GRAHAM — Heading into her team’s one-game Region I-5A Division I finals playoff against state power Aledo on Friday, Abilene High coach Jenna Aguirre knew the Lady Eagles would need to play their best game of the year to have an opportunity to extend their best season in school history to their first state semifinals appearance.

So when a leadoff error in the second inning led to three unearned runs on a two-out home run by Ladycats pitcher Tempe Perry, the coach knew her team might be in for a long day.

That early miscue proved a harbinger of things to come, unfortunately, as Aledo tacked on another unearned run in the third inning before busting the door down completely in a nine-run fourth to put the wheels in motion for a 13-0 win at Graham’s Hogan Field.