Prep Softball: Lady Cougars cruise to second straight win
From Staff Reports
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The Newnan High softball team has already begun to put some distance between itself and last week’s tough loss to rival East Coweta.
The Lady Cougars capped off back-to-back victories in consecutive days on Tuesday, dominating Westlake 14-2 in four innings behind the pitching of Emily Allen while wearing throwback jerseys and old-fashioned shorts on an evening where the program held its annual alumni slow-pitch game.
Monday’s trip to LaGrange provided a chance for Newnan (6-7, 2-1 Region 3-AAAAAA) to get back on track following consecutive losses last week by a combined three runs. On Monday, the team jumped out to a five-run lead and were able to finish off the Lady Grangers in a 6-3 victory behind solid pitching from sophomore Toni Loveless.
Loveless had four innings where she threw five or less pitches and Abbie Garner’s RBI double helped give Newnan a lead for good after falling behind 1-0 early.
The Lady Cougars scored six unanswered runs with Shania Colton and Sydney Garmany also plating runs in the victory.
Newnan returns to Region 3-AAAAAA play on Thursday, hosting Tri-Cities on Senior Night before playing three games over two days in this weekend’s Trojan Slam in Carrollton.
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Northgate 15, Mt. Zion-Jonesboro 0 (3 innings)
Lady Vikings senior pitcher Carleigh Myatt pitched a perfect-game in the Region 4-AAAAA victory, retiring all nine batters she faced, six of which by strikeouts.
Northgate (12-2, 5-0), which travels to play East Coweta tonight at 6 p.m., finished with eight hits, two of which came from Jenna Pealor on a night where 17 Lady Vikings saw action. Pealor tripled and scored in the victory.
Brittany Futral went 1-for-2 with a triple and three RBIs. McKenzie Peace, Stephanie Brown and Hannah Edge each drove in a pair of runs. Kasey Kent went 1-for-1 with an RBI and two runs scored.
Heading into today’s third meeting between East Coweta and Northgate, both lineups have traded victories with the Lady Indians winning 4-1 on Aug. 15 at ECHS and the Lady Vikings winning 2-0 at home.
