Season Ends for Lady Wolverines Softball
By EDDY GIFFORD
Sports Writer
The Dade County High School Lady Wolverines softball team advanced to the State Tournament again this season by finishing second in Region 7A and faced a new format as they went to a Super Regional format this year instead of the top seeded team hosting.
Four teams made up the Super Regional with the winner advancing to the finals in Columbus.
Dade traveled to Mt. Vernon High School in Atlanta for their Super Regional along with the host, Rabun County, and Jasper County.
The Lady Wolverines opened play against Rabun County and defeated them in three innings by the final score of 15-0.
The Lady Wolverines then had to wait before facing Mt. Vernon in the winners bracket final. The game was a battle all the way, but Dade came up short in the end falling 5-3 in a good hard-fought game.
Those first games were played on Tuesday and on Wednesday the Lady Wolverines faced off against Rabun County again. This would be a different game as Rabun came ready to play and did not go down without a fight.
In the end Dade took the win by the final score of 8-6 to advance to the finals against Mt. Vernon.
The determined Lady Wolverines battled all the way and took the rematch over the host by the final score of 6-3 to force another game to determine the Super Regional champions.
In the final game the Lady Wolverines fought hard but fell late by the final score of 9-2 ending their season.
It was a good year for the Lady Wolverines as they finished second in Region 7A and again advanced to the state tournament. Congratulations on a great season!
Here are the highlights of the Super Regional games.
Game 1: Ali Thompson led the offense with three hits, three runs, and three RBI’s, while Kendyl Phillips had two hits, three RBI’s, and Raegan Page had two hits, two RBI’s, and scored three runs.
Kayleigh Warnock picked up the win pitching three innings, giving up two hits and striking out three.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Rabun 0 0 0 x x x x 00 01 00
Dade 1 13 1 x x x x 15 12 01
Tuesday’s second game against Mt. Vernon, Kaitlyn Stinnett led the way with three hits, Warnock had one hit and two RBI’s to lead the offense.
Warnock took the loss pitching six innings giving up five runs on six hits and striking out six.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Dade 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 03 07 01
Mt. Ver. 0 1 0 2 0 2 x 05 06 01
Dade’s first game on Wednesday was against Rabun County and it was a lot different than their first game against them on Tuesday.
Thompson led the way with two hits while Page had a hit and three RBI’s.
Maddie Cuzzort picked up the win pitching four innings giving up five runs on seven hits and striking out two. Lei Lawson pitched three innings of shutout ball striking out three and not giving up a hit.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Rabun 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 05 07 03
Dade 3 0 3 0 2 0 x 08 06 02
In their second game against Mt. Vernon the Lady Wolverines were led by Thompson with two hits and two runs scored, Stinnett with two hits, one RBI, and one runs scored, while Falyn Baggett had two hits and two RBI’s.
Warnock picked up the win giving up three runs of four this and striking out four.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Dade 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 06 09 00
Mt. Ver 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 03 04 01
In the Super Regional finals, Dade again faced Mt. Vernon.
Alyssa Wilson led the Lady Wolverines with two hits and one run scored, Raegan Page had two hits and one RBI.
Warnock took the loss pitching 3.2 innings giving up six runs (only two earned), four hits and one strikeout.
The Lady Wolverine defense committed seven errors in the game.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Mt. Ver 1 0 2 3 2 1 0 09 08 03
Dade 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 02 08 07