Considering she already had a one-hitter to her credit this season, it wasn’t a big surprise that Chelsea Worley was able to throw a no-hitter.

At least, not to many people besides Worley.

“Was that a no-hitter? I didn’t even realize. It feels good. I like it,” Worley said after tossing a six-inning gem in a 10-0 win over Vicksburg High on Thursday.

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Yes, Chelsea, it was a no-hitter — and almost a perfect game.

The Warren Central junior right-hander struck out nine batters and allowed only two baserunners. She walked Lea Davies in the first inning and Morgan Callender reached on an error in the third. Few others even came close to getting a hit. Vicksburg (1-8, 1-1 Division 4-6A) only hit three balls out of the infield, and Worley retired the last 10 batters in order. She struck out the side in the seventh to end the game.

“Worley pitched an awesome game. She was ready to play and her defense backed her up,” WC coach Dana McGivney said.

The Lady Vikes (6-3, 1-0) backed up Worley’s effort with a strong offensive performance. They had 13 hits and scored in every inning but the second. Mallory Reynolds was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, while Chasity Hearn, Katie Busby and Worley had two hits and an RBI apiece. Alexis Patterson was 3-for-3 with one RBI and two runs scored.

WC was helped also by Vicksburg’s shaky defense. Vicksburg committed 10 errors, leading to eight unearned runs. The Missy Gators committed two errors in every inning except the second.

“I think we gave up two or three earned runs and everything else was off of errors,” said Vicksburg coach Amanda Yocum, who only has one senior on the roster. “We’re starting young players, but age doesn’t matter. We’re a varsity team like any other varsity team. You have to play.”

Three straight hits in the fourth inning — RBI doubles by Reynolds and Hearn, and an RBI single by Worley — stretched the Lady Vikes’ lead to 6-0 and blew the game open. They added two runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth to go up 10-0, and Worley shut Vicksburg down in the seventh to end the game by the mercy rule.

“We hit the ball pretty hard. We had some key at-bats, seeing the ball well and played good defense,” McGivney said. “We made a couple baserunning mistakes. We had somebody thrown out. But we took advantage of the errors they made.”

Contact Ernest Bowker at ebowker@vicksburgpost.com