Plenty of offense helps WCMS stay unbeaten

The Warren County Middle School softball team picked up its second big win of the week Thursday, rolling past Tullahoma 15-0 in a run rule-shortened tilt.

Ali Young and Gabi Keith combined to give up just one hit each, with Young fanning four batters over the first four innings of work and Keith coming on in the fifth to nail down the shutout.

At the plate, the Lady Pioneers strung together nine hits, including two each from Morgan Frye, Taylor Grissom, Sarah Jacobs and Young connecting for two each.

Lauren Crothers and Lauren Wilkinson drew back-to-back walks in the first inning of Thursday’s game, and Frye reached on an error, putting both runners in scoring position where they were able to come home on Grissom’s double. Jacobs followed with an RBI hit, and Young belted a double to give her team a 5-0 lead.

The hits kept coming throughout the remainder of the game, as WCMS plated four runs in the second inning, three in the third and two in the fourth.

In junior varsity action, Monica Lane pitched her squad to another 15-0 shutout, allowing one hit and a walk while striking out seven Lady Wildcats.

Monica Lane, Taylor Johnson, Savannah Darnbush all had two hits apiece, while Hannah Wood, Peyton Hall, Blair Fisher, and Samantha Weeter had one hit each.

Lane helped her own cause in the first, connecting for a single to left field. Johnson, Darnbush and Fisher all drove in runs in the inning, which ended with WCMS on top 4-0. They went on to score nine runs in the second inning and two more in the third.

Thursday’s game was originally scheduled to be played in Tullahoma, but the site was changed to McMinnville. As a result, the Lady Pioneers’ next scheduled meeting with the Lady Wildcats, originally set for April 24 at home, will now be played April 25 at Tullahoma.

WCMS returns to action Tuesday, traveling to Coffee County.