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SMACKOVER - “Jesus Christ I love you, Lord. You are so wonderful to me.”

Those were the words of freshman Haley Herring after she drove in the game-winning run with a walk-off single in the bottom of the eighth inning in Smackover’s 4-3 win over Horatio on Monday.

With two outs and the bases loaded, Herring crushed Ashley Pettigrew’s first pitch an estimated 260 feet. The ball landed on top of the batting cages, well beyond the leftfield fence. It turned out to be a loud strike as the home plate umpire ruled it foul, despite protests from Smackover’s coache...