DEWAR - The Dewar Lady Dragon slowpitch softball team took their first step in securing a state championship Tuesday evening with a 16-4 win over the Crowder Demonettes.

The run-rule victory came in the championship game of the Class 2A district tournament at Al Kessel Field in Dewar.

The Lady Dragons began their journey towards the district title with a 10-0 win over the Okay Lady Mustangs in the opening game of the 4-team tournament.

The other opening-round game saw Crowder thump the Watts Lady Engineers 15-2, then Okay avoided elimination with an 8-7 victory over Watts.

The Dewar ladies advanced to the district championship game with a 5-2 win over Crowder, then Crowder punched its ticket to the title contest with an 8-0 victory over Okay in the loser's bracket finals.

The Lady Dragons completed the district title sweep with the 12-run win over Crowder.

The district championship puts the Dewar ladies in next week's Class 2A regional tournament at a site to be determined by the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association.

In Tuesday's opening-round battle with Okay, the Lady Dragons opened the scoring with seven runs in the home half of the first. The Dewar ladies closed out the 10-0 victory with three runs in the bottom of the second.

The top hitters for the Lady Dragons in the opening-round win were Savannah Been (2 for 3, single, triple, 2 RBIs), Morgan Britt (2 for 3, 2 doubles, RBI), Noelani Corbin (2 for 2, single, home run, RBI), Autumn Campbell (2 for 2, 2 doubles), and KiKi Carter (2 for 2, single, home run, 3 RBIs) with two hits apiece. Corbin's home run came on a solo blast in the first, while Carter's roundtripper came on a 3-run shot in the second.

The other three hits for Dewar came on a single by Kobee Hewett, an RBI double by Skye Been, and a 2-run home run in the first by Skyler Randall.

Other baserunners against Okay were Hewett (walk) and Staejha Mack (walk).

In Tuesday's winner's bracket final matchup with Crowder, the Lady Dragons kicked off the scoring with a run in the bottom of the first. The Dewar ladies increased their lead to 3-0 with a pair of runs in the last of the third.

The final tallies for Dewar came in the fifth, extending the Lady Dragons' advantage to 5-0 after five innings of action.

Crowder pushed across its two runs in the top of the sixth to make it a 5-2 contest.

The Dewar defense kept the visiting Demonettes off the scoreboard in the top of the seventh to give the Lady Dragons the 5-2 victory.

The trio of Savannah Been (2 for 4, single, triple), Skyler Randall (2 for 2, single, home run, 2 RBIs), and Noelani Corbin (2 for 3, 2 singles, RBI) led the offensive attack for Dewar with two hits each. Randall's home run came on a 2-run blast in the third.

The other four base hits for Dewar came on singles by Morgan Britt, KiKi Carter, and Talyn Been and an RBI double by Skye Been.

Other Lady Dragon baserunners against Crowder were Britt (walk), Randall (walk), Carter (walk), Autumn Campbell (fielder's choice), Staejha Mack (walk), and Kobee Hewett (fielder's choice).

In Tuesday's district title game against Crowder, the Lady Dragons trailed 4-0 after one-half of an inning. The deficit did not last long for the Dewar ladies, as the Lady Dragons erupted for seven runs in the bottom of the first, going in front by three, 7-4.

The Dewar ladies plated four in the second for an 11-4 advantage, then tallied five in the third for the 16-4 victory and the district championship.

The offensive leaders for the Lady Dragons in the title game were Skye Been (3 for 3, 2 singles, double, RBI), Noelani Corbin (3 for 3, single, double, home run, 5 RBIs), and Autumn Campbell (3 for 3, 3 singles) with three hits apiece.

Morgan Britt (2 for 3, single, double) and Kobee Hewett (2 for 2, single, double, RBI) also recorded multi-hit games in the title contest with two hits each.

The final five base hits for Dewar against Crowder came on a single by KiKi Carter, RBI singles by Staejha Mack and Talyn Been, a triple by Savannah Been, and a 3-run home run in the first by Skyler Randall.

Other baserunners against Crowder were Randall (2 walks), Carter (walk), and Talyn Been (fielder's choice).