Wheeler hitting, Waddell pitching leads ECJV to victory

 

Bella Waddell pitched three innings
Tuesday night recording four strikeouts.
Photo by Stuart Crosby

FRANKLIN-Abby Wheeler went 4-for-4 with five RBIs Tuesday to lead the East Coweta Lady Indians junior varsity to a 13- 0 win over the Heard County Lady Braves.

The Lady Indians took the lead in the top of the first inning as winning pitcher Bella Waddell was hit by a pitch and came home on a double by Wheeler.

Bases loaded walks to Kaelyn Bowen and Kinli Blair gave the Lady Indians a 3-0 but the were not done scoring in the opening inning as Catherine Maxwell followed with a two-run single and Wheeler added a two-run double in her second at bat of the frame.

Meanwhile, Waddell gave the Lady Indians a solid outing in the circle as four strikeouts in her three-inning stint while allowing only two hits.

The Lady Indians added to their lead in the top of the third inning as Maxwell reached on a leadoff walk and eventually scored on a force play.

Ella Kate Deloach started a four-run fourth when she was hit by a pitch and after reaching third on a double by Bowen was able to score on a single by Blair.

Bowen, who moved to third on the play, came home when Hope Stubbs grounded out and after Callie Mucha reached on a walk and Waddell was hit by a pitch, Wheeler capped off her afternoon with a two-run single.  

Stubbs took over in the circle for Waddell and allowed a walk before retiring the next three batters to end the game

The junior varsity season will end Thursday at Northgate in a game with the Lady Vikings.

Read about the varsity win here.

Gopie, Kelleher help key Lady Indians domination of Lady Braves

McKenna Holmes gave the East Coweta Lady
Indians three solid innings in Tuesday's win.
Photo by Stuart Crosby

FRANKLIN-Gabi Gopie and Izzy Kelleher combined for five hits, three runs and five RBIs Tuesday night to help lead the East Coweta Lady Indians to a 16-3 win over the Heard County Lady Braves in a non-region contest.
The Lady Indians improve to 20-3 on the season with a game at Northgate on Thursday while the Lady Braves fell to 11-9.

The EC scoring barrage began as Payton Wilson singled on the first pitch of the game and after Payton Roberson reached pn a walk, Jada Savage lined a single to center field for the first run.

After one out, Gopie reached on a walk and Kelleher followed with a single to score Roberson.

Avery Batten reached on a bases loaded walk that scored Savage and a single by Addy Howell gave the Lady Indians a 4-0 lead.

A walk to Kate Miller scored Kelleher while Wilson had a two-run double in her second at bat of the frame and the lead was 7-0.

The inning continued as Roberson had an RBI single and Joiner had a two-run double before Gopie ended the barrage with a two-run home run over the wall in left center field.

The Lady Braves got onto the scoreboard in the bottom of the inning with a two-run home run but they did not get any closer.

In the top of the third inning, the Lady Indians got one of the runs back as Callie Flury scored from third base when Kelleher hit a sacrifice fly to center field.

The final runs came in the top of the fourth inning courtesy of an infield error and a double by Gopie.

After three innings in which she allowed two only two hits, winning pitcher McKenna Holmes was replaced by Camryn Horton who allowed an unearned run to finish the game that ended on the mercy rule.

Besides the strong batting efforts of Gopie and Kelleher, Wilson contributed two hits while scoring twice an delivering two rbis while Roberson was 2-for-3 with two runs scored.

The JV win is here.

East Coweta JV holds off late rally by Northgate JV

 

SHARPSBURG-Kendall Austin, Keyleigh Gardner and Kinli Blair had RBIs to help lead the East Coweta Lady Indians to a 5-3 win over the Northgate Lady Vikings in a junior varsity contest played Monday.
After a scoreless first inning, the Lady Indians took the lead in the bottom of the second inning as winning pitcher Zoey Brown reached on an infield error to open the frame,

After courtesy runner Kaylee King stole second base, a groundout moved her to third and eventually came home after a wild pitch.

The Lady Indians added to the lead in the bottom of the third inning as Abby Wheeler reached on a two out walk, stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch before coming home on a single by Austin.

In the bottom of third inning, EC added three runs as Kaelyn Bowen reached on an infield error, Callie Flury followed with a single.

Both runners would advance on stolen bases and score when Blair lined a double to left field.

Blair also accounted for the final run of the game for the Lady Indians when she scored on a single by Gardner.

The Lady Vikings rallied in the top of the fifth inning as Evelyn Lane reached on a one out single and eventually scored on a wild pitch.

Consecutive singles by Laney Oswalt and Skyler Blackstock led to The Lady Vikings closing the margin as Sadie Lowe scored them on a line drive double.

However, the Lady Vikings rally came to an end after a groundout.

Read about the varsity win:

https://stuartonsports.blogspot.com/2025/09/savage-roberson-lead-east-coweta-to-win.html

 

Savage, Roberson lead East Coweta to win over Northgate

 

Payton Roberson shows off the ball she hit over the
center field fence Monday for a two-run home run.
Photo submitted 

SHARPSBURG-Payton Roberson helped key a five-run third inning with a home run while Jada Savage tossed a no-hitter as the East Coweta Lady Indians defeated the Northgate Lady Vikings 8-0 in a five-inning game played Monday night.

The Lady Indians improved to 19-3 on the season as they face Heard County in Franklin Tuesday evening while the Lady Vikings fell to 18-6 with a Region 3-5A contest at Lovejoy tonight.

Roberson accounted for the first run of the evening for EC as she reached on a one out single and after Savage reached on a walk, Addie Joiner followed with an RBI single.

The Lady Indians took a 2-0 lead in the frame as Keyleigh Gardner, who was running for Savage, was able to score on a sacrifice fly by Gabi Gopie.

In the bottom of the third inning, Payton Wilson opened by reaching on a single to set the stage for Roberson who drilled a 3-2 offering over the center field fence for a home run and a 4-0 lead that prompted a pitching change by the Lady Vikings.

After the pitching change, Savage and Joiner reached on consecutive singles and Gopie reached on a walk that loaded the bases.

A groundout by Izzy Kelleher allowed Gardner to score and give the Lady Indians a 5-0 lead and a sacrifice fly to left field by Avery Batten followed.

The final run of the inning came when Addy Howell delivered a single to right that scored Gopie.

The 7-0 lead was more than enough for Savage who had another solid effort as she retired the first 14 batters of the game before Savannah Chitnis reached on an infield error and Peyton Deraney reached on a walk.

Chitnis and Deraney were the only baserunners as a fielder's choice ended the frame.

Savage recorded seven strikeouts in the game.

The game ending run came in the bottom of the fifth inning as Joiner reached on an infield error and eventually courtesy runner Kaelyn Bowen scored on a one out single by Batten.

Roberson and Joiner each recorded two hits while Roberson, Gardner and Bowen each scored twice in the contest.   

Read about the JV win.

https://stuartonsports.blogspot.com/2025/09/east-coweta-jv-holds-off-late-rally-by.html 

Purple and Gold ECJV play to 8-8 tie

 SHARPSBURG-Three runs in the top of the sixth inning resulted in an 8-8 tie between the Purple and Gold squads of the East Coweta Lady Indians junior varsity softball program
Tuesday night.

The Purple squad had an 8-5 lead in the top of the sixth inning the Gold squad began to rally as starting pitcher Zoey Brown led off with a bloop single to right field.

Catherine Maxwell followed with a single and Kinli Blair reached on a walk that loaded the bases for Keyleigh Gardner.

Gardner responded with a two-run single and Bella Waddell followed with a single that scored Blair with the tying run.

The Purple squad was retired in order in the bottom of the frame as the game ended as the 90 minute time limit expired.

The game started in favor of the Gold as Waddell and Abby Wheeler opened the game by reaching on consecutive walks with both scoring on a one out single by Kendall Austin and after Kaelyn Bowen walked, Brown had a two-out run single.

The Purple scored a run in the bottom of the first when Kaylee King walked and eventually scored on a two out double by Reese McFadden.

A walk to Blair to open the top of the second inning allowed the Gold to reclaim the run and she scored on a bases loaded walk to Wheeler.

After being shutdown for the first three innings, the Purple squad rallied in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game at 5-5.

Ariana Huber led off with a triple and eventually scored when Liberty McCaskill grounded out to first.

McFadden followed with a single and after the second out of the frame was recorded, Aubrey Hodges walked and Callie Mucha followed with a run scoring single.

Presley Burge delivered the runs that tied the game when she lined a single to right center field.

The Purple took the lead with some two out magic as Huber singled and scored on a single by McCaskill and an outfield error.

McFadden reached on a walk and Neely Easom followed with a two run single.

At the plate, Brown was 2-for-3 with two RBIs while Wheeler reached base three times with an RBI and a run scored.

McFadden helped lead the Purple with a 2-for-3 effort with an RBI and two runs scored while Huber was also 2-for-3 with a pair of runs scored.

NOTES:  The junior varsity and varsity games at Harris County that were scheduled for Wednesday were cancelled as the Lady Tigers rescheduled a region game with Starr's Mill due to Thursday weather.

The next game involving the Lady Indians programming is schedule for Thursday (weather permitting at home against Central Carrollton.

Junior Varsity (Gold) is scheduled for 4:30 while the varsity is scheduled for 6:00.

Three-run third inning sparks Gold win

 SHARPSBURG-Purple and Gold met again Monday evening in a battle between the two junior varsity versions of the East Coweta Lady Indians.

At the end of the 90-minute contest, the Gold came away with a 6-3 victory as Bella Waddell and Katelyn Bowen each scored twice.

The Gold scored the first run of the game with one out in the top of the second inning as Bowen reached on a bloop single to right field.

Bowen advanced to third on a single by Zoey Brown before coming home when Catherine Maxwell grounded out to shortstop.

The Purple people responded by scoring all of their runs in the bottom of the second inning.

Reese McFadden reached on a one out single and Callie Mucha followed with a double with the former coming home on a single by Ariana Huber.

An infield error allowed Mucha to come home and the final run of the frame scored as Huber stole home.

However, the Gold team responded in the top of the third inning with three runs to regain the lead.

Abby Wheeler led off by reaching on a walk and Keyleigh Gardner followed with a bunt single.

Waddell lined a double to right center field and both runners came home to tie the game at 3-3.

After the inning's first out, Waddell would come home with the go ahead run Kylee Rozier lined a single to left field.

Bowen gave the Gold a 5-3 lead in the top of fourth inning as she reached on a leadoff walk, moved to second on a groundout and advanced to third on a wild pitch and scoring on an infield error.

Waddell scored the final run of the game in the top of the fifth inning by reaching first after being hit by a pitch and eventually coming home on a sacrifice fly to right field by McFadden.

Brown pitched four innings to record the win for the Gold squad allowing three hits and recording three strikeouts before Waddell took over in the fifth inning allowing a pair of two out singles.

The Purple will travel to LaGrange to face Troup County on Wednesday on a doubleheader while the Gold will host Harris County on Thursday.

The Varsity will travel to Douglasville for a Region 2-6A game on Tuesday against Chapel Hill as the first of three games during the week.

Brown, Deloach shine at the plate as Gold defeats Purple in ECJV battle

 

Zoey Brown displays the ball

she hit over the center field fence

for a two-run home run Thursday night. 

                 Photo by Krisha Green.

 

SHARPSBURG-Zoey Brown and Ella Kate Deloach combined for four hits, seven RBIs and three runs to lead the East Coweta junior varsity Gold squad to a 9-1 win Thursday over the Purple team in a matchup of the programs two clubs.
The game was called after five innings.
The Gold squad took the initial lead of the game in the bottom of the first inning when starting pitcher Bella Waddell reached on a walk, stole second and moved to third on a wild pitch before scoring on a single by Deloach.
The Purple team tied the game in the top of the second inning when Presley Burge drilled a 2-2 offering over the center field fence for a solo home run.
The Gold regained the lead with two outs in the bottom of the frame when Abby Wheeler was hit by a pitch and Keyleigh Gardner walked before Brown had a two-run single to right field.
Waddell followed by reaching on a walk and both runners scored on a double to left field by Deloach.
Ater a scoreless third inning, the Gold added to the lead with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning when Gardner reached on a single and Brown followed by drilling a pitch over the right center field fence with a two-run home run that resulted in a 7-1 lead.
The Gold squad ended the game in the bottom of the fifth inning when Deloach walked and Kylee Rozier followed with a single when Kendall Austin lined a single to left field thone hit , one at scored both runners.
Waddell was the benefactor of the run support as she allowed one hit and two walks while recording six strikeouts.