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Lady Wolverines Fall To East Laurens In Sweet Sixteen Round

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By EDDY GIFFORD
Sports Writer

Photo by Eddy Gifford – Lexi Lawson pitched three strong games against East Laurens last week as the Lady Wolverines fell to the host 3-1, 0-1, 6-5 to end their season in the Sweet Sixteen. Lawson pitched 22.2 innings in the three-game series, striking out 27, and throwing 310 pitches. Congratulations on a great series and a great season!

The Dade County High School Lady Wolverine softball team traveled to Dublin last week for the Sweet Sixteen round of the state softball playoffs and a best of three game series with the East Laurens Lady Falcons.

It turned out to be an outstanding series with pitching dominating the three games. The starting pitchers in game one threw every pitch of the three-game series plus some as one of the games went nine innings.

In the first game, the Lady Wolverines’ Lexie Lawson and the Lady Falcons’ DeAndrea Lowther locked up in a pitcher’s duel that dominated the entire game.

Dade County scored the first run of the game in the top of the sixth inning when, with one out, Adilynn Gross hit a triple and Isabell White followed with a double to give them the lead, 1-0.

In the bottom of the sixth, East Laurens picked up a pair of hits. With two outs, a walk loaded the bases, and two hits later, the Lady Falcons had a 3-1 lead.

The Lady Wolverines went down in order in the top of the seventh, and the Lady Falcons claimed the game one win.

Lawson pitched six strong innings, allowing just three hits, three runs, striking out 15 Lady Falcons, and throwing 100 pitches, 67 of which were strikes.

Lowther pitched seven strong innings, giving up four hits, one run, walking two, striking out eight, and throwing 92 pitches, 52 of which were strikes.

Gross had a triple and scored the Lady Wolverines’ lone run while White had a single and RBI.

2B: White
3B: Gross
TB: Gross 3, White 2, Page 1, Byram 1
SB: Byram
CS: White
E: Byram
Pitches-Strikes: Lawson 100-67
Batters Faced: Lawson 24

Game two of the Lawson-Lowther duals looked a lot like the first game as a lot of zeros went up on the scoreboard.

The first seven innings were all zeros as the two teams struggled against the outstanding pitching by both pitchers. The game went into extra innings.

After a scoreless eighth inning, the Lady Wolverines’ Madi Page singled to start the bottom of the ninth inning. With two outs and Page still at first, Gross hit a line drive double to right field scoring the speedy Page from first and giving the Lady Wolverines a big 1-0 nine-inning win to even the series at 1-1 and forcing game three on Friday.

Lawson had another outstanding game, pitching all nine innings giving up just three hits, walking one, and striking out seven. For the double header, she threw 202 pitches and recorded 22 strikeouts while allowing just seven hits and three runs.
Her counterpart, Lowther, was equally impressive, throwing 227 pitches, giving up six hits, two runs, and striking out 12.
Gross had a double and scored the game’s only runs while Page had a single and the games only RBI.
2BH: Gross, Talley
3B: Talley
TB: Gross 2, Talley 2, Page 1
E: Page, Byram, Daniel
E: PC. Chambers 3, White, Wilson
Pitches-Strikes: Lawson 102-66
Batters Faced: Lawson 32
Dade County hit the diamond on Friday for their third game of the series, and it was another exciting game as these two teams battled till the final inning to determine who would advance to the Elite Eight in Columbus.
The Lady Wolverines got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the top of the first inning with the big hit being a double by Lilah Wilson driving in two of the runs.
Lawson was strong from the circle again as she dominated early but then gave up a pair of runs in the bottom of the third inning, but the Lady Wolverines still led 3-2.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Lady Falcons took the lead when they scored three runs to go up 5-3.
It remained that way until the top of the seventh when Miley Chambers walked to start the inning and Camy Chambers hit a home run to tie the game 5-5.
In the bottom of the seventh with two outs, Lowther singled to score a runner for third, and the Lady Falcons claimed the win 6-5 and the series two games to one ending, the Lady Wolverines season.
It was another impressive performance by Lawson who pitched six and two-thirds innings giving up eight hits, six runs, five earned, walking three and striking out five while throwing 108 pitches.
For the three-game series, Lawson threw 310 pitches while DeAndrea Lowther threw 338 pitches as the two threw every pitch of the three-game series.
Chambers led the Lady Wolverines at the plate in game three with two hits, one home run, and two RBI’s.
2B: WC. Chambers, Wilson
HR: C. Chambers
TB: C. Chambers 6, Wilson 2, White 1, Lawson 1, Talley 1
SB: C. Chambers
E: Byram
Pitches-Strikes: Lawson 108-67
Batters Faced: Lawson 31
It was a disappointing end to a great season for the Lady Wolverines who finished the season 25-10 and just missing a return trip to Columbus and the Elite Eight.
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