Girls? 9-10 league in full swing

Castle Heights came away with a 7-6 win over Love-Cantrell and Cope in girls 9- and 10-year-old fast-pitch action last Thursday night.

Castle Heights took the early lead with after scoring one run in the top of the first and another in the top of the second. But Love-Cantrell sent five runs to the plate in the bottom of the inning.

Castle Height answered with five of its own in the third to take the lead at 7-5, and although Love-Cantrell scored one run in the bottom of the inning it wasn?t enough as Castle Heights picked up the victory.

For Castle Heights, Mahaley Keele had two hits and Lauren Corothers added one hit. Blair Fisher had a perfect night at the plate for Love-Cantrell, going 3-for-3. Sarah Owens added two hits, while Kayla Brown, Lyndi Dodd and Lexie Wood had one hit each.

In the second game of the night, Smarty Pants escaped with a one run win over Tri-State Distribution 2-1 in a fifth inning tie-breaker.

Tri-State scored first with one run in the top of the third, but that would be all they would get. Smarty Pants sent one run to the plate in the bottom of the inning and took the lead and the win with one run in the bottom of the fifth.

For Smarty Pants, Rachel Nokes had the only two hits of the night.