CHOUDRANT – Looking to blaze a path to the semifinals for the first time since 2017, the Stanley softball team wasted little time in taking an insurmountable lead.

Stanley scored two runs in each of the first two innings while holding Choudrant scoreless after the first inning enroute to a 10-1 win.

The No. 6 seed Lady Panthers (21-13) will face No. 7 seed Anacoco, which dismantled No. 2 Zwolle, 14-2, in the quarterfinals.

Stanley will face the Lady Indians on Friday at noon in Sulphur.

Anacoco (22-10) has won its three playoff games by a combined score of 36-5, perhaps surprisingly dispatching of Zwolle by such a wide margin.

Likewise, Stanley has hammered its playoffs foes, winning its two contest by a combined 20-4.

None of the four teams remaining in Division V (No. 1 Quitman and No. 5 Converse on the other side) have played a playoff game closer than four runs this season (Anacoco).

Stanley 10, Choudrant 1

Jade Jones smashed a two-run home run following a Madeline Castillo single for a 2-1 lead.

Choudrant got one run back in the bottom of the first inning, but pitcher Paige Campbell didn’t allow another run to cross. She allowed just three hits and none in the last four innings in the winning effort.

Stanley gave itself some distance with a Castillo RBI triple to lead 4-1.

Castillo and Riley Palmer RBI doubles score a run each while an Alyssa Golden double scores a pair of runs.

Jones shut the door with her second homer of the night, a three-run shot.