OK Heating, U.S. Equipment tie for first
OK Heating and Air and U.S. Equipment stand tied atop the girls 7- and 8-year-old coach-pitch standings upon the completion of their regular season last week.
Both OK and U.S. Equipment finished with 7-3 records, a game ahead of the third-place squad from Captain D’s.
OK clinched the tie for first on Friday, taking a 23-12 win over Ben Lomand Communications.
Leading 4-2 after one inning, OK plated eight runs in the second only to see BLC counter with a six-run second inning of its own. OK put the game out of reach with five runs in the fourth and five more in the fifth.
Morgan McCormick, Tee Smith and Elizabeth Rhea led the way for OK, with each finishing 4-for-4 with four runs scored. Melanie Rush was 4-for-4, scoring three runs, while Brooklyn Powers was also 4-for-4 with two doubles and a run scored.
Jordan Dyer had three hits including a home run, while Kayla Brown and Hannah Kay Sparks had two each. Fran Duvall and Erin Dunn had a hit apiece.
BLC was led by Hannah Wood, Emily Newman and Allison Bond, who had three hits each, while Emily Grove, Jessie Newby and Aprile Paz had two hits. Makayla Barrett, Cailey Boyd, Kimberly Chisam, Lexi Fann and Tess Fryar had a hit each.
• In other action Friday, Captain D’s edged Heartwood Nursery 13-12, holding off a late rally to take the win.
Mary Grace Stein, Chelsey Simerly, Breanna Foster and Tiember Craven each had three hits for Captain D’s, while Shelby Brenneman, LeeAnn Dodson, Haley Griffin, Rachel Nokes and Caitlin Talley had two each. Savannah Darnbush added a hit in the winning effort.
For Heartwood, Lauren Roller had three hits, including a triple, while Mallory Foster and Brook Scott also went 3-for-3. Kylie Ables, Blair Fisher, Rayah Kirby, Shelby Newman and Emily Philips had two hits each, while Lauren Crothers and Hope Scott had a hit apiece.
• Thursday night’s action began with NHC scoring a 17-16 upset over OK Heating and Air.
NHC, which scored four in the top of the fourth to take a lead then held off a three-run OK rally, was led by Stacey Arnold, Chelsey Changler and Leala Martin, who had three hits each. Jacquelyn Leeman, Caroline McKinley, Brittany Porter, McKenzi Rockwell, Kimberly Warden and Elizabeth Weller had two apiece, while Coly Richardson added a hit to NHC’s winning effort.
OK Heating got perfect performances from Jordan Dyer, Morgan McCormick and Tee Smith, who each went 3-for-3 with three runs scored. Two of Smith’s hits were triples. Kayla Brown, Fran Duvall, Elizabeth Rhea and Melanie Rush each had two hits, while Erin Dunn, Hannah Kay Sparks and Lindsay Wilcher had a hit each.
• In Thursday’s final game, Chelsey Simerly belted a home run and finished 3-for-3 to help lead Captain D’s to a 13-2 win over B.L.C.
Simerly was one of four players to finish 3-for-3 for Captain D’s, as Shelby Brenneman, Breanna Foster and Haley Griffin also had perfect nights at the plate. Tiember Craven, Savannah Darnbush, Rachel Pedigo and Mary Grace Stein all had two hits each, while Rachel Nokes and Caitlin Talley added one apiece.
B.L.C. got two hits each from Lexi Fann, Emily Grove, Emily Newman and Elizabeth Wells, while Allison Bond, Cailey Boyd, Tess Fryar, Jessie Newby, Aprile Paz and Hannah Wood added a hit apiece.
7-8 girls coach-pitch
Final standings
TEAM REC
OK Heating and Air 7-3
U.S. Equipment 7-3
Captain D’s 6-4
BLC 5-5
NHC 5-5
Heartwood Nursery 0-10