Christian Fellowship’s Lady Eagles won the Kentucky Christian Athletic Conference (KCAC) tournament this weekend in Elizabethtown. To earn the title, they beat Somerset 7-6 and Community Christian 9-6.
In the first game against Somerset, the two teams were knotted up at 5-5 after six innings. CFS put up two runs in the top of the seventh and Somerset scored one in the bottom of the inning that finished out the one-run win for the Lady Eagles.
Down 1-0 heading into the second inning, the Lady Eagles scored four runs, all with two outs. A single by Jayden Jackson brought in the first run followed by a single from Gracie Howard that set off a flurry of three runs.
Somerset cut it to one with a two-run third inning. Lily Burnett batted in a run in the fifth to put CFS up 5-3 with Somerset cutting it to one again in the bottom of the inning before tying the game at 6-6 in the sixth inning.
Jackson pitched the win over six and two-third innings, striking out four, giving up five runs and eight hits.
CFS 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 7 10 2
Somerset 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 6 9 2
CFS: Jackson 1/4 (RBI), G. Howard 1/4 (3 RBI), Shields 3/4, R. Howard 2/4, Burnett 1/4 (RBI), Warren 1/4, Owen 1/3
Somerset: Edwards 2/4, Whitescarver 1/4, Edens 1/3 (RBI), Fisher 1/4 (RBI), Childers 2/4, Woods 1/3 (RBI), Mounce 1/2 (2 RBI)
CFS: Jackson 6.2 (8 hits, 5 runs), Shields 0.1 (1 hit, 1 run)
Somerset: Childers 7.0 (10 hits, 7 runs)
Community Christian led 2-0 after two innings before the Lady Eagles got busy scoring runs in each of the next four innings in their 9-6 win.
They fired things up in the bottom of the third, scoring three runs on a single by Burnett, an error that brought Gracie Howard across the plate and a run scored by Renee Shields on a passed ball which tied the game at 3-3. CCA added two runs in the fourth on an Alyssa Knight double and Kate Wade single to lead 5-3.
The Lady Eagles took a 7-5 lead with a four-run bottom of the fourth. Ava Manning and Jayden Jackson led off with singles. A triple off the bat of Rhema Howard brought the two base runners to home plate to tie the game and a run scored on a bunt by Alyssa Warren.
The back and forth battle continued in the fifth inning, with CCA cutting the CFS lead to 7-6 and the Lady Eagles taking went up 8-6 when a ground out hit by Gracie Howard scored Kyndal Owen. A hit by Owen scored Lily Burnett in the sixth which sealed the 9-6 win.
Jackson earned the win over seven innings in the circle, giving up six runs and 13 hits.
The Lady Eagles improve to 8-4. They will play CCA again on Tuesday in Paducah and host University Heights on Thursday.
CCA 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 6 13 2
CFS 0 0 3 4 1 1 x 9 10 2
CFS: Jackson 3/4 (2B), G. Howard (RBI), R. Howard 1/4 (3B, 3 RBI), Burnett 1/3 (RBI), Warren 2/4 (2 RBI), Owen 2/4 (RBI), Manning 1/3
CCA: Saxton 4/4, Al. Knight 3/4 (RBI), Av. Knight 1/4 (RBI), Wade 2/4 (RBI), Arnett 2/4 (RBI), E. Wring 1/3 (RBI), A. Wring (RBI)
CFS: Jackson 7.0 (13 hits, 6 runs)
CCA: Al. Knight 6.0 (10 hits, 8 runs)