Womack Printing moves on to finals
In the girls 13- to 15-year-old fast-pitch tournament Tuesday night Cumberland Bank and Womack Printing played in the finals of the winners’ bracket, with Womack Printing advancing to the finals with a 14-1 win.
In the semifinals of the loser’s bracket Malone’s Remodeling defeated Goldtree 11-1. Cumberland Bank will take on Malone’s tonight, then the winner will face Womack Printing for the championship at 8:30 p.m.
Womack Printing scored three runs in the top of the second to take an early lead against Cumberland Bank. Womack sent six runners across the plate in the third building a 9-0 lead. Cumberland’s defense pulled together in the top of the fourth sending Womack down in order. Two walks, two hits and a hit batter scored five more runs for Womack in the top of the fifth.
Womack’s Ashley McBee was working on a no-hitter going into the bottom of the fifth, but Cumberland’s Laurie Hillis drove a single to center field and later scored on a wild pitch, for Cumberland’s only run of the game.
For Womack, McBee had two hits, Amanda Ferrell, Mary Kate Fisher, Dahynelia Grayson, Sarah Fryar and Kriston Thomason had one hit each.
McBee struck out seven, walked three and gave up one hit. For Cumberland, LeAnn Smith struck out six walked eight and gave up eight hits.
Malone’s scored one run in the bottom of the first and nine in the second to jump out to a 10-0 lead. Gracie Harvey started things off in the second with a single. Ashlee Malone, Kayla Young and Brittany Darnbush had back to back singles as Malone’s broke the game open in the second.
Goldtree’s only run came in the fourth when Miranda Curtis hit an inside-the-park home run. Malone’s added one run in the bottom of the fourth as time expired.
For Malone’s, Harvey had three hits, Shelly Hurt and Darnbush had two hits each. Malone, Young and Autumn Wilmore had one hit each.
For Goldtree, Krystal Richmond, Kenya Arnold, Curtis and Aften Craven had one hit each.