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4/17/2015
By Dan Manley
Advocate Sports Editor
The Montgomery County High School softball team began this week with a .500 record after winning one of three games this past weekend in the Where’s the Beach Classic at Mt. Vernon.
Even though they went 1-2 in the tournament Coach Bart Rison was encouraged by the way his team performed.
“We could just as easily have won three games,” he said, “and the competition level was good. We’re still a work in progress but we’re beginning to figure some things out.”
The Lady Indians are scheduled to play their first district game Thursday when they visit Bourbon County. Montgomery County carried a 5-5 record into this week’s action.
Here’s a look at action from the tournament at Mt. Vernon:
MCHS 6,
Meade County 5
The Lady Indians rallied with five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to top the Green Wave, a team ranked eighth in the state in one poll.
Montgomery County wrapped up the game in the bottom of the sixth as the teams were playing under a time limit because of the tournament.
Paige Oldfield was forced in when Julia Barker was hit by a pitch to provide the winning run that came with only one out in the fifth inning.
The Green Wave scored a pair of runs in the first inning against Megan Arrasmith on an error and carried a 2-1 lead into the fifth.
Montgomery County scored a run in the third inning. Staci Woodard led off with a single but was erased when Barker hit into a fielder’s choice.
Then with two outs, Arrasmith and Delaney Bromagen walked back-to-back. Barker came across to score when Macy McCoy was hit by a pitch, which cut the lead to 2-1.
Then the Green Wave scored three runs in the top of the fifth and seemingly locked up the game.
Angel Kidd led off the bottom of the fifth with a single and stole second. After Arrasmith was hit by a pitch Bromagen singled to load the bases. Following a strikeout, Riley Bailey singled to drive in two runs and then Paige Oldfield tripled to score two more to tie the game.
Brooke Young and Woodard were walked to load the bases and then Barker was hit by a pitch to end the game.
Each team finished with seven hits in the contest with Woodard collecting two for the Lady Indians.
Arrasmith went the distance on the mound to record the win, evening her record at 3-3 on the season.
Rockcastle Co. 6,
MCHS 5
The Lady Rockets scored in each of the final four innings of the game, including two runs in the bottom of the sixth and final inning to edge the Tribe.
Montgomery County grabbed a quick 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Woodard led off with a walk and Barker singled. One out later Arasmith singled to load the bases, then Oldfield doubled and Bailey singled with two runs scoring on each of those hits.
The Lady Rockets scored twice in the third and again in the fourth to cut the lead to 4-3. Montgomery County got its final run in the fifth when Woodard reached on an error to start the inning and then moved to second on a ground out, took third on Angel Kidd’s single and scored on a passed ball.
Rockcastle County cut the lead back to one run when they rallied with two outs and nobody on base in the fifth for a run and then scored two runs on three hits in the bottom of the sixth to win the contest.
Ryle 4, MCHS 3
The Lady Raiders pushed across three runs in the first inning when Montgomery County committed a pair of errors and that proved too much for the Lady Indians to overcome in their opening game of the tournament.
Ryle, a perennial power in northern Kentucky, managed just five hits and one earned run against Montgomery County’s Kelley Oaks.
The Lady Indians cut the lead to 3-2 in the third inning. Barker and Kidd opened the inning with singles and scored on an error.
But Ryle came back to score what proved to be the game-winning run in the fifth when the leadoff batter singled and eventually scored on a ground out.
Arrasmith reached on an error and scored on a ground out but that was all the Lady Indians could muster on offense.
Scott is back
Montgomery County did get some good news this week as senior shortstop Hunter Scott was able to be back in the lineup on defense against Madison Southern, although she didn’t bat.
Although she didn’t bat she was able to play the field as she continues to recover from a knee injury suffered in the second game of the season.
Scott’s return is just in time as the Lady Indians enter a crucial part of their schedule. They’re slated to play Bourbon County on Thursday at Paris and then come home to face the Clark County Lady Cardinals in another 40th District game on Tuesday of next week with Russell sandwiched in between those two games.
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