Lady Patriots Hit a Bump on the Region Road
The softball team at Pinewood Christian Academy is on a fast pace journey to defend the title of GISA Region 2 champs. The road would prove to be a rocky one as the Lady Patriots put one in the loss column. The beginning of the week’s play would have no foreshadowing on what was ahead as the Lady Patriots defeated the Windsor Academy Lady Knight Sept. 14 with a score of 9-1. Raegan Waters was on the mound for PCA holding Windsor to a 3 hit game. Macy Pirkle, Shelton Rogers, Raegan Waters, Hanna Anderson and Carleigh Bell were on base for PCA through the game but Emily Shiver would stand out with 4 RBIs. Maggie Greer and Abigail Bland would also contribute with 1 RBI each. The bump in the road for the Lady Patriots was on Sept. 15 as they played Trinity in Bellville. Raegan Waters was again on he mound for PCA. A double by Carleigh Bell would the only hit until the bottom of the 5th inning. Abigail Bland hit a line drive to centerfield and was brought in by Hanna Anderson to put the Lady Patriots up 1-0. Trinity came back big scoring 4 and PCA would get their first loss in region play.
The next region game was against Edmund Burke Academy Sept. 17. This game would be another well fought game as the Lady Patriots would only go ahead in the bottom of the 7th with a line drive hit by Maggie Greer and a bunt by Carleigh Bell for the game winning run. Raegan Waters was the winning pitcher. Shelton Rogers was 3 for 3 at the plate, Delaney Pirkle, Raegan Waters and Maggie Greer went 2 for 3. RBI count was Maggie Greer 2, Hanna Anderson 1 and Carleigh Bell 1. PCA’s bats came alive for the game Sept 19 against Robert Toombs as the hits kept coming Shelton Rogers had 4, Emily Shiver and Carleigh Bell 3 and 2 RBIs each. Macy and Delaney Pirkle, and Jean Brown had 1 hit and 1 RBI each. Abigail Bland had 1 hit and Leanne Whiten had 1 RBI. Carleigh Bell was the winning pitcher with a 9-1 victory. The Lady Patriot’s overall record is 21-3 and 2-1 in the region.
By: Robin Bell
