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.