New faces, same results
Gordon Lee off to fast softball start
The Gordon Lee Lady Trojans may have some new faces in new places, but the way they played in the first week of the new season has been vintage Gordon Lee.
The Navy-and-White took on five higher classification programs last week, one at home and four during the Dalton Lady Cat Invitational at Heritage Point Park, and emerged with a 5-0 record going into a week with two more tough opponents on the docket.
Gordon Lee 10, LaFayette 1
In their first game of the season this past Wednesday, the Lady Trojans collected 13 total hits and raced their way to a five-inning home victory over their Walker County Class AAA rivals.
Gordon Lee scored the first 10 runs of the game. They used three singles, a double and an error to jump out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning and added four more in the second, all with two outs. Kyleigh Fryar ripped a three-run triple to cap five consecutive hits in the frame.
The final two runs came in the bottom of the third, again with two outs. E.G. Hixon delivered an-RBI double and later scored on an RBIsingle by Emma Langston.
Langston picked up the victory, allowing just one hit and one walk in four innings. She finished with four strikeouts and went 2 for 3 at the plate with a pair of RBIs.
Hixon was 3 for 3 with three runs scored and two RBIs. Fryar was 2 for 2 and drove in four runs, while Chloee Fryar was 2 for 3 with two runs scored. Gracie Helton added a double and recorded one RBI.
Gordon Lee 7, Rockmart 2
Facing last year’s Class AAA state runner-up on Friday afternoon in Dalton, the Lady Trojans saw the first five runners reach base in the top of the first inning as