Grace Pippenger
The Lady Raider softball team won 5 straight games on Friday and Saturday to advance to the finals of the Cookeville Middle School tournament on Saturday. Coffee Middle, riding a 10 game winning streak ran out of gas in the finals as they fell to Mt. Juliet to finish the weekend at 5 and 1. Over the course of the tournament, the Lady Raiders claimed wins over Prescott, Overton, Upperman, and 2 wins over Warren County. Grace Pippenger was the hitting star of the week-end as she was 10 for 13 with a home run and a pair of triples. Sarah West also had a home run on Saturday against Warren County. The Lady Raiders return to conference play on Monday in Winchester as they take on North Franklin. First pitch is set for 5 PM.
