15 hit barrage leads ECJV to victory in season finale

Photos by Paula Stubbs

Hailee Vance takes a throw from third baseman Addy Howell
 in the top of the second inning to record a putout.

SHARPSBURG-The junior varsity season ended in style for the East Coweta Lady Indians Thursday as they defeated the Pike County Lady Pirates 12-5.

The Lady Indians finished the season with a record of 19-1-1.

The Lady Indians took the lead in the bottom of the first inning as Payton Wilson and Hayden Chaffin led off with back-to-back singles with both coming home on a double by Sophia Vaccariello.
Callie Flury followed with a single and both eventually came home on singles by Addy Howell and Izzy Kelleher with Howell coming home on a throwing error.
The Lady Indians added a run in the bottom of the second inning as Wilson reached on a one out single, sole second and eventually scored on a single by Vaccariello.
In the bottom of the third inning, EC took a 7-0 lead when  Howell reached on a single and eventually scored on a groundout by Kelleher.

Izzy Kelleher gets ready to make contact
in Thursday's game. Kelleher was 2-for-3
the plate with four RBIs.

Howell was 2-for-4 in the game with an RBI and two runs scored.
The Lady Pirates got on the scoreboard in the top of the fourth inning with a single run and cut the margin to 7-3 after scoring twice in the top of the fifth inning.
The Lady Indians answered with three runs in the bottom of the frame as Vaccariello led off with a single and after two outs, Maddie Lindon, Keyleigh Gardner and Kelleher followed with singles and the lead was 10-3.

Vaccariello and Wilson each had three hits with both scoring twice with Vaccariello accounting for three RBIs while Kelleher was 2-for-3 at the plate with four RBIs in the game.

Pike County scored a pair of runs in the top of the sixth inning to cut the margin to 10-5, but EC responded in the bottom of the frame with a pair of their own.
Sydney Stubbs and Wilson opened the frame by reaching on singles and after two outs, the duo came home on an infield error.
Lady Indians pitcher McKenna Holmes retired the side in order to end the game.
While she didn't have any strikeouts, Holmes did provide solid defense in the circle as she recorded a pair of putouts and had five assists.