After a tough start to open the season, the Stanhope Elmore softball team earned two big wins in the Wetumpka Tournament on Saturday. After the rain pushed the tournament back nearly 36 hours, the Mustangs took to the field and played three games.
Stanhope started its day with a 5-3 win over Bibb County. Stanhope scored all five runs in the first three innings. After a leadoff walk and single by Savannah Wyatt, Arielle Williams hit a two-run double to right field to go up, 2-0.
In the third inning, Jada McLeod hit an RBI single and Zoey Gipson hit a two-run single.
Wyatt started in the circle and pitched six innings and allowed just three earned runs on six hits with five strikeouts.
In the biggest win of the day, a 3-2 walk off over in-county rival Holtville, Stanhope proved it can come through in the clutch.
Down 2-0, Wyatt hit an RBI single in the third inning to cut the lead to one run before the Mustangs tied the game in the fourth on an error.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Kaylen Lovejoy led the inning off on a triple and came around to score on the walk off single by Wyatt.
Williams pitched all five innings and struck out five Holtville batters.
Wetumpka goes undefeated in tourney
There was no champion due to the rain, but Wetumpka very easily could have claimed the title after going 4-0 in its own tournament Saturday.
The Indians opened their portion of the tournament on Thursday with a 6-5 win over Spain Park where Ella Watson pitched a complete game win and also added three RBIs at the plate.
On Saturday, she started the first game and beat Brookwood, 3-1. She allowed just two hits and one run in five innings of work. At the plate, Lily Davenport added a two-run double to give Wetumpka the lead.
Following Watson’s gem, Mya Holt led the Indians to a 3-0 win over Bibb County. She allowed just one hit and struck out six batters.
Cassidy Bowers, Bailey Carlisle and Ava Farmer all had RBI hits in the fourth inning.
Wetumpka capped the night off with an offensive explosion. The Indians beat Opelika, 13-2, behind eight extra base hits.
Riley Dismukes hit her third home run of the year while Maribeth Parette hit a home run and double. Holt, Watson and Farmer all doubled while Carlisle and Alyssa Brown each hit a triple.
Wetumpka is now 16-2 on the year.
Edgewood’s tournament hopes get rained out
The Wildcats were the No. 1-seed in the Lowndes softball tournament and waiting for their semifinal opponent when the tournament got rained out Saturday. Edgewood went 2-0 on the weekend with a 4-3 win over Crenshaw and a 7-6 win over Lowndes.
Senior Katelynn Shaner singled in the game-winning run in the third inning of the Crenshaw victory, while Lily Stubbs held off the Cougars via time limit.
In the 7-6 win over Lowndes, Edgewood (12-3) scored four runs in the final two innings to stun the Rebels. Ashley Burgess doubled and tripled, then came around to score the walk off run on a passed ball in the bottom of the fourth inning.
