"Kiddie Corps" help Lady Indians win twice in Ram Classic

The East Coweta Lady Indians have a team meeting
after a recent game. The Lady Indians had a team effort
Friday in wins over Shiloh and West Laurens.

LILBURN-This season, the East Coweta Lady Indians have needed help from the freshman class and that was the case Friday evening as the won two games in the Ram Classic Tournament at Shiloh High School.

In game one, freshmen Hanna Miller, Ansley Duffey and Caroline Lively and junior Ashlynn Gunter each had two hits in a 7-3 win over the Shiloh Generals while “graybeard” Lulu Warren joined Gunter, Aniston Wright and Miller in the two hit parade while three freshman had one hit each in an 8-4 win over the West Laurens Lady Raiders.

The Lady Indians improved to 18-2 on the season with the victories and will face Buford (18-1) and Northside (Columbus)(18-3) in tournament games at Parkview with games at 9:00 and 11:00 respectively.

In the opening game, the Lady Indians took the lead in the top of the second inning as Miller, Duffey and Lively had three consecutive single to score a run and Warren contributed with an RBI single to give EC a 2-0 lead.

The Lady Indians added to the lead in the top of the fifth inning with some two out magic as Wright singled and moved to third on a double by Gunter before Miller came to the plate and delivered a two-run single and the lead was 4-0.

Meanwhile, Rachel Vaughn was in control on the pitching rubber until she ran into trouble in the bottom of the fifth inning as the Lady Generals came back with three runs to cut the margin to 4-3.

However, the Lady Indians got the runs back in the top of the sixth inning as Krys Odum came off the bench to reach on a single, Caison Byars (another freshman) reached on a bunt single and an error on a sacrifice by Warren allowed Odum to score.

A groundout by Carmen Prior scored Byars and another Shiloh error on a sacrifice allowed Vaughn to reach second and Warren to come home with the final run of the game.

The Lady Generals tried to rally in the bottom of the sixth inning with a pair of runners on base but Vaughn ended the threat as she induced a ground ball back to the pitching rubber and was able to silence their bats in the bottom of the seventh inning by retiring the side in order.

In the second game, the Lady Indians struck early with three runs in the top of the first inning as Warren singled, Prior walked and Wright singled before Gunter came through with a one out double that brought the first two home with Odum scoring from third on a bases loaded walk to Lively.

The Lady Raiders came back in the bottom of the second inning with two runs to cut the margin to 3-2, but the Lady Indians responded with two outs in the top of the third inning as Miller singled and Duffey doubled before contributed with a two-run single to center and the lead was 5-3.

A little two out magic returned in the top of the fifth inning as the Lady Indians added two runs to take a 7-2 lead as Byars singled, stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch before coming home on a single to left by Warren who would later advance on a wild pitch and score on an infield error.

One more run was added in the top of the sixth inning as Vaughn walked and after singles by Gunter and Miller loaded the bases would come home on a groundout by AJ Estrada for the final EC tally.

The Lady Raiders rallied in the bottom of the sixth inning after two outs with a pair of runs and Wright was replaced by Vaughn on the pitching rubber who managed to induce a ground ball to second to end the game on a time limit.