Franklin County's Alyssa Sherrill connects on a pitch during a game Saturday at Ooltewah High School. Sherrill had two hits, including a home run, five RBIs and three runs scored in the 17-16 win.
Franklin County's Kaylee Morris winds up for a pitch during a game Saturday against Sequoyah High School. Morris pitched a complete game with five strikeouts, four hits, four walks and one unearned run allowed in the 12-1 win.
Franklin County's Alyssa Sherrill connects on a pitch during a game Saturday at Ooltewah High School. Sherrill had two hits, including a home run, five RBIs and three runs scored in the 17-16 win.
Franklin County's Kaylee Morris winds up for a pitch during a game Saturday against Sequoyah High School. Morris pitched a complete game with five strikeouts, four hits, four walks and one unearned run allowed in the 12-1 win.
The Franklin County Rebelettes beat the Ooltewah Lady Owls 17-16 on the road Saturday in their fourth and final game for the Ooltewah Invitational.
The Rebelettes briefly fell behind in the bottom of the fifth after taking a 12-0 lead to start the game, but they rallied to jump back in front in the sixth inning and held on for a narrow victory.
The win gave the Rebelettes their fourth victory in five games overall as they finished the tournament with a record of 3-1.
Franklin County head softball coach Kelly Kennedy said that her offense really stood out in both of her team’s wins on Saturday with contributions across the entire roster.
“It was absolutely electric. I think that they came with the mindset to hit. Even when I made substitutions, those girls were swinging the bat, they were making great connections with the ball, and that’s just what we wanted to build on,” she said. “Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve really seen them start to come into their own in their at-bats, and I couldn’t be happier about that.”
The Rebelettes put up 12 runs in the top of the first as the scoring plays for the frame included an RBI double from Alyssa Sherrill, an RBI single from Raelyn Wainwright, an RBI double from Kaitlyn Montgomery, an RBI single from Dalayna Marshall, an RBI single from Ava Yates, a two-run home run from Mollye Casey and a grand slam from Sherrill to cap things off.
The Lady Owls began to chip away at the large deficit in the next few innings as they scored two runs each in the second, third and fourth to make it a 12-6 game.
The Rebelettes got their next run in the top of the fifth as Miley DeSmet hit into an RBI fielder’s choice to push the lead back up to 13-6.
However, the Lady Owls then scored eight runs in the bottom of the fifth to shockingly flip the scoreboard and put the Rebelettes behind by a score of 14-13.
The Rebelettes were able to get their offense going again in the top of the sixth as an RBI single from Jocilyn DeSmet briefly tied the score before an error off of a ball hit by Sherrill brought Emma Owens across home plate to give Franklin County the edge once more.
Jocilyn DeSmet scored on a wild pitch a few batters later to put the late lead for the Rebelettes at 16-14.
The Rebelettes got their last run in the top of the seventh as Jocilyn DeSmet came through with a two-out RBI single to make it a 17-14 game.
The Lady Owls loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh with a two-run double then cutting into the lead and putting the potential tying and winning runs in scoring position with two outs, but pitcher Marshall was able to induce a groundout to strand the runners and clinch the one-run victory.
Marshall pitched the first three innings for the Rebelettes and later returned to pitch the final 2 2-3 innings. She finished the day with five strikeouts, 10 hits, one walk, four earned and two unearned runs allowed.
Miley DeSmet pitched 1 1-3 innings in relief for Franklin County with four hits, five walks, seven earned runs and three unearned runs allowed.
With the win, the Rebelettes improved to 4-9 on the season.
Rebelettes 12, Sequoyah 1
The Rebelettes beat the Sequoyah Lady Chiefs 12-1 at Ooltewah earlier in the day on Saturday in their third game for the Ooltewah Invitational.
The Rebelettes jumped out to a big lead early and pulled ahead by double digits in the bottom of the sixth to bring a slightly early end to the contest.
The first run of the day for Franklin County came in the bottom of the first as Sherrill hit a hard line drive off of Sequoyah’s third basemen for an RBI infield single.
The Rebelettes greatly expanded their advantage with a seven-run second inning as Kaylee Morris hit an RBI single, Kaylee Morris and Owens scored off of an error on a ball hit by Kyleigh DeCamp, Wainwright hit a two-run single, Jocilyn DeSmet contributed an RBI infield single and Sherrill recorded an RBI double to make it an 8-0 game.
The teams scored one run each in the third inning with the first run of the day for the Lady Chiefs being countered by Casey scoring off of a throwing error to put the lead at 9-1.
The Lady Chiefs were able to load the bases in the top of the fourth as they tried to make up ground, but the Rebelettes got out of the jam following a runner-interference call after shortstop DeCamp and a Sequoyah runner collided while DeCamp was pursuing a ball in play. DeCamp left the game with an injury following the collision and did not return.
The Rebelettes clinched the victory in the bottom of the sixth as Jocilyn DeSmet hit a three-run home run to trigger the mercy rule as they won by 11.
Kaylee Morris pitched a complete game for the Rebelettes as she ended the day with five strikeouts, four hits, four walks and one unearned run allowed.
With the win, the Rebelettes improved to 3-9 on the season.
They will next play Monday at home against Lawrence County High School. First pitch is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
