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Prep Roundup: Softball team beats Creek

April 13, 2007|Keith Taylor/Sun Sports Editor

LEXINGTON - The George Rogers Clark High School softball team scored four times in the seventh-inning to break open a close game in a 6-1 win over Tates Creek on Thursday afternoon.

Clark coach Jackie McCloud said his team overcame the weather elements to post the win.

"We played extremely well for it to be zero degrees," McCloud said with a laugh.

The Lady Cardinals (12-3) won their eighth in a row and got a solid performance from pitcher Emily Wallace, who tossed a four-hitter, complete with 12 strikeouts. Wallace walked just one batter and faced 26 at the plate.

Wallace also was productive at the plate with three hits, while Michelle Ladanyi laced a double and collected a pair of singles.

Morgan Woosley had a single and a double, Amanda Wheeler laced a two-bagger and a single, while Brittany Hatton had a pair of singles and Kayla Jones, Haggard and Kelsey Mitchell added one hit each.

Clark led 2-0 going into the seventh inning and put the game away with four runs in the inning.

Amy Haggard "had the big hit in the inning" with a single that drove in two runs.

"It was a nice shot up the middle," McCloud said.

McCloud said his team continues to play as a unit.

"Everybody has a role and they do a good job at it," McCloud said. "Again, it's just a "we" thing."

Baseball

The baseball team was rained out on Thursday and will take on Bourbon County at 5 p.m. today at Cardinal Field.

The Cardinals are ranked No. 24 in this week's Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Association poll released on Thursday. Lexington Catholic is ranked No.1

Tennis

The Clark tennis teams won a pair of matches over Paris on Thursday afternoon at the Winchester Country Club.

The boys' team won 9-0, while the girls' squad came away with a 5-4 win.

Chase Kindred (6-4), Landon Sallee (6-1), Austin Norton (6-3), Daan Meerdink (7-5), Taylor Graham (6-2) and Jacob Walson all posted wins in singles.

Norton and Meerdink (6-1), Graham and Tyler Montgomery (7-5) and Walson and Chad Griffith (6-1) won in doubles action.

In girls' singles, Kelsey Palmer (6-3), Sarah Miller (7-5), Ginny Rush (6-1) and Alex Pate (6-1) each won. Hannah Shear (0-6) and Chandler Thomas (3-6) each lost.

Palmer and Betsy Whiteman (7-5) won in doubles, while the team of Miller and Thomas (0-6) and Pate and Sarah McFadden (4-6) each lost.

WCA falls to Bluegrass

The Winchester Christian Academy softball team suffered a 14-1 loss to Lexington Bluegrass in four innings on Thursday afternoon.

The Lady Warriors fell to 0-2 on the season and will take on Lexington Trinity Christian Academy on Monday at Georgetown College.

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