LFO stumbles in return to action

Seeing its first action in nearly two weeks thanks to weather and other postponements, LFO struggled to get its offense going this past Wednesday and dropped a 4-2 Region 6-AAA game to Coahulla Creek.

The Lady Colts jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the first two innings, but the Lady Warriors broke the ice in the bottom of the third as Heidi Johnson scored on a passed ball. Julie Shore picked up an RBI on a sacrifice fly one inning later, cutting the deficit down to 3-2.

Unfortunately for fans of the Red-and-White, that would be the final run of the game for the home team. The Lady Colts tacked on an insurance run in the top of the sixth before slamming

the door in the seventh.

Tatyanna Long was 1 for 3 and scored once for LFO, while Macy McGrew delivered a sacrifice. Breanna Johnson pitched the first 1.1 innings and gave up two earned runs on four hits and a walk. She was replaced by Britni Newbille, who pitched the final 5.2 innings. The sophomore allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts.

Murray County 8, LFO 4

The Lady Warriors outhit the visiting Lady Indians on Thursday, 10-6, but had a tough night defensively and dropped a region game.

Shore was 3 for 3 with a double for LFO. Heidi Johnson was 2 for 3 with two runs scored and two stolen bases. Carlee Wilson was also 2 for 3, and Newbille knocked in a run.

Johnson pitched three innings, allowing four runs on two hits and two walks with three strikeouts and only one of the runs she allowed was earned. Newbille pitched four innings, giving up four unearned runs on four hits with two strikeouts.

LFO participated in a tournament in Carrollton over the weekend and dropped games to Cedartown (9-5) and Commerce (11-3) to fall to 4-8 overall. They entered this week with a 3-4 record in region play.

Details from this past weekend’s game were not available as of press time.