HS Roundup: Lady Cats softball advance with a win

Published 11:03 pm Thursday, October 1, 2015

Dalton High School softball fell behind Sprayberry 2-0 after the first inning in their Region 7-5A tournament game, but the Lady Catamounts turned the game around shortly after and won 8-2. A bunt single from Gabby Wright drove in Dalton’s first run in the second and the Lady Cats took the lead in the fourth. Olivia Whaley singled in a run and two more scored when McCall Maret reached base on an error.

Dalton pulled away in the sixth. Whaley led off with a double, her second of the day, and came home off an RBI double from Maret. Kianna Adams provided the big blast with a three-run home run to close out the scoring.

“My freshmen really stepped up,” Dalton coach Stacy Parker said. “The first tournament game, some of these girls it’s the first time they’ve ever been to a region tournament. They didn’t let it phase them. They did what they’ve been doing all year. I was real proud of the girls.”

Alli Swinford picked up the win in the circle. She went the distance, throwing a four-hitter with nine strikeouts.

Dalton advances in the winners bracket to play Sequoyah 6 p.m. Saturday at River Ridge High School.

• Christian Heritage 11, Kings Ridge 0: Erin Leonard was perfect through four innings, but allowed a base runner on an error and a walk in the fifth inning. Still, her no-hit and seven strikeout effort was enough to lead the Lady Lions (20-3, 14-1) to a win. Ashlyn Clements led the way at the plate going 3-for-3 with an RBI and three runs. Abbey Souther was 2-for-3, Halle Poteet was 2-for-4 with an RBI, Hadley Young was 3-for-4 with an RBI and a double, Adain Coulter was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Emily Burns was 1-for-2 with a two-RBI double.

• Northwest Whitfield’s Region 7-4A tournament series against LaFayette was postponed due to weather. Make-up is scheduled for Saturday at 11 a.m. at LaFayette and all three games of the best-of-three will be played that day, if necessary.

VOLLEYBALL

• Southeast Whitfield won a pair of matches on senior night, defeating Ringgold 25-20, 21-25, 25-17 and Dalton 25-6, 25-11. Melisa Fraire had 12 aces and 22 digs, while Angie Perky had 42 assists and Tori Brock had 21 kills to lead the Lady Raiders (23-19). Alondra Lopez added 11 kills and Emileigh Earley had 15 digs.

Dalton (3-33) also fell to Ringgold 25-11, 25-11. Victoria Rounsaval had nine digs and Kiersten Cohen had four digs and one assist.

JV FOOTBALL

• Trion 26, Southeast 8: The Raiders got a 2-yard touchdown run from David Wilcox and Porter Johnson ran in the two-point conversion in the loss. James Brock had an interception and five tackles for loss and Wilcox added an interception while Josiah Hasty forced a fumble. All of Southeast’s scoring was in the second half.

• Northwest Whitfield 15, Ridgeland 6: The Bruins (3-1) got a big win over Ridgeland behind two rushing touchdowns of 18 and three yards by Dominique Sistrunk. Daniel Solorzano forced a fumble, which Trey Ramsey recovered, and Enzo Lavecchia hit a 32-yard field goal as well.