EC wins twice in GDC Tournament loses three to the weather

 SHARPSBURG-The weekend was far from dull as the East Coweta Lady Indians as they opened their 2020 softball by hosting the Georgia Dugout Club Tournament.
On Friday, the Lady Indians were enjoying an 8-3 lead over the Lamar County Trojans as the top of the fourth inning began when lightning became an uninvited guest and after two hours the game was called.
The weather also postponed games between Lamar County and Westfield with the latter also scheduled to face EC.
Saturday morning came and the result was good for the Lady Indians as Jaliyah Holmes and Hannah Stubbs combined on a one-hitter in a 7-0 victory over the North Paulding Wolfpack while Kaliyah Matthews RBI double in the bottom of the fourth led EC to a 4-2 win over the Tattnall Square Trojans.
In the opening game of the day, the Lady Indians took the early lead as Kenadie Cooper singled and advanced around the bases after a double by Kylie Ferguson and a walk to Ashleigh Griffin.
Katie Taylor hit a sacrifice fly that was dropped as Cooper to score while Ferguson came home on a sacrifice fly hit by Kip Heggood.
The Lady Indians added to the lead in the bottom of the second inning as Emma Elrod, who was denied her first varsity home run on Friday, got credit for a solo shot over the left field fence on Saturday.
Cooper followed with a single and moved to second on a stolen base by scoring in front of a home run by Ashleigh Griffin.
The Lady Indians added to the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning as Elrod led off with a bunt single, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Cooper and came home on a double by Ferguson who scored the final run on a two out single by Bailee Echols.
The 7-0 advantage was more than enough for Holmes who retired the first seven batter before an infield hit in the third inning.
Holmes pitched around it as she retired the next four batters before yielding to Stubbs who also recorded a perfect fifth.
In four innings of work, Holmes recorded 10 strikeouts.
Cooper, Ferguson, Matthews and Elrod each had two hits.
In the second game involving the Lady Indians, EC took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning as Cooper singled and advanced to to second on a groundout before scoring on a double by Griffin who came home on a single by Echols.
Tattnall Square tied the game in the top of the fourth inning but EC regained the lead as Heggood reached on a two out double by Matthews.
Cooper scored the final run of the game as an infield error allowed her to scpore from second.
Ferguson started the game by going four innings allowing six hits in four innings before turning the game over to Holmes who retired six of seven batters including four strikeouts. 
A third game for EC was scheduled as Stratford Academy was scheduled to play but after 45 minutes it was determined to call the game after conditions were reported to be getting worse.