Some nights a team cannot get out of its own way, other times they play extremely well and tough luck dictates the outcome. The latter was the case as Carroll County Varsity Softball dropped both ends of a Three Rivers District doubleheader Tuesday by scores of 4-3 and 4-1.
Alleghany entered the day atop of the district standings with a zero in the league loss column. CCHS Head Coach Rick Nester sent Addie Greene to the mound in the opening game with the hopes of keeping the hard hitting Cougars off balance.
” Addie pitched really well and did exactly what we needed to do,” said Nester. ” She kept them from squaring up on the ball and we played great defense behind her.”
The two game doubleheaders are scheduled for 5 innings each but at the end of the opener the score remained 0-0, sending it to extra innings. Laynie-Jo Leonard delivered a two run single in the top of the sixth inning to give Carroll County a 2-0 lead but AHS managed to plate two runs in the bottom of the frame to force another inning of play.
Laiken Burnett delivered a RBI single to score Natalie Burress in the top of the seventh to put the Lady Cavaliers back ahead in the seventh inning. But the Cougars answered back once again, scoring the walkoff run on a blooper just over the infield.
” I told the girls that if they continue to play that way the rest of the season, that we will win more than we lose,” added Nester. ” We played all three phases of the game well, we just couldn’t score enough runs.”
Emma Harman entered the circle for the nightcap and was equally effective early on. CCHS was the home team in Game 2 and the score was tied 1-1 heading into the fourth inning.
Burnett drove in Harman in the bottom of the first to knot the game at 1-1 but that would prove to be the lone run scored for the Lady Cavaliers.
Harman pitched well against the Cougars but AHS eventually bunched up some base hits in the top of the fourth and plated three runs 🏃♂️ on a bases loaded hit.
Carroll County finished the day with 11 base hits and a quartet of Lady Cavaliers finished up with two hits. Leonard, Burnett, Greene and Burress. Harman, Raylee Goins and Kenzie McMillian collected the remaining three hits.
The Junior Varsity team stayed home at Cavalier Park and hosted their Cougars counterparts. After dropping game one, the younger Lady Cavaliers pushed Game 2 into extra innings before falling 6-5.
Both teams are set to play at Cavalier Park on Thursday evening but with different opponents. The Junior Varsity team will host Fort Chiswell and the Varsity team will host Glenvar.
In between the teams will honor Carlie Beamer on Senior Night.
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