The McIntosh varsity softball team hosted Westlake on Tuesday evening and won 18-0 in three innings.

Freshman pitcher Linsey Hearn picked up the win. She pitched a no-hitter and struck out three of the 11 batters she faced. It was her third win of the season and it came on her 15th birthday. Hearn also drove in a run and stole a base.
The Lady Chiefs were led by Alyssa Stevens with three RBIs, and two RBIs apiece from Holly Houghton, Jessica Conaway and Erin Justice. Amber Shaw hit an inside-the-park home run in the win.

McIntosh hosted Whitewater yesterday after the paper went to press.

In other softball news, McIntosh senior pitcher Morgan Kidd has accepted a full scholarship to play softball for Boston College.

She will officially sign her scholarship Nov. 1.
East Coweta’s Lady Indians knocked off the Northgate Lady Vikings 4-1 on Wednesday evening. Christina Ezell got the win for East Coweta, striking out seven batters in seven innings. Meghan Downes and KC Mack each had a RBI in the win for Lady Indians, while Northgate’s Nikki Rainey drove in the lone run for Northgate.
Northgate will host Whitewater on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., while East Coweta will host McIntosh at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

The Fayette County Lady Tigers traveled to Tyrone to play the Sandy Creek Lady Patriots on Wednesday, and they were aiming to pick up only their second win of the year. At the completion of the top of the third inning, Fayette, with a 3-0 lead, appeared to be on its way.

But Creek tied the game in the bottom half of the inning with three runs and went on to score a run each in the fifth and sixth innings to beat Fayette 5-3 for their 10th win of the season.

Chasity Welch drew a walk to score Fayette’s first run, and Shanna Kirkpatrick followed with an RBI single that landed just inside the right field line and put Fayette ahead 2-0.

One out later, Welch scored on a passed ball.
Creek pitcher Hannah Braswell finally worked her way of the jam and ended the inning by inducing India Morgan to fly out to right field.

The Lady Patriots came back in the bottom half of the inning, scoring a run on Dani Frazier’s single to right field and two runs on Candace Dunn’s triple off the base of the left-field fence to tie the game at 3.

Hailey Williams put Creek in front for good in the fifth by leading off with a triple to right field and scoring on a wild pitch.
In the sixth, Creek’s Andrea Dalton led off with a triple to right field and came home two batters later on Megan Kallatsa’s squeeze bunt to complete the scoring.

The Whitewater Lady Wildcats started the week off with a bang Tuesday, pounding the Banneker Lady Trojans 13-0 in five innings.

Whitewater scored five runs each in the first and second innings and three in the third to bring the mercy rule into effect and put away the overmatched Lady Trojans.

Whitewater’s Jamie Saunders stood out at the plate, going 3-for-3 with five RBI and a three-run home run, the third ever hit out at Wildcat Park in Fayetteville and the second she hit in her home park.

Saunders also was effective with her arm, striking out six and allowing no walks and one hit in three innings in a rare start.
Freshman Alysa Glaze was exceptional in relief of Saunders in the pitcher’s circle; Glaze struck out all six batters she faced in the final two innings.

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