Lady Vikes win own tourney|[3/6/06]
Published 12:00 am Monday, March 6, 2006
Warren Central had its toughest test in the championship game of its Lady Vikes Invitational tournament, but still proved to be an inhospitable host.
Kirsten Tackett drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the fourth inning, Tiffany Fuller threw a two-hit shutout, and Warren Central won the Lady Vikes Invitational with a 2-0 win over St. Aloysius in the championship game Saturday night.
“Getting those three wins in one day for us is good,” WC coach Chris Perritt said. “That’s big going into Clinton and Vicksburg next week.”
Warren Central had dispatched its two previous opponents, Delhi Charter and Greenville-St. Joe, by a combined score of 29-2. St. Al was a far tougher matchup.
Sarah Franco allowed only five hits and a walk in five innings, and struck out eight. Fuller matched her out-for-out, though, allowing two hits and two walks in five innings.
Neither team scored until the fourth, when Anna Jones doubled and Tackett followed with an RBI single to right.
Warren Central (4-2) added another run in the fifth. Fuller walked, stole second and third, and then scored on an RBI single by Anna Miller. It was the second hit of the game for Miller, who also had a double.
Amy Beaugh also had a double for one of St. Al’s two hits.
St. Al 1, Rayville 0.
Sara Howington walked and scored the game’s only run in the top of the fifth inning, giving St. Aloysius a victory over Rayville, La..
Mary Myers Franco had two hits for St. Al, while Sarah Kerut held Rayville to four hits and struck out two in five innings to earn the victory.
St. Al 7, Vicksburg 0.
Sarah Franco shut Vicksburg down, holding the Missy Gators to only one hit while striking out two in a four-inning win.
Catelyn Park singled, walked and scored two runs for St. Al, while Mary Myers Franco singled and scored two runs. Claiborne Bryant had Vicksburg’s only hit.
Rayville’s Jordan Bradshaw held St. Al to only three hits, but took the loss.
Rayville 7, Vicksburg 1.
Vicksburg’s Heather Pritchard tied the game at 1-1 with an RBI single in the second inning, but Rayville exploded for six runs in the bottom of the inning and beat Vicksburg.
Sarah Green earned the win for Rayville, allowing only one hit.
Vicksburg 10, St. Joe 0.
Claire Ray limited Greenville-St. Joe to one hit in four innings, and Haley Jones backed her with a triple as the Missy Gators won in a rout.
Claiborne Bryant doubled and scored three times for Vicksburg, which blew the game open with five runs in the top of the fourth inning.
WC 11, Delhi Charter 1.
Warren Central took advantage of seven errors by Delhi Charter to earn an easy victory.
Mandy Fuller doubled and drove in two runs for the Lady Vikes, while her sister Tiffany earned the win in the circle by allowing only one hit in four innings.
WC took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, then blew the game open with six runs in the second.
WC 18, St. Joe 2.
Warren Central pitcher Ashley Baker went 2-for-3 with an RBI, and held Greenville-St. Joe to two hits as the Lady Vikes cruised.
Mandy Fuller went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs for WC, and Tiffany Fuller drove in three runs with a pair of singles.