Goree tosses one hitter at Mcintosh in EC win, tough home game for Newnan.

UPDATE

(Note: a scoring change was made after the story was published and Goree actually tossed a no-hitter)

East Coweta pitcher Morgan Goree has proven to be a very stinging young lady of late and Friday was no exception as she allowed NO hits and recorded 10 strikeouts in a 5-1 win for the Lady Indians in a non-region game at Peachtree City.
The win improves the Lady Indians overall record to 21-7 as they prepare to face the Westlake Lady Lions Tuesday afternoon in the Region 3-AAAAAA Tournament at Newnan High School.
Goree has pitched four games of the five played by the Lady Indians this week and she has allowed five hits in 24 innings.
The Lady Indians gave her an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning as.Kia Smith led off with a triple and came home on a wild pitch.
The Lady Chiefs, who fell to 5-10 and are preparing for 4-AAAAA tournament, tied the game with a run in the bottom of the frame when Megan Eberle reached on a leadoff walk and eventually stole home, but the Lady Indians responded with  two runs in the top of the fourth inning.
With one out Shemiah Sanchez was hit by a pitch, stole second and came home on a two out double to left field by Lauren Liebe who came home on a single to right by Hailey Baswell.
The Lady Indians added a run in the top of the fifth inning as Kia Smith reached on a one out single, stole second and came home on a double to center by Katey Lynch.
East Coweta added one more run in the top of the seventh inning as Smith led off with a double to left,moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Mekhia Freeman and came home when Lynch grounded out to third.
Meanwhile, Goree was on her game as she recovered from a long first inning to own the remainder of the game as the Lady Chiefs were unable to mount any offense.
In the junior varsity game, Jessica Barber tossed a perfect game as the Lady Indians were a 16-0 winner in their season finale.
The Lady Indians (16-1) scored three runs in the top of the first as Emily Watson had a two-run double and a groundout by Rachel Vaughn.
East Coweta broke the game open in the top of the second inning with 12 runs as Jamie Vitale had a two-run triple, Watson had an RBI single and Vaughn had an RBI double among the batters who did damage.
The Lady Indians added one more run in the top of third inning on a bases loaded walk to Ashlyn Gunter.
Meanwhile it was not a good evening for the Newnan Lady Cougars as they dropped an 8-0 decision at home to the Heard County Lady Braves.
The Lady Cougars will still take a solid 17-5 into their Region 3-AAAAAA tournament game at home on Tuesday against the Douglas County Lady Tigers.
The Lady Braves scored single runs in the first and second and added three runs each in the fifth and sixth innings.
Jordan Watson did everything for Heard County as she had three hits and five RBIs at the plate and held Newnan to two hits and recorded seven strikeouts.