Page County shows minimal rust in moving past Fort Defiance 9-4 in Class 2 Softball Thursday night. Next up is a date with defending champs 🏆, Central – Woodstock

Fort Defiance – Madison Phares took the ball from veteran Head Coach Alan Knight, and the Senior right hander had no intention of giving it back. Her complete game, seven strikeouts, and zero walks effort led the Lady Panthers to the cusp of yet another trip to the State Tournament as Page County rolled to a 9-4 Region quarterfinal victory over #5 seed Fort Defiance on Thursday night.

Page County …. 200 231 1 – 9 13 2

Fort Defiance..  .000 202 0 – 4  5  5

Time of game : 1:59

Cleanup hitter, Kahlei Shifflet led the hot 🔥 hitting offense, collecting three of the 13 base hits. Lilly Mullins ( 2 doubles) joined Shifflet in the Three base knock club. Both Kayla Pence and Danica Turner added two base hits each as Knight watched seven of his nine record at least one hit and six spots score at least one run.

Post game interview…

The team started the season off at 0-3 but now sit at 14-6 on the season. The concern for rust stemmed from eight days without taking the field due to Mother Nature. The weather eliminated the entire Bull Run District tournament over the past week.

” We weren’t sure how we would look heading into the game,” said Knight. ” It’s never a good time to go that long without even being able to practice outdoors. “

Central – Woodstock is now set to host Page County on Tuesday night with a trip to the Class 2 State Tournament at stake. The Falcons captured their very first state crown 👑 last season, but they will be playing for the first time in 14 days when the Lady Panthers cross Massanutten Mountain.

Pence reached twice on near perfect bunt attempts, and both times, the Junior came around to score. Turner managed to touch home plate a game high three times, collecting two hits and 2 RBI on the night.

Lori Mongold, Alan Knight, and Brian Hendricks

Phares helped her own cause in the top of the fourth inning by digging out of an 0-2 count and eventually reaching on an infield single that bounced off the third base bag. Caelyn Lucas and Mullins followed with back to back doubles to push the lead from 2-0 out to 4-0.

Tuesday night 🌙 at Central for a ticket 🎟 to State on the line. The 14-3 mark over the past 17 games includes two setbacks at the Falcons home diamond 💎.

Should be must see 👀 TV 📺…

Win 🏆 and you are in game !

There’s an expression in baseball ⚾️ that the tie goes to the runner, and we will apply that to this – in regards to Thursday night Carroll County Soccer ⚽️, the tie went to Page County Softball.

Over the past three to four years, I have done everything that I can to show support for both Forrest Johnson and Adrienne Harris McGuire.

Whether it was writing ✍️ a check, writing ✍️ a story, or announcing a soccer match at Tommy Thompson Field, I was happy to help these two every step of the way. No regrets about any or all of it because how strongly I feel about both of these young coaches, their assistants, and their players.

When it was time to leave the D3 Softball World Series and head to the next event for the day, there was absolutely no way that I could have possibly chosen one over the other. Not when everything I do is based on treating everything equally.

Both programs were heavy road underdogs against very talented teams, and unlike last year when they played on consecutive days, both wrapped up their season Thursday night. One in the Martinsville area and the other over in Abingdon.

Our final scores were 2-0 boys and 6-0 girls, but know that I simply could not be prouder of these two coaches and how they conduct their business !

Choosing Door 🚪 #3 by heading north to Fort Defiance was the only option I truly had because choosing one over the other would have been unfair.

Soccer ⚽️ in Carroll County continues on an upward movement, and we have the right people in place in our efforts to grow the sport !

Thank you, Forrest & Jeremy ➕️ Adrienne and Brittany !!!

Head Coach Shawn Montgomery checks in with our Regional Track 👣 and Field results ➕️ some pics 📸 from Kristy Jones, and a few of my own.

Boys

4 x 100 Relay   6th   48.26

Jace Whitlock, Alex Elepan, Trenton Newman, Brenden Fariss

100

Jace Whitlcok   27th   12.66
Diezel Millaway  28th  13.19
Alex Elepan       29th   13.43

1600

Parker Bond    18th  5:36.60
Will Dalton      26th  6:37.53

400

Diezel Millaway  21st   1:03.43
Alonso Hernandez  23rd  1:06.98
Declan Sykes        24th   1:07.39   (PR)☆☆☆

200

Jace Whitlock    20th  25.84
Trenton Newman  23rd  27.12

4 x 400 Relay   10th   4:34.04

Parker Bond, Diezel Millaway, Declan Sykes, Trenton Newman

Discus

Carter Rodriguez  18th   84-5
Tucker Corgill      25th   72-3
Will Delp            28th     58-8

High Jump

Brenden Fariss  10th   5-8

Shot Put

Carter Rodriguez  22nd  32-0
Tucker Corgill     24th     24-9
Joey Rash-Rowland  26th  19-2

Long Jump

Alex Elepan   21st  17-9.5  (PR)☆☆☆
Diezel Millaway  27th  15-7
Austin Morin       28th  14-8

Triple Jump

Brenden Fariss   11th  39-4.5
Diezel Millaway   Attempted

Girls

100

Autumn Ashton   22nd  15.73
Zoe Richardson   23rd  16.13

400

Sasha Hall   17th   1:12.43   (PR)☆☆☆

800

Sasha Hall   22nd   3:11.56
Amelia Forsyth  23rd  3:17.59

200

Bristol Delp      19th  29.02   (PR)☆☆☆
Amelia Dalton  26th   33.38
Zoe Richardson  29th  35.49

4 x 400 Relay     9th   5:17.40   (SB)☆☆☆

Bristol Delp, Autumn Ashton, Sasha Hall, Amelia Forsyth

Discuss

Autumn Ashton  22nd 56-8
Amelia Forsyth  24th  54-16
Zoe Richardson  25th   42-3

Shot Put

Amelia Dalton  21st  21-10

Long Jump

Amelia Dalton   Attempted

Triple Jump

Amelia Dalton  10th  30-4.25

Brenden Fariss advances to State in the High Jump.

Thank you to both Amelia Dalton and Trenton Newman for wearing our colors oh so well !