Unbeaten Coffee Co. clips Lady Pioneers
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But Coffee County continues to be a thorn in the Lady Pioneers? side, and handed WCMS a pair of losses Tuesday at the WCHS softball field.
The 5-1 varsity defeat was the third loss of the year for Warren County?s varsity club, while the junior varsity suffered its first loss of the season, falling 4-2 after an extra inning.
Coffee County ? which remained undefeated on the season at 16-0 with the win ? struck early in Tuesday?s first game, with Kaitlyn Thornton singled to bring home Cheyenne Willis. Thornton later moved to third on a groundout, and came home on a double steal to give her team a 2-0 lead.
The Lady Pioneers answered with what would prove to be their only run of the game, with Lauren Wilkinson beating out a grounder for a two-out single, advancing on two wild pitches and scoring when Morgan Frye?s grounder to short was thrown away.
Up 2-1, Thornton struck again for Coffee County in the third, singling with one out and stealing second. She moved upon a grounder, then scored when a pitch from Gabi Keith went to the backstop.
The Lady Raiders? final run came in the top of the fifth, as Nikki Campbell singled and stole second, then came home when Willis? grounder to second went past Lauren Crothers and into right field. Pitcher Casey Vincent gave up a single to Katie Wanamaker with one out in the bottom of the fifth, but retired the next two batters on ground balls to preserve the win.
Keith fanned three batters on her way to the rare loss, giving up five hits.
In Tuesday night?s JV game, the Lady Pioneers scored in the second inning when Sarah Jacobs singled and was advanced on a Taylor Grissom hit, then scoring on an error. In the third inning Wilkinson tripled to center field, and also came home on a defensive miscue by CCMS.
Taylor Grissom pitched the entire game, fanning six batters while walking one. She gave up a total of four hits.
WCMS finished with seven hits. Wilkinson, Jacobs and Grissom had two apiece while Crothers added one.
Monday night, the Lady Pioneers played host to Tullahoma, winning the varsity matchup 8-3 and the JV game 7-0.
A six-run second inning, capped by a three-run, two-out triple by Wilkinson, answered a three-run top of the second by the Lady Wildcats and keyed the Lady Pioneer victory. Grissom had an RBI single in the frame, while Wanamaker plated Grissom on an error. Chelsea Cope was hit by a pitch during the inning, while Keith and Crothers both walked, setting up Wilkinson?s triple.
Wilkinson, Grissom, Rowland, Wanamaker and Cope all had hits during the win, while Keith fanned six batters while walking one and allowed five Tullahoma hits.
Monday?s JV game saw the Lady Pioneers accumulate six hits, coming from Wilkinson, Rowland, Wanamaker, Frye, Grissom and LeeAnn Dodson. They scored a single run in the first, and plated four in the second, with Wilkinson coming through with a three-run inside-the-park homer.
Single runs in the third and fourth helped nail down the victory, and Grissom pitched her team to the shutout, striking out eight Lady Wildcats and allowing just one walk and three hits.