Myrtle Beach, S.C. — On their annual spring break trip to the Cal Ripken experience the Lawrence Co. Softball team went 3-0 to stay unbeaten for the year.
Softball Dawgs soaking in the sun during Spring Break.
Abby Nelson, Hallie Adkins, Aleaha Gillispie, Leah Branham, Brooklyn Ellis, Braylee Triplett, Baleigh Blackburn, Abby Maynard, Gracie Preece, Bree Jones, Taylor Blevins, Ella Smith, Jada Partin, Addalyn Woods Zoe Bartley, Jaylee Maxie, Millie Sammons, Lexi Crum, Addison Bowen, Dani Crum
Lawrence Co. 5 Victor ( NY ) 3
After getting rained out on Wednesday the Dawgs finished out the trip and moved to 12-0 on the year with a hard fought victory Thursday morning.
Taylor Blevins pitched a complete game, striking out six, walked two and gave up five hits to get the win.
Offensively for the Bulldogs Dani Crum had two hits and scored twice, Abby Nelson had two hits and scored a run, Addalyn Woods doubled, drove in one and scored once, Bree Jones singled and scored a run, Brooklyn Ellis, Abby Maynard and Jada Patton had one RBI each and Gracie Preece singled.
Lawrence Co. 15 Chesterfield ( SC ) 4
In the second game of the trip on Tuesday morning the Dawgs scored five runs in the third inning and five runs in the seventh inning to beat the Rams.
In the circle Brooklyn Ellis went five innings, gave up seven hits, four runs, walked one and struck out nine to get the win. She also singled offensively. Taylor Blevins went the final two innings to close out the game, striking out two and allowed two hits. She also tripled and had one RBI offensively.
Jada Patton had four hits including a home run drove in two and scored three times, Abby Nelson had three hits including a triple, drove in two and scored three times. Dani Crum homered, had five runs batted in and scored twice, Hallie Adkins had two hits including a double, drove in one and scored twice, Bree Jones and two hits and scored two runs, Gracie Preece tripled, scored a run and drove in one, Addalyn Woods singled and scored a run and Ella Smith scored a run.
Lawrence Co. 8 Hilliard ( OH ) 2
In the first game of the trip on Monday night the Dawgs were victorious behind Taylor Blevins who struck out nine, walked two, gave up three hits and zero earned runs.
Jada Patton had three hits, two runs batted in and scored once, Bree Jones had three hits and scored a run, Gracie Preece had two hits and scored two runs, Hallie Adkins had two hits, Addalyn Woods homered and drove in two runs, Brooklyn Ellis homered and drove in four runs, Dani Crum singled and scored a run, Abby Nelson and Abby Maynard both singled and Ella Smith scored a run.
8th Graders Jada Patton and Addalyn Woods both had good weeks at the Beach.
The Bulldogs ( 12-0 ) will return to action on Monday with a home game against Wayne ( W.Va. ) before facing Magoffin Co. ( 0-4 ) in the Class 2A section tournament at Pike Co. Central on Tuesday night.
Lawrence Co. Head Coach Justin Adkins
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Two good team wins early in the week for Varsity and JV in Myrtle Beach. Bats have been hot, and pitchers have thrown it well. It’s good to see the JV team get more game time in, and they have scored a bunch of runs early.”
“…We are playing our brand of ball using contact and speed. The players enjoyed a college recruiting workout after our game on Tuesday and they are all having a blast at the beach. Varsity team got rained out on Wednesday and finished the trip on Thursday and faced the best pitcher we’ve seen so far this year from Victor, NY, and it was good for us to battle for a 5-3 win to finish the trip and stay unbeaten on the year.”
“… Good week of ball overall. Rained out on Wednesday, so we didn’t get a full schedule in at the beach, but we took care of business and I was happy to hear from strangers all week how polite our team is as a whole. I am very proud of the varsity group and their behavior away from home. Big week ahead as we head into the 2A and then the Boyd Showcase next Saturday. We were able to have a beachfront Easter service on Sunday with the whole team, and a lot of team bonding happened all week.”
“… Thanks to everyone back home for the support!”
