Northgate defeats East Coweta in non-region softball game

The Northgate Lady Vikings took advantage of missed opportunites and miscues in the field Wednesday night to come from behind and defeat the East Coweta Lady Indians 3-2 in a non-region victory at home for the former.
The Lady Vikings improve to 19-2 on the season as they prepare for the Region 3-AAAAA Tournament while the Lady Indians fell to 19-7 as they prepare to host Eagles Landing Christian Academy on Thursday and face the McIntosh Lady Chiefs in Peachtree City on Friday.
The Lady Indians took the lead in the top of the first inning as Kia Smith led off with a walk, stole second and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt before scoring on a single by Shemiah Sanchez.
In the top of the second inning, EC had a chance to add to the lead as Maggie Morrow led off with a walk and was replaced by Lindsay Warren as a runner.
Warren moved to second on sacrifice to third by Hailey Baswell but Northgate starter McKenzie Peace retired the next two batters on infield outs.
The Lady Indians did add to the lead in the top of the third inning as Mekhia Freeman reached first on an infield error, stole second and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt before coming home on a single by Sanchez.
Sanchez would be stranded on first as Peace was able to induce a flyball to centerfielder Brenna Skalski and a groundball to third baseman Jenna Pealor to end the inning.
In the bottom of the frame, the Lady Vikings got on the scoreboard as Joprdan Hamilton led off with a walk, moved to second on a sacrifice and after a strikeout came home when Skalski reached on an infield error.
The Lady Indians had opportunities to add to the lead as Morrow led off the top of the fourth inning with a single and Freeman led off the fifth with a single but they never got oast third base as Peace continued to find a way to get out of trouble in each frame.
The Lady Vikings made them pay as Hamilton led off the bottom o fthe fifth by reaching on an infield errorand moved around to third on a pair of groundball outs before coming home on a passed ball.
The home team, who defeated the Lady Indians 6-0 on September 9 in Sharpsburg, took the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning as Lauren DeLoach led off with a walk, moved to second on a passed ball and advanced to third on a groundout before coming home on a single to right by Ebonee Echols.
Peace, who allowed six hits, retired the side in order in the top of the seventh to get the win.