District 8AA Tournament

[diamondlover]

The 2010 District 8AA tournament got underway last night at Baxter with the favorite to win the district, #1 Dekalb Co., losing to #4 Smith Co. 5-6. After that game, #3 Livingston beat #2 Upperman 2-0. Two upsets early in this tournament. Can't wait to see how it all pans out in the end cause it will be a good one!

[00Vandy]

Excellent game by Smith County w/5 of 10 players being freshmen!

[diamondlover]

Yes Smith Co. has good freshmen talent. I think Smith only has one senior the center fielder, Kemp #7. She will be hard to replace but this young Smith Co. team will be good for the next few years

[OWLSRULE]

Very proud of those girls!

[Indian]

So Upperman and DeKalb are in the losers' bracket, or both out already?

[Antwan]

So Upperman and DeKalb are in the losers' bracket, or both out already?

 

Both are in the loser's bracket...one...at least...will not make the regional.

[pianoman10]

After reading the Hereald Citizen article and knowing what I saw Friday night/Sat. morning, it's obvious me and the HC writer were watching 2 seperate games. Obstruction calls are never easy except for the guy writing the HC article and they were real obvious to him (not to anyone else I'd say except Upperman fans) And I can see how your girl lost the "wrestling match" with the LA catcher. RK is the #1 girl wrestler on the LA girls wrestling team. TC, must be an Upperman grad. Write about the game buddy and quit crying about the umps. You/Upperman lost. Take your medicine and go on. If you play well enough, then maybe you will play LA again and hopefully, for your/Upperman sake, get some smarter umps.

[piglet]

IF there were any obstructions NOTcalled that is not what lost the game for the bees;i believe it would be the lack of hits that they managed; Last night a good game between Smith and Livingston with LA coming out on top;. waiting to see who they will play in championship game. ( i wonder if this was another no-hitter by Smith's pitcher[freshman talent article] that was a loss?

[Indian]

Any updates on this tournament. The 8-AA runner up travels to Bledsoe, champ hosts Sequatchie.

[tigerfan597]

THE DC TIGERETTES BEAT UPPERMAN 7-5 YESTERDAY AT BAXTER IN THE DISTRICT TOURNMENT NEXT GAME DC TIGERETTES BEAT SMITH CO 13-3 NEXT GAME DC TIGERETTES BEAT LIVINGSTON AC 7-6 TODAY THE TIGERETTES PLAYS AT 5:00PM FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP VS LIVINGSTON AC AT UPPERMAN SOFTBALL FIELD IN BAXTER TN GOOD LUCK TIGERETTES TIGERPRIDE BABY. .

[TigerPride23]

After dropping into the losers bracket of the district tournament last week, the Tigerettes have fought their way back to the championship game and are just one win away from the tournament title.

 

The game will be played today (Wednesday) against Livingston Academy at 5:00 p.m. at Upperman High School in Baxter.

 

Meanwhile, local selections on the All-District Teams are as follows:

First Team- Cynthia Woodward, Morgan Page, Kristina Stephens, and Alex Meadows

Second Team- Jaylen Garrett

Honorable Mention- Olivia Norton

 

Olivia Gore from Upperman was named the District's Most Valuable Player.

 

Two former Tigerettes were also inducted into the District Softball Hall of Fame from DeKalb County, Elisha Vickers from the 2001 team and Brandi Fish from the 1998 squad.

 

On Tuesday, the Tigerettes eliminated both Upperman 7 to 5 and Smith County 13 to 3, before taking on Livingston Academy, the only team standing in their way of the tournament championship. DeKalb County defeated the Lady Wildcats 7 to 6 Tuesday night, but since they already had a loss, the Tigerettes have to beat Livingston Academy again to take the crown.

 

In the game with Upperman Tuesday, the Tigerettes scored three runs in the first inning, two runs in the third, and two runs in the sixth inning. Upperman scored five runs in the sixth inning.

 

Olivia Norton, the winning pitcher, went seven innings and gave up five runs on five hits. She walked two.

 

Hits:

Alex Meadows, a single and double

Cynthia Woodward, single

Kristina Stephens, a single and double

Olivia Norton, double

Brooke Hutchings, double

 

In the second game, the Tigerettes scored nine runs in the third inning and four runs in the fifth. Smith County scored three runs in the first inning.

 

Morgan Page, the winning pitcher, went one and two thirds innings and gave up three runs on three hits. She struck out three and walked three. Olivia Norton was in the game for three and a third innings and she gave up three hits.

 

Hits:

Alex Meadows, single

Cynthia Woodward had an inside the park homerun

Jaylen Garrett, triple

Kristina Stephens, two singles

Morgan Page, single

Kayla Self, single

Brooke Hutchings, single

Martha Webb, double

 

In the nightcap, the Tigerettes scored two runs in the first inning and five runs in the fifth inning. Livingston Academy scored five runs in the third inning and one run in the fourth inning.

 

Olivia Norton, the winning pitcher, went two and two thirds innings and gave up four runs on ten hits. She struck out two and walked one. Morgan Page pitched four and a third innings and gave up one run. She struck out two, hit three batters, and walked two.

 

Hits:

Alex Meadows, triple

Cynthia Woodward, double

Jaylen Garrett, double

Kristina Stephens, double

Kayla Self, two singles

Martha Webb, double

Annieka Norton, single

[TigerPride23]

Don't know the score yet, but DeKalb won the championship game.