BREMEN, Ala. — The West Point Lady Warriors traveled to Bremen to take on the Cold Springs Lady Eagles in Monday afternoon softball action. It was a low-scoring affair for most of the contest, but a big sixth inning by West Point helped propel them to a 13-3 win over Cold Springs.
West Point got the scoring started in its opening at-bats. Lauren Windham led off the game with a single, stole second, and later scored on an error to give them the early lead. Wyndham hit a two-out triple in the top of the second, and two pitches later, Katie Beth Yovino lined an RBI single to center field to make it a 2-0 game. Windham’s one-out double in the fourth had the Lady Warriors in business once again, and on the first pitch, Macie Brown hit an RBI single to give them a 3-0 lead.
After being held scoreless through four innings, Cold Springs looked to crack the scoreboard in the bottom of the fifth. Back-to-back singles put runners on the corners with one out, and Aleah Addison hit the first pitch she saw to left field for an RBI double, as that made it a 3-1 game. Maddie Davis’s suicide squeeze play on the first pitch cut it to 3-2. West Point quickly broke the game wide open in the top of the sixth.
Kylie Burks led off the inning with a double, then one out later, Windham continued her strong game with an RBI double to give them a 4-2 lead. Brown later added a two-run single to make it 6-2. Later that inning, Brayley Phillips hit an RBI double, Averee Folds drove in a run on a groundball, and Cabri Blackwood and Burks each added RBI doubles of their own, as the Lady Warriors quickly extended their lead to 10-2.
West Point added three more runs in the top of the seventh, as Windham scored on an error, and Folds hit a two-run double, as that stretched their lead to 13-2. Brooklyn Ingram hit an RBI single in the Lady Eagle half, but the deficit proved to be too much for Cold Springs in the end, as the Lady Warriors would go on to defeat the Lady Eagles 13-3.
Brown (three hits), Phillips (one hit), and Folds (one hit) each drove in three runs for West Point. Windham and Yovino each finished with four hits and an RBI, while Burks (two hits), and Blackwood (one hit) each had an RBI in the game. For Cold Springs, Addison finished with a trio of hits and an RBI, while Ingram and Davis each collected an RBI in the game.
Good Hope 9 – Cordova 2 (Softball)
Good Hope quickly got things going offensively in its opening at-bats. Lizzy Steed hit a leadoff single and later scored on an RBI single by Campbell Koch to give the Lady Raiders a 1-0 lead. They quickly loaded the bases, and Natalie Miller hit an RBI single to make it 2-0. Kylee Smith drove in a run on a fielder’s choice, and Addyson Burgess followed that up with an RBI single of her own, as that extended their lead to 4-0.
Cordova hit an RBI single in their half to cut it to 4-1. The top of the third saw Good Hope add to their lead, as Smith scored on an error to make it a 5-1 game. Back-to-back RBI singles by Miller and Smith stretched their lead to 7-1 in the top of the fourth, then Miller later scored on a passed ball to give them an 8-1 lead. The Lady Raiders put up their final run in the top of the seventh, as an RBI double by Haley Lay put the final score at 9-2.
Miller and Smith each finished with two hits and two RBIs for Good Hope, while Lay (two hits), Koch (one hit), and Burgess (one hit) each collected an RBI of their own in the win. Molly Benefield went the distance for the Lady Raiders, as she allowed just four hits and one earned run, walked two, and struck out nine.
Locust Fork 8 – Hanceville 1 (Softball)
Hanceville got on the scoreboard first in the bottom of the second on an RBI single by Aaliyah Twitty. Locust Fork, though, put up five runs in the top of the third and three more in the fifth, and the Lady Bulldogs couldn’t recover after that, as they ended up dropping their game to the Lady Hornets 8-1.
Twitty (one RBI) and Karrigan Pipkin each finished with a hit for Hanceville.
Holly Pond 15 – J.B. Pennington 14 (Softball)
There was no shortage of offense in this game, as J.B. Pennington took a 7-5 lead into the fourth inning. Holly Pond loaded up the bases in the bottom of the fourth, and Jaycee Hankins lined a two-run single to left field to tie the game up at seven. The Lady Tigers broke the tie with five runs in the top of the fifth to take a 12-7 lead. The Lady Broncos, though, had a huge bottom of the fifth inning.
Libby Stallings scored on an error, Clara Spitzer drew a bases-loaded walk, Morgan Campbell scored on a passed ball, and Maggie Nail drove in a run on a fielder’s choice to trim the deficit to 12-11. With the bases loaded and two outs, Stallings drew a walk to tie the game up at 12, then Nail scored on a passed ball to give Holly Pond their first lead of the game at 13-12. Hankins and Stallings both scored on an error to extend their lead to 15-12.
An error and an RBI triple made it a one-run game in the top of the sixth, but the Lady Broncos kept them at arm’s length for the rest of the game, as they would go on to hold off J.B. Pennington 15-14.
Stallings (three hits) and Hankins (two hits) each drove in three runs in the win for Holly Pond. Nail added a pair of hits and two RBIs, while Spitzer collected an RBI of her own in the game.
J.B. Pennington 7 – Vinemont 4 (Baseball)
Offense was hard to come by for both teams early on. J.B. Pennington struck first in the top of the third, as an error gave them a 1-0 lead. Vinemont loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the fourth, and Tucker Mauter drew a walk to tie the game up at one. The Eagles broke the tie in the bottom of the fifth. Back-to-back walks had them in business to start out the inning. Later on, Kayden Henderson hit an RBI single to give them a 2-1 lead, then one out later, Owen McKinney added a two-run single to extend their lead to 4-1.
The Tigers cut it to 4-3 in the top of the sixth on an RBI triple and an RBI single. They loaded the bases with one out in the top of the seventh, then a walk, a hit by pitch, and a two-run single gave them a 7-4 lead. Vinemont got a mini-rally going in its final at-bats, but they couldn’t cut into the deficit, as they ended up dropping their game to J.B. Pennington 7-4.
McKinney led the way for the Eagles with a pair of hits and two RBIs. while Henderson (one hit) and Mauter each drove in a run in the loss.
Cold Springs 7 – Cleveland 6 (Baseball)
Cold Springs looked to get on the scoreboard first in its opening at-bats. A single, a walk, and an error saw them load up the bases with one out, and Boston Archer promptly cleared them with a double to give the Eagles a 3-0 lead. Cleveland scored on an error in their half to cut it to 3-1, but Cold Springs made it 4-1 in the top of the second on a solo home run by Brady Phillips.
An error and a pair of RBI groundouts in the bottom of the second gave the Panthers a 5-4 lead. Brandon Chasteen’s RBI groundout in the top of the third tied the game up at five. The Eagles broke the tie in the top of the fourth. Cooper Johnson reached on a dropped third strike and later stole second and third. Lindan Hill hit an RBI single to give them a 6-5 lead, but Cleveland tied the game up at six on an RBI single in their half. Blake Belcher scored on a Panther error in the top of the fifth to give Cold Springs a 7-6 lead. The Eagles kept the lead for the rest of the game, as they would go on to knock off Cleveland 7-6.
Archer finished with the three-run double for Cold Springs. Phillips added a solo home run, while Hill and Chasteen each drove in a run in the win for the Eagles.
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