Spalding High senior Haedyn Kilgore takes a lead off second base Tuesday evening at home against region foe Riverdale. Kilgore was Spalding's only senior this year. (Jeff Armstrong/Daily News)
Spalding won its fourth straight game to improve to 8-9 overall and 4-5 in region play.
The Lady Jags got Senior Night started in the bottom of the second inning. Morgan Kennedy singled home Jessica “Hot Dog” Bunn from second to give Spalding the 1-0 lead.
Spalding put the game away in the third. Zorria Mann doubled to center and reached third on a wild pitch. Nesia Walker then singled Mann home for the 2-0 Lady Jags lead. Walker stole second and third and came home on a single from Jennifer Viera. Kennedy did some more damage in the inning, knocking home Walker and Viera minutes later. When the dust settled, Spalding led 5-0.
Riverdale scored its only two runs in the top of the fourth inning to cut the lead to 5-2, but that was as close as the Lady Raiders would get. Spalding’s Whitney Combs doubled, stole third and scored on a wild pitch and Viera had a 3-run single to make the score 9-2 in the fourth. Combs’ RBI single in the fifth made the Spalding score 10-2, ending the game due to the mercy rule.
“I’m glad we won on Senior Night in my last regular-season home game,” said Spalding’s only senior, Haedyn Kilgore, before eating dinner catered by Alvin’s Bar-B-Que. “Hopefully we can do well in the region tournament and play some more games at home.”
Spalding travels to face region foe Upson-Lee today at 5:30 p.m. in a makeup game from an earlier rainout.
Griffin 6, Howard 5 (Monday):
MACON — The Griffin High Lady Bears softball team rebounded from losing to crosstown rival Spalding last week, getting past Howard High 6-5 Monday evening in non-region action on the road.
Griffin improves to 10-11 on the season.
Chelsea Calloway and Katie Rowell had 2 hits each for Griffin. Calloway had a stolen base and scored 2 runs while Rowell had an RBI, a stolen base and scored a run. Ramesha Risper and Destiny Holston had a single and an RBI each and Cleopatra Randolph had an RBI.
Forrest Dukes pitched for the Lady Bears, allowing 4 hits with 2 strikeouts and 2 walks.
SPALDING HIGH
Date| Opponent |Time
8/10 |Fayette Co.% |W 4-3
8/10 |Newton Co.% |L 12-3
8/11 |E. Landing% |W 12-4
8/11 |Luella% |L 11-4
8/14 |@ Fayette Co. |L 13-1
8/16 |Jackson |L 11-2
8/21 |Dutchtown* |L 15-13
8/22 |@ Lamar Co. |W 8-6
8/30 |Stockbridge* |L 8-3
9/6 |@ E. Landing* |L 10-7
9/10 |Jonesboro* |W 13-1
9/11 |Woodland* |L 7-1
9/13 |@ L. Grove* |L 11-1
9/19 |@ Griffin* |W 7-2
9/20 |@ N. Clayton* |W 22-2
9/24 |Lamar Co. |W 10-6
9/25 |Riverdale* |W 10-2
9/26 |@ Upson-Lee* |5:30
10/1-4 |Region Tourn. |TBA
10/10-11 |1st Rd State |TBA
% — Diamond Classic
* — Region 4-AAAA Games
GRIFFIN HIGH
Date| Opponent |Time
8/10 |Lamar Co.% |W 1-0
8/10 |Locust Grove% |L 8-0
8/11 |Jackson% |L 2-0
8/11 |Crawford Co.% |L 7-4
8/11 |Newton Co.% |W 10-1
8/21 |Riverdale* |W 12-0
8/23 |@ Woodland* |L 4-2
8/29 |@ L. Grove* |L 9-0
8/30 |E. Landing* |L 14-5
9/5 |@ N. Clayton* |W 18-0
9/6 |Stockbridge* |W 8-2
9/11 |@ Jonesboro* |W 10-0
9/13 |Dutchtown* |W 5-4
9/14 |Sprayberry# |L 4-1
9/14 |Lambert# |L 7-2
9/14 |E. Paulding# |W 1-0 (FFT)
9/15 |Lambert# |L 9-1
9/15 |Riverwood# |L 3-1
9/15 |Mt. Paran# |W 8-6
9/19 |Spalding* |L 7-2
9/24 |@ Howard |W 6-5
9/25 |@ Upson-Lee* |late
9/29 |@ Strong Rock |11 am
9/29 |@ Strong Rock |TBA
10/1-4 |Region Tourn. |TBA
10/10-11 |1st Rd State |TBA
% — Diamond Classic
* — Region 4-AAAA Games
# — N. Cobb Tournament
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