Pleasant Home's title hopes end
The Pleasant Home Lady Eagles saw their hopes of returning to the 1A
State Title game coming to an end against Spring Garden. The
Eagles fell behind 4-0 and could never mount a comeback going into
the top of the 7th. All that ended as the Eagles battled to
send it to the bottom of the inning scoring two and trailed 4-3 with
one out. .The comeback would fall short as Pleasant Home ended
their season.
Ragland tops Eagles
| Pleasant Home |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
11 |
| Ragland |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
In a game continued from Thursday's rain delay, Madison Oliver,
Kendall Poe, Emily Church and Reagan Campbell all had two hits each
for Ragland (29-9), while Oliver' had a solo homer. Kayla Woods
Kaitlin Brookshire and Gina Davis were all 2-for-3 for Pleasant Home
(27-11).
Ragland will face #1 Millry at 1:00 PM, while #2 Pleasant Home will
take on Spring Garden at 4:00 PM in the losers' bracket.
GIANT KILLERS -
Eagles Roll Over Trojans
Coach Jimmy Reeves may be on to something. Many outside
Pleasant Home questioned why the head football
coach
stepped down last season from football to concentrate on softball,
but now the reasons seem plain as day.
Last year, Pleasant Home shocked the 1A softball world pushing
powerful Kinston to the limit and falling in the 1A State
Championship game to the Bulldogs.
This year Pleasant Home has rolled through their schedule building a
19-5 record and a #2 state ranking and last night took down 6A
Charles Henderson 7-1.
Hannah Cotton took the mound for the Eagles and settled in on the
Trojans. Both teams battled for the first few innings until
the third when Erin Byrd hit an RBI triple and scored on a wild
pitch - giving Pleasant Home a three - one advantage.
The Eagles cruised on to victory and face 2A Flomaton on Thursday
Lady Eagles swept tournament
Pleasant Home JV softball went to Samson Monday the 18th and swept a
round robin tournament with Slocomb, Straughn, Samson and Pleasant
Home. The Lady Junior squad faced Slocomb first and came away
with their first and closes game winning 3-2 over the Red Tops.
The Lady Tigers of Straughn were next for the Eagles who won 3-1
following a 9-0 romp over the host Samson Lady Tigers.
Comprised with only 7th & 8th graders the JV roster is as folows:
8th gr. Mary Schwartz, Kendra Bryan & Erica Bullard
7th gr. Jordan McGhee, Ashley Copeland, Reagan Pelham, Cailee
Jernigan, Abigail Kelley, Allison Bass, Emily Byrd, Courtney
Slaughter, Raven Woods, Taylor Godwin
