By PAUL ADKINS, Sports Editor
Published: Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:55 AM CDT
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Lady Tiger Poppy Ramey puts the bat on the ball in the CHS season opener on Tuesday against Hoover. It was also her first game as a Lady Tiger. Banner photo by Paul Adkins |
CHAPMANVILLE — The Chapmanville High School girls’ softball team started off on the right foot in the Cardinal Conference.
The Lady Tigers shut out Herbert Hoover, 2-0, on Tuesday evening at the Chapmanville softball field in their first-ever conference contest.
It was also the season opener for both teams.
Chapmanville senior pitcher Brooke Carey tossed a one-hitter and struck out 13 Huskie batters.
Andi Williamson and Kara Willis each went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead the Lady Tiger bats. Williamson, an all-state player for Harts High School last season, was playing her first game for the Chapmanville softball team.
“It was a good win,” Chapmanville coach Ronnie Ooten said. “I was just tickled to death to get a win. We were nervous as cats. The kids are trying to gel together and I was pleased with the kids but displeased with some of our hitters. Some of them have been crushing the ball for the last couple of weeks at practice and at scrimmage games and didn’t do it today.”
Willis and Williamson had one RBI each. One of Willis’s hits was a double. Willis started in center and Williamson at short.
“I DH’d for her most of the time last year,” Ooten said of Willis. “I told her that she’s got to work and she’s worked hard and it’s paid off. I hope that she keeps it up.”
Ooten also praised third baseman Bre Thomas, who had a start and hit the ball hard twice. One of her flyouts was deep to right field.
“Bre, the little ninth-grader, just missed a ball. She hit the ball solidly for this early in the year,” Ooten said.
Carey pitched a no-hitter until the sixth when Herbert Hoover’s Tawny Black, hit a one-out double which bounced to the right centerfield wall.
“You can’t hardly dog her too much for a one-hitter,” Ooten said of Carey. “I thought when their girl got the hit she got behind and she had to throw the ball down the chute.”
Chapmanville made some good defensive plays in the field. Willis made three putouts in center. Right fielder Ashley Banks erased a would-be single by Black by firing to Jill Lansden at first base and getting the rare 9-3 putout.
Lansden also made a diving catch on a bunt attempt by Amber Young.
Lansden and Banks added one hit each for the Lady Tigers.
Chapmanville made it 1-0 in the bottom of the third on Williamson’s RBI single to left.
The Lady Tigers upped the lead to 2-0 in the sixth on an RBI single by Willis.
Chapmanville returns to action today at home against Shady Spring. Game time is set for 5:30 p.m.
NOTES: Several members of the Class AA state champion Logan High School girls’ softball team were on hand at last night’s Chapmanville-Hoover game.
The Lady Cats’ opener at Parkersburg was called off due to wet field conditions.
Logan was able to scout both CHS and Hoover n two league foes.
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