DRAFFENVILLE – Christian Fellowship’s Lady Eagles softball team is off to a great start this spring winning their first three games over Fulton City, St. Mary and Dawson Springs before dropping their first game to Trinity Whitesville. They are 4-2 in early season play with games coming up in the next two days against Caldwell County and Fort Campbell, a team they beat twice last season.
In their first regular season game against Fulton City, CFS won 8-2 behind the pitching of Maddie Ortt who struck out five. Ortt also led the way at the plate going 3 for 4 with 2 RBI’s.
Down 1-0 in the bottom of the 4th, CFS scored 7 runs that began on a single by Abbie Fletcher and double by Rachel Howard. Jaycie Jackson singled and Abigail Cima doubled with a couple stolen bases thrown in on their way to a 7-1 lead, adding one more run in the 5th.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
| Fulton City | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| CFS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | 12 | 2 |
HITTING
CFS: Shelldey 1/4, Jackson 2/4 (RBI), Cima 1/4 (2B, 2RBIs), Ortt 3/4 (2 RBIs), Halton 1/4, Fletcher 2/4, Howard 1/4 (2B, RBI), Nelson 1/3
Fulton City: McClanahan, Kelly (2B), Pannell, Whitesell
PITCHING
CFS: Ortt 7.0 (4 hits, 2 runs)
Fulton City: McKinney 6.0 (12 hits, 8 runs)
At St. Mary on March 17th, CFS won 10-9 on 10 hits in a tight back and forth battle with the Lady Vikings. St. Mary led 9-8 at the end of the 6th inning. CFS scored 2 runs in the top of the 7th to take the lead. Edie Little landed a base hit that was followed by a 2-run home run by Cima to give the Lady Eagles the win.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
| CFS | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | |
| St. Mary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – | 9 | 11 | 5 |
HITTING
CFS: Little 3/4 (2B) Jackson (RBI), Cima 2/2 (HR, 3 RBIs), Orr 2/5 (3 RBIs), Fletcher 1/4, Nelson 1/3, Sanders 1/3 (RBI)
St. Mary: Lurtz 4/4, Dunn (RBI), Black 2/3 (RBI), Courtney 2/4 (2B, 4 RBIs), Browning 1/4 (2B, 2 RBIs), #40 1/4, #12 1/4
PITCHING
CFS: Ortt 7.0 (11 hits, 9 runs, 8 strike-outs)
The Lady Eagles picked up their third straight win 2-1 over Dawson Springs on Friday. Dawson Springs led 1-0 after 5 innings when CFS took the lead with 2 runs in the top of the 6th on a single by Little, then Cima reached on an error, Ortt walked and Cima scored on a wild pitch to tie 1-1 and the go-ahead run was scored by Ortt when Maddie Halton reached base on an error.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
| CFS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | |
| Dawson Springs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 5 | 2 |
HITTING
CFS: Little 2/3, Ortt 1/2, Hattan 1/3 (RBI), A. Fletcher 1/3, E. Fletcher 1/3, Nelson 2/3
Dawson Springs: Genseal 2/4, Mills 2/3, Riggs 1/3, Hooper (RBI)
PITCHING
CFS: Ortt 7.0 (5 hits, 1 run, 5 strike-outs)
CFS dropped their first game of the season to Trinity Whitesville in a 15-0 four inning game. Trinity scored 5 runs in the 3rd and 10 in the 4th on 17 hits.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | R | H | E | ||
| CFS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| Trinity | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 0 |
HITTING
CFS: Little 1/2, Ortt 1/2, E. Fletcher 1/2, Sanders 1/2
PITCHING
CFS: Ortt 3.2 (17 hits, 15 runs)
Trinity: Howard 4.0 (4 hits, 0 runs)
CFS was back in the win column on Monday with a 11-7 win over Mayfield on 9 hits. The Lady Eagles trailed 3-0 early, then tied the game 3-3 going on to tie again at 4-4 in the 3rd inning. CFS added 5 runs in the 3rd inning which gave them the lead for good. Ortt struck out 8 batters on her way to getting the win. Shelley went 2/4 at the plate hitting a triple and batting in 2 runners. Grace Miller was also 2/4 with a double and RBI.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
| Mayfield | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | |
| CFS | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 11 | 9 | 3 |
HITTING
CFS: Shelley 2/4 (3B, 2 RBIs), Little 1/3, Cima 1/2 (2B, RBI), Hatton 1/2, Howard 1/2 (2B), Miller 2/4 (2B, RBI), Nelson 1/3 (RBI)
PITCHING
CFS: Ortt 7.0 (10 hits, 7 runs, 8 strike-outs)
Calloway County handed CFS their 2nd loss of the season on Tuesday, 12-2 on 12 hits. The Lady Lakers led 6-0 before the Lady Eagles put 2 runs on the board on a double by Shelley that scored Miller and Nelson. Calloway put the game away with a 6-run 6th inning. Laken Kelso pitched 6 innings for the Lady Lakers striking out 13 batters.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E | ||
| Calloway | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 0 | |
| CFS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 2 | 5 | 6 |
HITTING
CFS: Shelley 2/3 (2B, 2 RBIs) Cima 1/2, Fletcher 1/3, Miller 1/3
Calloway: Kramer 2/4 (2B, 3 RBIs), #7 3/4 (RBI), Kelso (2 RBIs), Pittman 3/4, Futrell 1/3, Greer 3/3 (2B, 3 RBIs)
PITCHING
CFS: Ortt 5.0 (9 hits, 9 runs), Jackson 1.0 (3 hits, 3 runs)
Calloway: Kelso (5 hits, 2 runs)
