WCMS snaps DeKalb?s streak – Lady Pioneers give Saints first loss since 2004 season
The Lady Pioneers of Warren County Middle School avenged one of this year?s rare losses last Friday, and snapped a seasons-long winning streak for their opponent in the process.
Taking on the DeKalb Middle School Lady Saints in Smithville, the Lady Pioneers won a 4-2 decision, rallying from an early 1-0 deficit and snapping a 32-game DCMS winning streak.
?I am very proud of the way the girls are playing right now,? said WCMS coach Tessa Bouldin, whose squad?s overall record in varsity, JV and tournament competition improved to 20-4.
DeKalb County, which hadn?t lost since the 2004 season, struck with a run in the bottom of the second, but the Lady Pioneers answered with two runs of their own in the third. DCMS tied the score at two runs each in the bottom of the third, but Warren County went up for good with two more in the fourth inning.
Lauren Crothers started the comeback in the third with a one-out walk, and Lauren Wilkinson reached on an error. A fielder?s choice by Morgan Frye moved up both runners, and Sarah Jacobs followed with a two-run double.
In the fourth, Katie Wanamaker reached on an error and stole second, later scoring on a Lindsey Rowland single. Chelsea Cope was hit by a pitch, moved forward on Rowland?s hit and scored on another fielder?s choice.
Rowland, Frye and Jacobs had the only hits against DeKalb pitcher Josie Culwell, who fanned three and walked three.
Gabi Keith picked up the win for WCMS, striking out six batters and scattering three walks and two hits in a complete-game performance.
? Friday?s junior varsity game was controlled by the Lady Pioneers, who won 9-3, tallying eight hits.
Frye and Taylor Grissom had two base knocks apiece, while Rowland, Jacobs, Peyton Kelsey and LeeAnn Dodson had one apiece. The Lady Pioneers plated a single run in the first, four in the third and four more in the fifth inning, as they gave the loss to DeKalb?s Olivia Norton, taking advantage of six Lady Saint errors.
Grissom went the distance on her way to the win, fanning four batters and giving up three walks and seven hits.