From BleckleyProgress.com
Lady Royals finish region runner up for second straight season.
By Dave Whitaker
Oct 5, 2017, 00:49
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Landa Dominy slides safely into third base. |
Yogi Berra coined the phrase “It’s like Déjà vu all over again.” That describes how Wednesday’s 3-AA softball tournament games went. For the second straight year, Bleckley made it to the finals but had no answer for Dodge County.
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Caroline Thrower receives the ball at first base. |
Tied at 2 against East Laurens, Landa Dominy’s third inning double put BCHS ahead. Still 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth, two runs scored on a dropped fly ball hit by Jordan Williams. The Lady Royals held on 5-2. Abbey Sims went 2 for 3. Aliyah Whitehead was 2 for 4.
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Aliyah Whitehead gets under a ball in centerfield. |
BC then took on Dodge County for first place. A runner at third with one out was left stranded. Three errors contributed to a five-run Lady Indian home half. Sims led off the second with a double but did not score. She would be their last baserunner of the game. Dodge scored three in home half of the second, then used consecutive two-run innings to win 12-0.
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Sitting L-R: Aliyah Whitehead, Jordan Williams. Kneeling L-R: Arie Williams, Ashlyn Williams, Bailey Odom, Caroline Thrower. Standing L-R: Coach Phillip Hart, Tori Long, Landa Dominy, Miranda Pearson, Jayla Willis, Riley Edge, Emily Sanders, Abbey Sims, head coach Teresa Gray, coach Katie Beard. |
Sims and Whitehead accounted for the only hits as well as baserunners, each going 1 for 2. BCHS will host an opening round series of the state playoffs starting October 11 against the third seed from 4-AA. Details will be announced when known.
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