Coffee County Wins District 8-AAA Softball Championship.. Photo by Dennis Weaver
After 4 scoreless innings on Wednesday night, Riley Gusich hit a 2 out solo homerun for Lincoln County. That hit seemed to wake up the Lady Raiders as they sent 12 batters to the plate in the bottom of the 5th scoring 9 runs and propelling the Lady Raiders to a District 8AAA title with an 11 to 1 win over Lincoln County. The rally started with one out as 4 straight singles and a walk set the stage for a 2 RBI single from Tori Bell followed up by a 2 RBI double from Shelby Giles. Anna Spellings capped off the 9 run explosion with a 3 run home run. Shelby Giles ended the game via the mercy rule with a 2 RBI single in the bottom 6th as she finished the night with 4 RBI to earn the Gateway Tire and Service Center Player of the Game honors. Spellings, the lone senior for Coffee County, was 3 for 3 on the night and pitcher Brianna Jones threw a 1 hitter with 8 strikeouts. With the win, Coffee County will host the loser of the District 7AAA championship game Smyrna on Monday night at 7 PM at Lady Raider Field.
