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May 12, 2021

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B-2 Wednesday, May 12, 2021 The Press-Dispatch TOP Continued from page 1 Washington a big 12-0 win for the Chargers Lady Charger sophomore Chloe Williams delivered a sparkling one-hit, five-inning performance over the Wash- ington Lady Hatchets, with her teammates amassing a dozen runs on nine hits. The onslaught included four hits, three RBIs and three runs courtesy of freshman Brai- ley Mills. The run-rule win that Wil- liams helped orchestrate fea- tured a dozen strikeouts, the one single and zero walks. That's 12 strikeouts in five in- nings. On offense, Madelyn Fis- cus and Mallory Hickey un- leashed doubles and each notched an RBI. Kenzie Pow- ell was two of three with a pair of RBIs and scored twice in the Pocket Athletic Confer- ence win. The seven-run fourth in- ning included RBIs by Kenzie Powell, Mallory Hickey, Chloe Willis, Mills and Karley Kava- naugh. Leading by 12 heading to the top of the fifth brought into play the 10 -run, five-in- ning rule when Williams and company stymied the Hatch- et offense. Powell, Willis and Mills all finished with two RBIs, and Hickey and Fiscus with one each. Mills scored three times, and Powell and Hick- ey twice. Stafford, Kavana- ugh, Fiscus, Willis and Lex- ie Onyett scored once. Sharp drew two walks, and Stafford and Fiscus one each. Fiscus and Stafford also reached on an error. Willis hit into a field- er's choice twice, and Hickey and Onyett once. PC: 1 0 4 7 x x x-12-9 -1 W: 0 0 0 0 0 x x- 0 -1-2 Their at-bats were smart. They executed bunts. They drove in base-runners. If we can bring some of that with us tonight at North Posey, we will come out on senior night with a huge conference win. We have had some injuries and it has caused us to have to move kids around in the field, but regardless, we are still strong in the field. Ken- zie, Mallory and Xia have contributed a lot to this pro- gram over the past four years and we wish the very best for them. Senior night is such a bitter-sweet evening full of emotions. A fter it is over, it's hard to not sit there and think about how close the end is. We just have to live, enjoy and play day-by-day because we are not done yet, and still have a lot of work to do for the end of May and beginning of June." Asked about the Tuesday hosting of the North Posey Lady Vikings match that is too late for publication, coach Stephanie Dawson said, "We know coming into the game tonight against North Posey that this will be one of the best teams we are going to face all year. They have a stud pitcher and some strong bats through the lineup. We have discussed and worked on laying off the rise ball that North Posey's Hoehn throws well. Mentally we have to be with this team every single pitch, every sin- gle play." PC: 0 1 0 3 0 6 0 - 10 -10 -1 SR: 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1-4-3 Lady Chargers lose to Mt. Vernon in 10th inning Saturday's 4-3 heart-break- er loss to Mt. Vernon turned on a last play in a 10 -inning showdown. A 3-2 win slipped away from the Lady Chargers in the seventh inning when the Wildcats scored a run to knot the game up at 3 all. Mt. Vernon got a run across in the bottom of the tenth on an er- ror to claim a 4-3 win. Four errors helped Mt. Ver- non, and a home run and eight hits propelled them to the ex- tended game, and an error in the 10th gave them the 4-3 win. Lady Charger Chloe Wil- liams went nine and a third in- nings, allowing eight hits, one earned run, striking out five and walking three. Mt. Ver- non pitching gave up seven hits, three earned runs, reg- istered five strikeouts and walked three. Lexie Onyett and Hal- lie Bailey provided two hits apiece, and Onyett account- ed for two RBIs and Made- lyn Fiscus one. Fiscus, Mills and Powell each had one hit, and Mills, Powell and Hickey each had a base on balls. Fis- cus had the team's only dou- ble, and Mills, Hickey and Bai- ley provided one run apiece. LADY CHARGERS NIPPED BY REBELS That unfortunate PAC loss to Mt. Vernon came days af- ter South Spencer was able to break a 3-all tie in the fourth and have the one-run stand against the Chargers for an- other 4-3 loss to a Pocket Athletic Conference foe. This week's loss began with South Spencer posting an early 3-1 lead in the first inning on a Lady Charger error. The La- dy Rebels gained the lead for keeps when a fourth-inning error led to another run that capped the scoring for both teams. Lady Charger Kenzie Pow- ell completed six innings, with eight scattered hits, two earned runs and one issued walk. South Spencer pitching allowed six hits, one earned run, notched just one strike- out and dished out four walks. Mills was two of four, and Fiscus, Kavanaugh, Welch and Powell each had one hit. Fiscus walked twice and scored once, while Kavana- ugh got the only RBI. Fiscus, Kavanaugh and Powell all swatted the ball for doubles, with Fiscus scoring twice, and Kavanaugh and Powell once. Lady Charger Ella McGuire and Lady Rebel Lily Branham squared off Monday on the home court in number two singles competition. Lady Chargers Regan Craig and Alaina Johnson teamed up during Monday's number one doubles match with the visiting South Spen- cer Lady Rebels. Mallory Hickey lines up on a pitch as Alyna Sharp readies for action with coach Stephanie Dawson in the coaching box. Freshman Karley Kavanaugh lands at third base anticipating a chance to cross the plate at Southridge. Senior Xia Stafford takes care of the catching duties while Chloe Williams breezes through her pitching job in the 10-1 win over home standing Southridge.

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