Eagles soar over Tigers
Morrison defended its home softball field Friday against the visiting Irving College Tigers, taking the win in girls action 17-2 and in the boys contest 18-6.
In the girls game Morrison set the tone in the first inning with five runs crossing the plate off of five hits. Trista Dillard did the damage for the Eagles as she smacked a homer to score three runs in the inning.
Morrison added three runs in the second, three in the third and one in the fourth. The Tigers put runners on in the fifth when Allison Smartt and Ashley Wanamaker produced back-to-back hits, then Brittany Rhea walked to load the bases. Cassie Brower slapped a single to left to score two for the Tigers’ only runs of the day, cutting the deficit to 11-2.
The Eagles came to bat in the bottom of the fifth with Betsy Reed singling to left. Nikki Griffith walked then Dillard drove in two runs to make it 13-2. Morrison added five more runs in the inning to take the win.
For Morrison, Griffith went 2-for-2, Trista Dillard 4-for-4, Ashley Hobbs and Alysa Lankford were 3-for-4, Amanda Locke 2-for-4, Krista Dillard 2-for-3, Betsy Reed 3-for-3, Beth Pease and Katelyn Williams were 1-for-3.
For the Tigers, Elizabeth Hill and Brower went 1-for-3, Smart, Wanamaker and Brittany Rhea were 1-for-2.
In the boys game, Irving College pushed three runs across in the first with base hits form Brett Cutts, Darrid Wells, Matt Lyle and Tyler Cantrell.
Morrison’s Terrell Mathis singled to left then Todd Dunn homered to make it a 3-2 game. Wes Williams drove in the Eagles’ third run to tie the game 3-3. Morrison added four runs in the fourth while the Tigers picked up one 7-4. Morrison added three in fourth and four in the fifth, taking a 12-4 lead. Irving College added two in the sixth, but the Eagles answered the score putting the game away with six more runs.
For the Eagles, Todd Dunn was 4-for-4, while Alex Self, Tony Pardo and Chris Orcutt went 3-for-4. Alex Davison was 2-for-2, Terrell Mathis, Wes Williams Justin Fults, Michael Hutton and Ben Dunn were 2-for-4, Coty Grissom went 1-for-4 and Jake Dudley was 1-for-1.
For the Tigers, Brett Cutts had the hot bat going 3-for-4, Tim Dockum and Tyler Curtis were 2-for-3, Matt Lyle 2-for-2, Matt Ried, Darrid Wells, Jeremy Evans and Darrin Delong went 1-for-3.