Lady Indians defeat Lady Trojans for another region title

East Coweta's Jada Savage and Gabi Gopie
pose after the Lady Indians defeated the 
Carrollton Lady Trojans 2-0 in the Region
2-6A Tournament final.
Photo by Stuart Crosby

SHARPSBURG-The East Coweta Lady Indians took a page from a song by Britney Spears called "I Did It Again" as Wednesday night as they defeated the Carrollton Lady Trojans 2-0 in the final game of the Region 2-6A Tournament.

The tournament win marked the 16th consecutive year the Lady Indians have won the championship and the 20th in program history.

The win also improved the Lady Indians record to 24-3 as they prepare to defend their state championship as EC will host West Forsyth in the first round of the 6A state playoff Monday.

First pitch on Monday will be 4:00 with a second game to follow and a possible "if necessary" game on Tuesday at 5:30. 

West Forsyth is the fourth seed from Region 6.

After Savage retired the side in order in the top of the first, the Lady Indians scored the first run of the evening as Peyton Roberson reached on a one out triple to right field and scored on a groundout by Savage.

The single run was enough for Savage as she held the Lady Trojans hitless through the first five innings allowing three walks.

She also benefitted from defensive gems in the field from a number of people including the infield of Roberson, Payton Wilson, Gabi Gopie and Izzy Kelleher who combined for five assists and 13 putouts.

The Lady Trojans finally secured a hit when Carly Jane Jordan reached on a single to left.

Jordan advanced to third but was left stranded as line drive were caught by Wilson and Gopie.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, the Lady Indians scored a necessary insurance run when Savage reached on an error and eventually scored when Gopie lined a single to right center field.

The Lady Trojans were held scoreless in the top of the seventh inning with the seventh strikeout by Savage ended the contest.

NOTES: 66 runs were scored in the six games played during the tournament.

Roberson was 5-for-8 with four runs scored and an RBI for the Lady Indians while Wilson reached base on seven occasions.

Savage recorded her 800th career strikeout Tuesday evening and now has 812 after Wednesday's game.