LC Middle School Softball Opener

The Lewis County Middle School Lady Panthers softball team opened their 2021 season on Tuesday, March 2nd when they hosted the Lady Panthers of E.O. Coffman Middle School at Memorial Park.

Lewis County sent Addie Morgan to the mound to start, and the Coffman Lady Panthers wasted little time putting runners on base, capitalizing on multiple errors on balls put in play and quickly taking a 4-0 lead in the top of the first. In the home half of the first inning, the Lady Panthers got a 2-out double from Makaela Dodson and an RBI single from C.J. Tanner and made the score 4-1 after the first. Coffman put a girl aboard with one out in the top of the second and a two-out single brought in the lone run of the inning and the Lady Panthers went down in order in the bottom half to make the score 5-1 moving into the third. Coffman strung together several hits and benefitted from errors again in the top of the third, eventually pushing 5 more runs across the plate to extend their lead to 10-1 with the Lady Panthers coming up in the bottom of the third, and the Lady Panthers were again retired in order.

In the fourth, a leadoff walk followed by a single put Coffman in position to add to their big lead and both runners would cross the plate in a 2-run inning to extend the lead to 12-1. With one out in the bottom of the fourth, Lewis County got another single from C.J. Tanner and a walk from Kabry Adkins, but were unable to bring another run across and were down 12-1 going to the fifth. Coffman went down in order in the top of the fifth, bringing the Lady Panthers up in their final at bat trailing by 11. Following back-to-back strikeouts, Taya Tiller drew a two-out walk before the game came to an end.

The Lady Panthers dropped the opening game of the season 12-1 to E.O. Coffman. C.J. Tanner had 2 singles and an RBI, and Makaela Dodson had a double and a run scored. Pitcher Addie Morgan gave up 12 runs, 2 earned, on 8 hits while striking out 3 and walking 2.