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Lady Pioneers fall to Coffee County
WCHS-softball
Monica Lane picked up Warren County only hit against Coffee County on Thursday.
The Warren County High School softball team has gotten away from marking down moral victories, but Thursday night’s game against the Coffee County Lady Raiders was just that.The Lady Pioneers battled District 6-AAA’s best team for four innings before eventually succumbing to the Lady Raiders 4-0 in Manchester.Warren County (10-9) came into the season prepared to take the next step after finishing last in the district regular season last year, but rallying to finish second in the tournament and qualifying for regionals.Standing in the Lady Pioneers way has always been Coffee County, which boasts one of the state’s top pitchers in Casey Vincent. The Lady Raiders have yet to be defeated in District 6-AAA, which is in its second year of existence with the current five teams.Vincent was in the circle for Coffee County on senior night and she did what she does best, dominate. The Lady Pioneers managed only one hit, a single by Monica Lane in the fifth, while striking out 12 times.It was a performance at the plate coach David Upton knows won’t cut it against one of the state’s best teams.“It’s pretty simple and has been said plenty, but you can’t win games when you don’t score,” said Upton.