Westwood’s Lady Rockets put the hammer down early and never let up Tuesday afternoon, picking up a dominating 18-0 road win over Fayetteville Middle School. The Lady Rockets scored 6 in the first, 6 in the second and 5 in the third to finish off the run-rule shortened win. In fact, all 9 batters in the Lady Rocket lineup scored at least once. Lily Norman reached base 3 times and scored twice. Meanwhile, Paisley Campbell reached four times and scored on three occasions. Norman picked up the win in the circle for the Lady Rockets, striking out 7 of...

Westwood’s Lily Norman fires a pitch against Huntland on Monday, March 8, 2021. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson With the bases loaded and the scored tied at five in the bottom of the seventh and the bases loaded, Westwood Lady Rocket seventh grader Shaylee Meadows proved the moment was not too big for her. Meadows made contact and outran an infield single to send Lily Norman across the plate and give the Lady Rockets a 6-5 walk-off win against Huntland. This was a game you heard live on Thunder Radio as part of the Peoples Bank &...

Westwood got four solid innings out of Trevor Jesse and consistent hitting at the plate to pull away from Huntland in a 13-3 win Monday night in Manchester. Davis McKenzie, Brayden Trail and Owen Whitsett all picked up two RBIs at the plate to lead the Rocket offensive attack. Whitsett finished with a pair of hits. Meanwhile, Jesse worked 4 innings on the mound and picked up the win for the Rockets with help from a solid defense. The win evens the Rockets record to 1-1 on the season. They will travel to Huntland Tuesday for a 5:30 p.m....

Colter Neel smacked one of two CMS home runs Monday at Warren County. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee Middle School’s Red Raider baseball team got home runs from Cole Pippenger and Colter Neel on its way to a 15-3 blowout win Monday afternoon at Warren County Middle School. Pippenger homered in the first and the Raiders added six runs in the fourth to put the game out of reach. Evan Kirby picked up the win on the mound for Coffee Middle – working five innings for the Raiders. He allowed just one hit and struck out...

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Lily Norman worked a walk and came around to score in the top of the seventh inning Thursday night to propel the Westwood Lady Rockets to a 8-7 win over Moore County. Westwood scored three runs in the fifth, one in the sixth and one in the seventh go get the win. Scoring runs were Norman (w), Liza Freeze, Paisley Campbell, Rylee Clark, Madison Walker and Addi Teal. The win improved Westwood to 1-1 on the season after a loss on Tuesday. The Lady Rockets return home on Monday, March 8 to take on Huntland at 5:30 p.m. That...

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It was a great Spring Training debut for right-hander Charlie Morton during the Braves’ 5-4 victory over the Red Sox at CoolToday Park in Venice, Fla., on Sunday afternoon. Morton pitched three shutout innings and struck out three batters. Even more impressive was that his fastball was clocked as high as 96 mph. Morton said that he was getting a feel for his pitches during the game and was able to get his pitch count up. Continue reading...