Kasarah Scheller
“Let’s win this inning” was the battle cry of Coffee County Lady Raider coach Steve Wilder on Wednesday as the Lady Raiders scored in 4 of their 6 innings to eliminate Lincoln County in the quarterfinals of the District 8AAA softball tournament by a score of 5 to 0.
Coffee County banged out 10 hits on the night as the Lady Raiders plated a pair of runs in the 1st inning and junior pitcher Kaylee Skipper breezed her way through the 4 hit win notching 6 strikeouts. A diving catch of a pop up on the right field foul line by Kasarah Scheller shut down the only real scoring threat of the game by the Falcons in the first inning as they only got 1 runner past 1st base the rest of the way. Scheller also ended the game when she triggered a 4-3 double play.
Offensively, Shelby Scrivnor, Abby Woods and Katie Rutledge all had 2 hits while Scheller laced a triple over the right fielders head to lead-off the 5th inning. Scrivnor had the 2 RBI single in the 1st inning to get the Red Raiders off to the hot start and Haley Richardson drove in Scheller to plate the Raiders last run in the 5th. For her all around great performance, Scheller was named the Ascend Federal Credit Union player of the game.
The Lady Raiders will now advance to Thursday night’s semifinals against Tullahoma with a region tournament berth on the line. That game will get underway at 5 PM and Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast beginning at 4:50. A win in the semifinals would send Coffee County to the district finals where they would face Shelbyville at 7 PM. A win against Shelbyville would result in a winner take all “if game” on Friday night at 6 PM to decide the district championship.
