Season ends for Northgate softball

  

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Andie Martin (left) and Ebonee Echols (right) hit home runs in the  Lady Vikings loss to the Lady Wolfpack.

COLUMBUS-Kirsten McMongle singled home the winning run Friday to give the Greenbriar Lady Wolfpack a 12-11 come from behind victory over the the Northgate Lady Vikings an elimination game of the AAAAA Elite Eight state softball tournament at the South Commons Complex.

The Lady Vikings, winners of the class AAAA championship a year ago finish their season with a record of 29-10 while the Lady Wolfpack advanced to the next round with a 30-8 record.

Jordie Holt led off the inning by reaching on a error and advanced on a bunt single by Emily Weatherman to setup McMongle game winner as Holt came home from third base.

The Lady Vikings took the lead in the top of the first inning when  Andie Martin, Katie Burns  reached on walks and Jenna Pealor followed with a single to load the bases before a walk to Casey Kent forced Martin home with the first run of the game.

Northgate  added to the lead in the top of the second inning as Hannah Edge reached on an error, Brenna Skalski reached on a one out single and Ebonee Echols followed with a three-run home run.

In the top of the fourth inning, Skalski led off with a single for the Lady Vikings, stole second and advanced to third on an error that allowed Echols to reach base and came home on a wild pitch.

Echols, who moved around the bases on a pair of wild pitches came home on a sacrifice fly to right field by Martin.

Greenbriar scored twice in the bottom of the frame but the Northgate got the runs back in the top of the fifth inning as Casey Kent led off with a single and scored on a two out single by Katie Sachs who would score a run on an infield error.

With an 8-2 lead, all looked well for the Lady Vikings going to the bottom of the inning but the Lady Wolfpack rallied after a groundout with five hits and a Lady Viking error led to four runs and tcut the margin to 8-6.

Northgate managed to get one of the runs back in the top of the sixth inning as Pealor hit a solo home run but Greenbriar repeated their script from the previous frame as they scored five runs with one out to take an 11-9 lead.

The Lady Vikings tied the game at 11-11 in the top of the seventh inning as Skalski singled and stole second ahead of a home run to right by Martin.

Martin, who set the record for home runs in Coweta County in 2010, was 2-for-3 at the plate in her final game for the Lady Vikings while Skalski was 3-for-5 at the plate and scored three runs.