WCMS softball on a roll: Lady Pioneers win four straight

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

The Warren County Middle School softball team picked up four wins over the past four days, taking two games last week over Coffee County Middle and two games over Avery Trace on Monday.

In the first game Monday against Avery Trace, the Lady Pioneers scored first by sending one run across the plate in the bottom of the third. Brooke Bowman led off with a single up the middle. Racheal Walker drew a walk with two outs and Mary Kate Fisher singled to score Bowman for the early lead. Avery Trace collected two hits and scored one run in the top of the fourth to tie the game at 1-1.

Avery Trace tried to take the lead in the top of the fifth after putting runners on with two hits and a walk but the Lady Pioneers defense held their ground getting out of the inning. In the bottom of the inning Bowman tripled with one out. Ashlee Malone flied out to right, but it wasn’t deep enough to score Bowman. But Avery Trace had a wild pitch with two outs giving Bowman an opportunity to steal home and score to win the game 2-1.

In the second game Warren County got the bats going early scoring four runs in the first inning. Gracie Harvey started things off with a walk, Rogers singled Kayley Haley walked, Kati Rogers doubled and Lara Kate Haley and Catherine Stubblefield walked to give Warren County a 4-0 lead.

Avery Trace scored two runs in the top of the second and two runs in the top of the third to tie the game at 4-4. The Lady Pioneers Bowman drew a walk in the bottom of the inning and worked her way round the bases stealing home to win the game 5-4.

Warren County defeated Coffee County 12-3 in the first game on Friday and 9-5 in the second game.

Warren County scored two runs in the bottom of the first, one in the third, five in the fifth and four in the sixth.

Fisher picked up three hits, Walker and Kati Rogers had two hits. Murray had one hit, a home run, while Bowman, Malone, Wanamaker and Mullican also had one hit each.

In the second game Warren County picked up four runs in the bottom of the first and one run in the fourth. Harvey, Niki Rogers, Tanner and Kati Rogers singled in the win.

The Lady Pioneers were scheduled to travel to DeKalb County on Tuesday for a doubleheader and will take on Sparta on Thursday at home.