Spring Fling 2008 Coverage

SBA wins! The St. Benedict Lady Eagles defeated Pope John Paul II, 9-1, to advance to Thursday's winner bracket final against GPS.

On the flip side, Houston loss 1-0 to Farragut. The loss eliminates the Lady Mustangs and Bolton lost a first-round game, 2-1, to Soddy-Daisy.

 BOLTON BOX SCORE BELOW....

Box score (newspaper)

                                The Automated ScoreBook
                       Soddy-Daisy High Sch vs Bolton High School
                     May 21, 2008 at Murfreesboro TN (Starplex #1)

Soddy-Daisy High Sch 2 (27-13)                Bolton High School 1 (28-13)

Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
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Brooke Ward rf.............  4  0  2  2       Jordan Baxter lf...........  3  0  0  0
Taylor Wilson c............  3  0  0  0       Kelsey Knight ss...........  3  1  1  0
 Crimson Robinson pr/c.....  1  0  0  0       Sydney McMillian p.........  3  0  0  0
Alex Everett ss............  3  0  3  0       Lindsey Cotello dh.........  3  0  1  1
Ashlee England cf..........  3  0  0  0       Roxana Nahhas c............  3  0  0  0
Brandi Lasley 3b...........  4  0  0  0       Morgan Berry rf............  3  0  0  0
Kali Henderson dh..........  4  0  1  0       Ivey Gibson cf.............  1  0  0  0
Jena Hale lf...............  3  0  1  0       Emily Klusmeyer 1b.........  2  0  0  0
Whitney Johnson 1b.........  2  0  1  0       Katherine Champion 3b......  1  0  0  0
 Alyssa Bledsoe pr/1b......  0  1  0  0        Haylee Power ph...........  1  0  0  0
Andie Johnson 2b...........  3  1  2  0       Casey Haynes 2b............  0  0  0  0
Alesha Buckner p...........  0  0  0  0
Totals..................... 30  2 10  2       Totals..................... 23  1  2  1

Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Soddy-Daisy High Sch 000 200 0 -  2 10  2
Bolton High School.. 100 000 0 -  1  2  1
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E - Wilson; Lasley; Knight. LOB - Tigers 11; Wildcats 2. 2B - Knight. SH - Bledsoe;
Gibson.

Soddy-Daisy High Sch           IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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Alesha Buckner  W..........   7.0  2  1  0  0 12   0  0  0  0   23 24   3  6

Bolton High School             IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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Sydney McMillian  L........   7.0 10  2  2  3  4   1  0  0  0   30 34   7  9

WP - McMillian.

Strikeouts - Ward; Wilson; Hale; Johnson, W.; Baxter, Jo. 3; McMillian 3; Nahhas 3;
Berry; Klusmeyer; Champion. Walks - Everett; England; Hale.

On Tuesday at Day 1 of the Spring Fling, Memphis-area teams once again struggled against competition at the state. Only Covington was able to post a win.

Briarcrest jumped out to an early 1-0 lead over GPS, but the speed and bunting skills of the GPS team proved to be too much for the Lady Saints and GPS was able to pull out the 5-1 win.

In Class AAA, Houston was blanked (8-0) by state-power Ooltewah and in D2-A, FACS was also shutout (5-0) by Nashville's Davidson Academy.

Today at 10 a.m., two teams that seem to qualify every year for state, St. Benedict and Bolton will look to win their first round games.

Also, in D2-A St. George's and SBEC meet in a first-round game, so a Memphis team will have to advance to Thursday's winner brackt final against Davidson Academy.

Memphis softball teams have not been able to win a state title in any division since 1986. Will this be the year that someone breaks through?

In the most exciting tennis match of Day 1 at the MTSU tennis center, Hutchison outlasted Knoxville Webb in a D2-AA state semifinal, 4-3, in windy conditions.

The match was tied at 3-3, going into the final doubles match of the day. Eighth-grader Caroline Orr and senior Cary Cowart, prevailed 9-7 to send the Sting into Wednesday's championship match with GPS.

Other Memphis area teams struggled on Day 1. Two-time girls Class AAA champion Houston lost 4-1 to Tennessee High. Also, the White Station boys lost 4-2 in their semifinal match.

In D2-A, both girls team lost -- St. George's and Harding Academy.

Jason Smith's interview with Hutchison players Caroline Orr and Cary Cowart: http://qik.com/video/82876

Jason's interview with Hutchison coach Jennifer Abston: http://qik.com/video/82878