless to push it to 11-8.

They tacked on crucial insurance runs in the seventh frame, too, after Gaither (RBI single) and Aderholt (two-run single) reached base yet again.

Luker (four RBIs), Gaither (three RBIs) and Butler (RBI) tallied four hits apiece, while Aderholt (five RBIs) and Destiny Walker each provided three hits.

Chambless (two hits and one RBI), Laken Tyree (two hits) and Lexie Cunningham (one hit) all contributed as well in the winning effort.

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% Sumition Christian 7, Addison 3: The Lady Bulldogs couldn’t keep pace with the No. 3 Lady Eagles in their second contest on Thursday.

Addison, which briefly held a 2-0 lead in the opening frame, notched just two hits in the loss against the defending Class 1A state champions.

Cecilee Gaither and Destiny Walker delivered those aforementioned hits, while Macey Butler (sacrifice fly) and Anna Grace Luker (groundout) snagged one RBI apiece as well.

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% Addison 10, Waterloo 6: The Lady Bulldogs opened Thursday’s action at Lagoon Park with a victory versus the Lady Cougars.

Destiny Walker secured three hits and two RBIs for Addison, while Cecilee Gaither (two RBIs), Anna Grace Luker (RBI), Laken Tyree (RBI) and Madison Aderholt (RBI) netted two hits apiece. Macey Butler rounded out the offensive performance with one hit.

The Lady Bulldogs racked up seven runs in the first inning to grab early momentum and take control of the matchup.