Busy, winning week for WCMS softball
Ali Young got the start at pitcher, and fanned four batters while walking two through three innings of no-hit ball. Gabi Keith worked the final two innings, allowing two hits but striking out four batters.
The Lady Pioneers’ runs both came in the second inning, a frame which started with a Taylor Grissom double to right field. Sarah Jacobs followed with an RBI triple to right, and came home on a single from Young.
Lindsey Rowland had the Lady Pioneers’ other hit in Wednesday’s win.
Tuesday afternoon, the Lady Pioneers collected a sweep, shutting out DeKalb County in both halves of a varsity/JV doubleheader.
Young fanned 10 batters and allowed just one hit in the varsity game, which WCMS won by a 4-0 final, scoring two runs in the second inning and two more in the third.
Morgan Frye led off the second inning with a single to left, and was moved around by Jacobs, who reached on an infield single. Frye then scored on a sacrifice bunt from Young, and Jacobs came home on a Chelsea Cope hit to left field.
Lindsey Rowland singled to start the third inning, stole second and came home on a Laura Wilkinson single to left. Wilkinson also swiped second base, later scoring on a fielder’s choice.
Rowland, Wilkinson, Frye, Jacobs, Cope and Lauren Crothers all had hits for WCMS.
Monica Lane also picked up a 10-strikeout one-hitter, pitching the junior varsity to a 7-0 win.
WCMS plated six runs in the first inning and another in the second, and had a total of 10 hits, including two each from Peytan Hall, Blair Fisher and LeeAnn Dodson.
On Monday, Keith recorded 10 strikeouts and scattered two walks and three hits over a five-inning performance as WCMS defeated White County 8-1 in varsity action.
White County’s only run came in the bottom of the fifth, while the Lady Pioneers scored seven runs in the in the second inning and one in the fourth. Wilkinson, Cope, and Grissom each had two hits, while Lindsey Rowland, Frye, Jacobs, and Lauren Crothers had one hit each.
Lane recorded another win in the JV game, striking out six batters and walking one while allowing five hits as WCMS won 7-1, scoring one run in the first and six more in the third. Lane, Hannah Wood and Taylor Johnson had two hits each, while Caroline McKinley, Fisher and Peyton Kelsey had one apiece.
The junior varsity’s record is also 12-2. WCMS is scheduled to travel to Tullahoma today, and will wrap up its season at home Tuesday against Avery Trace.