Marshall County and Calloway County met in Tuesday’s 4th District Championship, the Lady Marshals advancing to the title game following a 13-1 win over Christian Fellowship and the Lady Lakers on a 6-5 win over Murray. Marshall County’s two regular season wins, 14-4 and 15-0, over Calloway County were not previews of Tuesday’s game with the Lady Marshals holding a 2-1 lead through five innings before a two-run bottom of the sixth gave them a 4-1 win for the district title.
Opening with a first inning 1-0 lead that came on a run scored by Presley Jezik on a wild pitch, the Lady Marshals followed it with six straight retired batters by pitcher Gabbi Lovett. Gracey Murt scored the Lady Marshals second run in the bottom of the third inning on a Calloway County error for a 2-0 lead before the top of the fourth when the Lady Lakers got on the board on a two-out RBI single by Izzy Housden.
Two runs in the bottom of the sixth for the Lady Marshals scored on a sacrifice by Jezik and Mckenzie Elkins scored from third on a pop up by Cayson Conner. Lovett got the win in four innings on the mound, striking out five, allowing three hits and one run. Caitlyn Powers took the loss, allowing six hits with one earned run.
Both teams will advance to the Region 1 Tournament that gets underway on Monday at the Paducah Tilghman softball field. The Lady Marshals will play Ballard Memorial at 2 pm. McCracken County and Calloway County play at 10 am, the noon game will be Graves County vs Carlisle County and at 4 pm, Hickman County will play Tilghman.
Calloway 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1
Marshall 1 0 1 0 0 2 x 4 6 0
HITTING
Calloway: Lax 1/3, Kramer 2/3, Phillips 1/3, Housden 1/3 (RBI)
Marshall: Jezik 1/2 (RBI), Edwards 1/2, Hairgrove 1/1, Tomassi 1/2, Pursley 1/1
PITCHING
Calloway: Powers 6.0 (6 hits, 4 runs)
Marshall: Lovett 4.0 (3 hits, 1 run), Murt 3.0 (2 hits, 0 runs)
