Taylor "crashes" two home runs over the fence in win for JV

SHARPSBURG-After nearly crashing through a wall on Friday, softballs met the same fate from Katie Taylor’s bat on Monday as she had two home runs and five RBIs to lead the East Coweta Lady Indians to a 16-1 domination of the Locust Grove Lady Wildcats.

The junior varsity matchup played prior to the varsity game ended in the bottom of the third inning under the mercy rule.

The Lady Indians took the lead for good in the bottom of the first as Jaliyah Holmes and Bailee Echols reached on singles.

Taylor, who made a catch in the varsity game against Lassiter that saw her run into the left field fence, drilled her first home run over the left field fence as opposed to going through.

Ashleigh Griffin followed with a double and Kip Heygood reached on a single before Macie Wiggins followed with a two-run double.

The Lady Indians added to the lead in the bottom of the second inning as Holmes walked, stole second and advanced to third on a groundout before Taylor "crashed" her second home run of the afternoon.

Griffin followed with a single and after a single by Heygood, Wiggins recorded her third RBI of the game with a single as Griffin came home.

Benefitting from the 8-0 lead was Mollie Peacock who pitched three innings and allowed only one hit that led to the lone run for the Lady Wildcats in the top of the third inning.

The Lady Indians added eight runs in the bottom of the third inning to claim the victory as Griffin had a bases clearing triple and later scored on a single by Heygood.

An infield error allowed Heygood to score and EC to load the bases for Eliza Kuhne, Holmes and Kourtney White to secure the final RBIs of the game for the Lady Indians.

Next for the Lady Indians will be Friday at Hunter Complex against Ola (5:30) and Northgate (7:00) as part of the Georgia Dugout Club Tournament.