Marshall County Post

Sports Marshall County Post April 11, 2024 11A Wells’ single walks Lady ‘Dawgs off By DENNIS HOLLEY Sports Writer C O R N E R S V I L L E — On a chilly night more suited to early No- vember football rather than softball, the Cor- nersville Lady Bulldogs fought the cold and the Marshall County Tiger- ettes in the second game of the season series. The Tigerettes jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the fi rst inning, only to see the Lady Dawgs tie it in the second. Late game heroics by both teams heated up the cold night as the home- town Lady ‘Dawgs scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh, the last with two outs, a walk-o ff sin- gle by Molly Wells that scored Carmen Ward for a Cornersville 7-6 victory. Wells, in addition to the game-winning hit, went 4-for-4 and drove in two runs for the Lady Bulldogs and Ward, scor- ing the winning run, pitched a seven-hitter complete game. Courtney Lynch starred on the mound for Marshall County, going seven innings and Zakiya Taylor went 3-for-4 at the plate. Leading o ff for the Tigerettes, Taylor got aboard via a swinging bunt and Courtney Lynch got on base after a Cor- nersville dropped throw. Both scoreed as well as Demiyah Blackman and Kinley Wiser as the Cornersville defense struggled in the top of the fi rst and when the Lady Bulldogs got the third out the Tigerettes were up, 4-0. The Lady ‘Dawgs could not get untracked in the bottom of the fi rst despite a single by Addi Storey and at the end of one inning MCHS still led 4-0. Cornersville’s hitters came to life in the bot- tom of the second inning as Wells led o ff with a single and Emma Ward followed with a line-drive blast over the left fi eld fence. Alex Cardin singled to left fi eld after two outs, then a single by Anna Wood put two runners on for Jayli Childress and the senior center fi elder responded with a solid drive to center fi eld that scored Cardin and Wood and the Lady ‘Dawgs tied the score at the end of the second inning, 4-4. The score remained tied until the bottom of the fi fth inning when Childress again struck delivering a single and after Storey collected a base hit, Wells drove Childress home with a double and at the end of fi ve innings the Lady Bulldogs led 5-4. Both teams stranded runners in the sixth but the seventh brought the fi reworks. Taylor and Lynch got things going for Mar- shall County with back- to-back base hits, both advancing to second and third on a passed ball. Taylor then scored on a sacri fi ce fl y by Jach- elle Ridley with Lynch scoring on a wild pitch and the Tigerettes had grabbed the lead 6-5 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning. With one out, Chil- dress again set the table for Cornersville singling through the hole at short- stop and Storey followed with a double to center- fi eld that sent Childress to third base. Carmen Ward lifted a fl y ball to center fi eld that fell in for an error, with Childress scoring to tie the game at 6-6, but Storey was caught round- ing third too far and was tagged out for the second out of the inning. Ward took second base on defensive indif- ference, then on a three- two count, Wells for Cor- nersville followed with a line drive to center fi eld that scored Ward as she beat the throw to home plate and the Lady Bull- dogs walked-o ff with a 7-6 victory. Marshall Co. 400 000 2 – 6 7 3 Cornersville 040 010 2 – 7 14 4 Marshall Co.: Zakiya Taylor 3-for-4, Courtney Lynch 1-for-4, Demaiyah Blackman 1-for-4, Anna Stewart 1-for-3, Carlee Cole 1-for-2 Cornersville: Molly Wells 4-for-4, Jayli Childress 3-for-4, Abbie Storey 3-for-4, Anna Wood 1-for-4, Carmen Ward 1-for-4, Emma Ward 1-for-3, Alex Cardin 1-for-3. WP: Ward LP: Lynch Zakiya Taylor makes contact for the Tigerettes. –Post Photos by Dennis Holley Lady Rockets overcome miscues to down Riverdale STAFF REPORT C HAPEL HILL — It wasn’t the cleanest of e ff orts in the fi eld, with Forrest committing an uncharacteristic fi ve errors, but in the end, a stellar e ff ort from start- ing pitcher Ella Chilton and another huge night at the plate by Abby Fer- guson delivered Forrest a 7-3 non-district win over Riverdale. Chilton was domi- nant from the pitcher’s circle, pitching a com- plete game and allowing three unearned runs on six this while striking out nine. At the plate, it took Forrest a while, but after three scoreless innings, Christa Warren safely reached to lead o ff the Forrest fourth via er- ror and after a sac bunt by Briley Burnhan, Tay- lor Moreland and Chil- ton both singled before Sarah King smacked a ground ball to left fi eld to score Moreland for the fi rst run of the game. Forrest played add on in the fi fth with Abby Ferguson’s second home run in as many games, scoring two more for the Lady Rockets. Although Riverdale responded and plated three to tie the game in the top of the sixth, For- rest kept the bats going and Haddie Van Patton drove in the go-ahead run when she ground out. Two batters later, Ferguson again deliv- ered for Forrest, smash- ing a base-clearing triple to three more runs. Ferguson led the Lady Rockets at the plate, going 2-for-5 with fi ve RBIs, bringing her total to 12 RBIs over the past two games. Daughrity also had a stellar night, going 3-for-3 with a pair of runs scored, while Mo- reland was 2-for-3 with a double. Forrest returns to District 9-AA play on Thursday, hosting Can- non County at 5:30 p.m. Riverdale 000 003 0 — 3 6 1 Forrest 000 124 x — 7 11 5 Forrest: Maggie Daughrity 3-for-3, Abby Ferguson 2-for-4, Taylor Moreland 2-for-3, Ella Chilton 2-for-3, Sarah King 2-for-3. WP: Chilton LP: Sisco Rockets blanked in 9-AA loss to Cannon Co. Preston Gentry makes solid contact for the Rockets in the first inning. –Post Photo by Kacy Kincaid STAFF REPORT C HAPEL HILL — De- spite out-hitting visiting Cannon County 4-1, the Forrest Rock- ets weren’t able to gen- erate any run support and dropped their fi rst District 9-AA loss of the season on Monday night, 2-0. Preston Gentry did his part on the mound for Forrest, going the distance and allowing two runs on one hit while striking out seven. Carter Walk went 2-for-3, while Brennan Mealer went 1-for-3 with a double. The only runs of the game came o ff a two-run blast o ff the bat of Ben- nett Kau ff man. In fact, Kau ff man’s two-run homer was the Lions’ only hit of the night. Cannon County’s win over Forrest now puts the Lions in fi rst place of the 9-AA standings. Game 2 was sched- uled to be played on Tuesday night, however results were unavailable at press time. Cannon Co. 000 200 0 — 2 1 1 Forrest 000 000 0 — 0 4 0 Forrest: Brennan Mealer 1-for-3, Carter Walk 2-for-3, Paxton Mealer 1-for-2. WP: Armstrong LP: Gentry Ella Chilton delivers a strike against Riverdale. She went the distance and fanned nine batters in Forrest’s win. –Post Photo by Kacy Kincaid Abbi Storey makes contact for a base hit to right field.