Davis, Lynch lead EC offense to region title

With "the senior" Lindsay "Lulu" Warren holding the trophy, the East Coweta Lady Indians
pose for one of many photos Thursday night as the defeated the Newnan Lady Cougars 10-1
in the final of the Region 2-AAAAAAAA Tournament.

Kelley Lynch (left) was 3-for-4 at the plate with
four RBIS and pitched a two-hitter with 12
strikeouts while Olivia Davis had a memorable
at bat in a 2-for-3, three run evening in the game.

SHARPSBURG-Kelley Lynch did her thing Thursday night by pitching a two-hitter with 12 strikeouts and going 3-for-4 at the plate with four RBIs as the East Coweta Lady Indians defeated the Newnan Lady Cougars 10-1 in the Region 2-AAAAAAA Tournament.

The win, which ended in the bottom of the sixth inning, improved the Lady Indians’ record to 24-4 and will have the top seed for next week’s state playoff series with Region 4’s fourth seed Woodstock.

After the Lady Cougars were retired in order in the top of the first, the Lady Indians went to work as Lindsay “Lulu” Warren led off with a bunt single and advanced to third when a sacrifice by Olivia Davis was mishandled in the infield.

Davis took second on the play and Lynch followed by grounding out to first and Warren came home with the first run of the game.

Davis would score the second run of the game when Rachel Vaughan doubled and after the second out of the frame was recorded she came home on a double by Ashlynn Gunter.

Hannah Miller closed out the scoring for EC when she lined a 2-2 offering from Addie Andrews over the fence for a two-run home run and a 5-0 lead.

One of the few blemishes on Lynch’s pitching ledger occurred in the top of the second inning when Leslie Davis led off by drilling the first pitch over the left field fence for a solo home run to cut the lead to 5-1.

The Lady Indians responded in the bottom of the second with two runs to take a 7-1 lead and how they got them was under a special circumstance.

With Carmen Prior on second with one out, Davis came to the plate with a heavy heart as earlier in the day a close friend of the family was laid to rest.

Monica Lovett lost her battle to breast cancer Monday and Davis’ mother Sandi encouraged her to hit a home run in their friend’s honor as Olivia was unable to attend and was understandably upset.

In the spirit of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig promising a long ball to a child in the hospital, Olivia Davis responded by drilling a 2-0 offering over the right center field fence for a two-run home run.

While most players would be excited, Davis was heard by some to utter “I hit that one for Mrs. Monica.” after her blast.

Lovett would be pleased as Davis finished the evening 2-for-3 at the plate with three runs scored.

While he is not looking to drink from the NHL Stanley Cup,
EC head coach Franklin Deloach is pleased to be holding
another region tournament trophy. 

Lynch would follow the Davis home run with a single and Andrews would be lifted in favor of Ansley Houston who get into and out of trouble by walking Vaughan before Wright hit into a force play and Gunter would hit a popup to end the frame.

The score remained 7-1 in the top of the fourth inning when Hailey Bloom singled and stole second before moving to third when Danielle Curlee reached base on a dropped third strike.

Curlee stole second but the two Newnan runners were left stranded as Lynch retired the next three on strikeouts.

The game would eventually come to an end in the bottom of the sixth as Warren led off with a walk and advanced around to third as Davis followed with a single and took second on the throw bringing Lynch to the plate.

Facing a 2-0 count, Lynch hit the next offering over the left field fence for a three-run shot that ended the contest between the two rivals.