Lady Broncos soar to win vs. Eaglettes – Wanamaker no-hits VBHS to wrap sweep

The Lady Bronco softball team picked up a pair of wins over Van Buren County Tuesday afternoon at Boyd Christian.

In the first game of the doubleheader the Lady Broncos shut out the Eagelettes 10-0, and in the second game Boyd rolled to a 20-0 victory and improved to 4-5 on the season.

Cassie Wanamaker picked up the win in both games. Wanamaker gave up no hits in the first game and recorded eight strikeouts. In the second game Wanamaker picked up her second no-hitter, while fanning seven batters.

The Lady Broncos scored all 10 of their runs in the bottom of the first inning. Boyd sent two runs to the plate on three walks and one error for a 2-0 lead. With two outs the Lady Broncos caught fire as Kris Surles singled to score two runs. Lyndsey King drove a base hit up the middle and picked up two RBIs. Ashley Bain connected for a single, which sent two runs across the plate. Wanamaker picked up an RBI single as Boyd took a 10-0 lead.

In the top of the third Van Buren County went down in order as the game was called giving Boyd the victory.

In the second game Boyd was the visiting team on the scoreboard and had the opportunity to bat first. The Lady Broncos sent five runs across the plate in the first inning. King led things off with a single, followed by Courtney Hard?s RBI single. Wanamaker drove in a run with a single, followed by singles from Leah Walker a walk by Tosha Young and a single by Megan Boren.

In the top of the second, 10 runs were put on the board by the Lady Broncos. In the third, Boyd padded its lead with three more runs to take the three-inning game. Van Buren went down in order in all three innings.

Hard picked up four hits, followed by Wanamaker and Walker with three hits each. King, Surles and Becca Reynolds had two each, while Young and Boren added one apiece.

Boyd was scheduled to travel to Middle Tennessee Christian on Thursday.