Tori Bell(Photo by John St Clair – johnstclairphoto.com)
Six Coffee County errors resulted in 4 unearned runs for Shelbyville as the Lady Raider softball team fell 7 to 4 to the Eaglettes on Monday night in the District 8AAA softball tournament. The loss drops Coffee County into the loser’s bracket where they will take on Franklin County on Tuesday night in an elimination game scheduled for 5 PM.
Coffee County, who had not played since April 30th, showed some rust in the contest. “We played like we had been off for 8 days, but that is no excuse” said head coach Steve Wilder. “We need to play well to be good and tonight, we did not play well” added Wilder.
Shelbyville parlayed a pair of Coffee County errors in the first inning into a 2 to 0 lead before Coffee County could record an out. That gave the Eaglettes a lead that they would not relinquish. The top of the Shelbyville order did the majority of the damage against Coffee County. They got 4 hits in 9 official at-bats with a pair of walks, and scored all 7 of Shelbyville’s runs.
Tori Bell had a 2 run home run for the Lady Raiders to highlight the 6 hit attack for Coffee County. Haley Hinshaw and Kasarah Scheller each had a double and Rhianna Roberson had an RBI single. Bell was named the Ascend Federal Credit Union player of the game.
Coffee County will take on Franklin County on Tuesday night in a 5 PM elimination game at Franklin County High School. Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast beginning with the pregame show at 4:50.
