Avenging early-season losses, Webb girls beat Seymour, CAK
Webb School of Knoxville softball avenged two losses last week, beating Seymour and Christian Academy of Knoxville.
Defeating Seymour 13-5, winning pitcher Jamie Sharp struck out four in six innings of work. Offensively, she had two hits, including a triple.
Relief pitcher Madelyn Ladd closed out the game while contributing at the plate with two hits and two RBI. Jeneva Mitchell, an eighth-grader, scored four times. Hannah Bruce added three RBI.
Webb won a wild district game versus CAK 11-10. Spotting the Lady Warriors six runs in the first inning, the Lady Spartans took the lead in the fifth inning on a two-RBI single by Taryn Breeden. CAK tied it in the sixth inning on a single by Gracie Kringen, but Webb retook the lead in the bottom of the sixth on Mason Dunlap’s RBI grounder.
Ladd closed out the seventh inning three-up, three-down for the save, and the win, “after Bryn Lawson pitched five great innings in relief,” Lady Spartans head coach David Moore said.
Kylie Bridwell had three hits “and made two outstanding plays at shortstop,” Moore said. Jeneva Mitchell scored three times.
“I have waited five years to beat CAK,” said Sharp, a senior, fighting back tears after the game.
Blanking West 8-0 Monday, April 12, Webb improved its record to 4-7 overall, 2-5 in the district.
