The opening

round of the area 4-AAAAA softball tournament went off without a hitch

and the top three seeded teams, Fayette County, Starr's Mill and McIntosh,

won with few problems.

Fayette County

defeated Carver, Columbus 15-0. Stephanie Phillips pitched a perfect game

and struck out five batters. Some of the offense for the Lady Tigers came

from Alison Horne, Megan Nichols, and Paige and Stephanie Phillips, each

of whom had an RBI in the win.

Starr's Mill

got a perfect game from their pitcher as well. Rebecca Guertin struck

out 12 batters as Starr's Mill marched to a 10-0 win over Riverdale. Lynsey

Tedford produced almost half of the offense with four RBIs.

McIntosh got

an 8-1 win over Lovejoy and pitcher Lily Yarbrough got the win, givin

up two hits and striking out five batters. Renae Clarke hit a two run

homerun and drove in another run later.

The tournament

was postoned on Tuesday due to bad weather but continued on Wednesday.

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