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Lady Pioneers prepare for Holiday Classic
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Nikki Childers
Updated: Dec 27, 2011, 11:03 PM
Published: Dec 28, 2011, 12:03 AM

Where else can you mix a week’s worth of basketball with the Magic Kingdom?
The Warren County High School girls basketball team is spending this week in Orlando, Fla., as the Lady Pioneers will be participating in the Rock Holiday Classic held at Windermere High School.
Coach Erick Baird, who has coaching ties in Florida, has taken his team to the beach the past two summers to play in camps, but this year he added a Christmas trip to the Sunshine State.
The Lady Pioneers enjoyed the perks of being in Orlando yesterday when the team visited Disney World.
But the memories of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Space Mountain should be long gone when the Lady Pioneers get back to business on the basketball court today.
Warren County begins its three-day basketball tournament today with a game at 11 a.m. against a team from Boynton Beach, Fla.
Boynton Beach is one of four teams in the tournament from Florida. The Lady Pioneers join Bradley Central as the two teams from Tennessee. Rounding out the tournament field is a team from Walker, La. and a squad from Concordia, Neb.
Warren County is guaranteed to play three games during the week regardless of the team’s outcome.
The Lady Pioneers are hoping to improve on the team’s 9-4 record and end a recent two-game losing streak.
Warren County had rolled off seven wins in an eight-game span before ending last week’s Sun Drop Romp Christmas tournament with back-to-back losses against Stone Memorial and Cannon County.
Coach Baird believes his group of girls have what it takes to compete against the field of teams in Florida this week.
“I think as long as we do the things we need to do to be successful we should do great,” said Baird. “We’ve been successful this season, but last week’s tournament showed us there’s still work to do.
“We’ve had success in Florida the past two summers and I’m ready to get out there and see how we compete against some of the best teams.”
With a win today, the Lady Pioneers would play again tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. The championship game is set to begin on Friday at 6:30 p.m.
WCHS softball blanks Warren East, baseball goes 1-3 through weekend
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Matt Tyson
Published: Apr 9, 2025, 2:26 AM

Two days after steamrolling Shelbyville 20-0, the Warren County softball team carried its hot streak into the weekend with a Saturday matchup against Warren East (Ky.).

The Lady Pioneers continued to roll, taking down the visiting Lady Raiders 5-0.

The team posted nine hits over the course of the game, led by Lily Rains and Kyaira Sharpe with two each.

Addison Smith, Kaydence Wiser, Cortlyn Porter, Ceilee Gudat and Ali Young all followed with one hit each.

Porter had two of Warren County’s five RBI, with one each for Wiser, Sharpe and Young.

Gudat went the distance in the circle, striking out six and holding Warren East to four hits across all seven innings.

WCHS baseball loses three of four.

The Warren County High School baseball team was back in action Friday evening with a pair of games against Marion County and Heritage Christian (Ala.).

In their first game against Marion County, the Pioneers came up just short in an 8-7, 5.5-inning loss.

Sam Robinson led Warren County’s effort at the plate with two of the team’s seven hits. Tyler Adams, Ryder Gilispie, Woogs Bryan, Hayven Jones and Corban Felton each added one. Adams, Robinson, Jones and Jerren Harris each had one RBI for a team total of four.

Brady Swallows got it started on the mound with three strikeouts, three hits, four runs and three walks. Jaytton Baker followed for 1.1 innings and came off with five hits and three runs. Daylen Holguin wrapped it up with two strikeouts, two hits and one run over the last two innings.

The Pioneers had better luck in their nightcap against Heritage Christian, coming out on top 4-1 in five innings.

Warren County finished the game with eight hits, including two each for both Gilispie and Bryan. Felton, Jones, Baker and Evan Snapp followed with one hit each.

Bryan came away with two of the team’s three RBI, with Gilispie adding the third.

Jones pitched 4.2 innings and finished with six strikeouts, five hits, one run and six walks.

Gilispie came on to close out the bottom of the fifth inning.

The Pioneers were back at it Saturday with two more games against Sequatchie County and Whitwell, respectively.

Opening against Sequatchie County, Warren County gave up eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on the way to a 9-0, 6.5-inning shutout loss to begin the day.

The team was held to three hits, with one each for Felton, Bryan and Jones.

Keaton Rowe pitched 5.2 innings, striking out two and allowing six hits, eight runs and three walks. Isaac Smith added one strikeout, two hits and one run to close out the bottom of the sixth inning.

Warren County once again ran into scoring trouble against Whitwell, falling 6-1 in six innings to the Tigers.

Smith was credited with three of the team’s four hits, with Felton adding the fourth.

Robinson had the team’s lone RBI.

Braden Whinnery got it started on the mound with three strikeouts, three hits, four runs and one walk through 3.2 innings. Lealon Arnold came on in relief, finishing the top of the fourth inning with one hit and one run. Up next was Miguel Garcia, who additionally surrendered one hit and one run in the top of the fifth inning. Keagan Thompson closed it out, striking out one and adding one more hit over the remaining 1.2 innings.