Troup’s Taylor Gillispie and Heather Longino. (Brandon Ogden/Tyler Morning Telegraph)

ARP — Just days after playing a slugfest that featured 16 runs and three home runs, Friday’s rendition of the 7-Mile Rivalry also had three home runs.

Freshman Heather Longino and senior Taylor Gillispie, who both homered in Tuesday’s 10-6 loss to Arp, both went deep on Friday and accounted for seven RBIs in an 8-3 win victory for Troup in District 16-3A softball.

“It was super big,” Troup head softball coach Murphy Williams said. “The fact that we did take a loss on Monday, we worked really hard all week to prepare.”

“It was awesome,” Longino said. “I was glad we got to come out here and whoop their butts.”

With Troup trailing 1-0 in the top of the third inning, the bases were loaded with two outs for Longino.

“I called a timeout just to calm her down because we are a very young team,” Williams said. “I just told her to sit on the change, hit the hard.”

“I was just trying to hit a base hit and do what’s best for my team,” Longino said.

Longino delivered with a grand slam to give Troup a 4-1 lead.

“I felt it right off the bat,” Longino said.

Troup added to its lead in the fifth inning with a three-run shot from Gillispie to push the score to 7-1.

Arp cut into the lead in the bottom of the fifth with a two-run homer from Neci Potts.

Troup added to its lead in the top of the seventh when Shiloh Sluder scored from third with heads-up baserunning on a flyout to center that she didn’t originally tag up on.

In the bottom of the seventh, Arp loaded the bases with one out, but Gillispie struck out the final two batters to seal the victory.

Gillispie allowed three runs — two earned on six hits — with nine strikeouts and four walks in seven innings.

Arp scored a run in the bottom of the first inning. Addison Carpenter led off the game with a double and scored when Potts reached on an error. After Aubry Way walked to load the bases with no outs, Gillispie followed with a strikeout and then got Kaitlynn Raymond to pop out to second base. A collision between Potts and Troup shortstop Kiyah Arterberry allowed Olivia Anderson to go touch second base for the third out.

Carpenter had three hits for Arp. Potts, Maddie Birdsong and Hannah Martindale all had a hit.

Lacy Fletcher allowed allowed eight runs — four earned — on eight hits with seven strikeouts and three walks.

Gillispie and Sluder led Troup with two hits each. Longino, Ava Hays, Anderson and London Driggers all had a hit.

No. 22 Troup (13-5, 2-1) will face Gladewater in both games next week. No. 16 Arp (15-4, 2-1) will take on Tatum.