Last week was a big week for softball. Many local teams

faced off against each other in regional action in games that may

determine seedings in the state tournament. The Sandy Creek Lady

Patriots played Starr's Mill last Tuesday in what is becoming a

super, regional rivalry. Earlier this season Sandy Creek beat the

Lady Panthers 7-4. They got a taste of their own medicine, as they

were handed their first regional loss in over a year, losing 7-4 to

Starr's Mill.

The Lady Patriots made seven errors in the game and Coach

Lisa Pearce gave credit to Starr's Mill for playing a perfect game."

We did not execute," Pearce said. "We choked." Jessica DeMooney

had two hits for the Lady Patriots and Carrie Roundtree had a hit

and made nine assists. It was a very offensive game, in that nearly

all players on both teams had hits. The difference is that Starr's

Mill is used to teams hitting off their pitcher and then making the

outs on defense, while Sandy Creek's pitcher Heather Kershaw can

almost control a game at will.

The loss for the Lady Patriots was motivation to play

what Coach Pearce considered the best game they ever played, as

they defeated Woodward Academy 4-3 last Thursday. Senior

pitcher Heather Kershaw gave up 3 hits and struck out four, as

catcher Lyndsay Faircloth got two RBI and made a tremendous pick

off play to first base. Jessica Demooney had an inside the

park homerun and Chrissy Lundsford made key outs for Sandy Creek

The McIntosh Lady Chiefs improved their record to 18-3

overall in 5-0 in the region winning all three games last week. They

defeated Fayette County 3-2 on Tuesday in extra innings.

The game was scoreless until the third inning when Abby Stone

doubled and scored both Candace Moore and Britte Hardy. Fayette

County tied the game in the bottom of the third and the score remained

tied until the eighth inning. In the top of the eighth, Jennifer

Ward doubled and advanced to third on a bunt by Ashley Tucker.

Abby king singled and drove in Ward who turned out to be the

winning run. Brooke King pitched the whole game and gave up six

hits and earned six strikeouts.

The Lady Chiefs then defeated Starr's Mill 15-5 on

Wednesday. The Lady Chiefs had 14 hits against the Lady

Panthers. Candace Moore and Britte Hardy each had three hits including

a double and 2 RBI in the victory as the defense for Starr's

Mill crumbled during a 10 run second inning. Jennifer Ward had 2

hits and 3 RBI while Sabrina McCord and Ashley Tucker had 2 RBI's

a piece.

On Thursday, the Lady Chiefs got five runs on four hits

and shutout the Newnan Lady Cougars 5-0. Abby King had two

hits and an RBI and Brooke King had a hit and an RBI as well.

McIntosh was scheduled to play Sandy Creek on Monday but the

game was postponed due to weather and will not be rescheduled.

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