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Lady Pioneers win thriller
Youngblood HR caps extra-inning comeback
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Lady Pioneer Skyler Youngblood punctuates the Lady Pioneers comeback rally Tuesday with a three-run, inside-the-park home run in the bottom of the eighth.
Jeffery Simmons
Updated: Apr 13, 2017, 10:50 PM
Published: Apr 13, 2017, 11:51 PM

Giving no quarter, the Lady Pioneers refused to let visiting Cookeville leave with a win Tuesday.
Down 6-3 in the bottom of the eighth, Warren County made a stand, and in an epic comeback rally scored 4 runs, 3 off a Skyler Youngblood inside-the-park HR to right field, to capture the win, 7-6.
Youngblood, a WCHS senior and standout player, suffered a leg injury coming into home on the winning run. Youngblood is batting .429 with 12 RBIs and 3 home runs so far this season and has signed her letter of intent to play for Motlow next year.
“I’m just glad how the girls competed throughout the game,” said Warren County High School coach Gooby Martin. “We had a couple of bad innings defensively and we were fortunate enough to overcome those mistakes and get a win. It’s hard to be too excited until we know the extent of Skyler’s leg injury. We hope she’ll be OK and it’s nothing major.”
Cookeville jumped to an early 3-0 lead, hanging on to it until the fifth inning when the Lady Pioneers would score 2 runs off an Ashton Whiles fly ball to centerfield scoring Emily Mikkola and Neva Tackett, 3-2.
Warren County evened the game at 3-3 in the seventh after a Whiles sacrifice fly scored Tackett, 3-3.
The Lady Cavs went to the top of the eighth taking advantage of everything the Lady Pioneers would give them, scoring 3 runs with 8 at-bats, 6-3. Sloppy Lady Pioneer defense enabled the rally.
Down 3 runs, the Lady Pioneers didn’t show any quit as Mikkola doubled on a hard  ground ball to center field scoring Kyra Hillis, 6-4, and Skyler Youngblood got a huge hit to right field scoring Hailey Wood and Mikkola before crossing home for the winning run, 7-6.
Both offenses were strong at the plate as Warren County collected 11 hits and Cookeville 8 in the contest.
Lady Pioneer pitcher Ashton Whiles earned the win for Warren County throwing for 2 innings, giving up 3 runs, 3 hits and striking out 3, with 0 walks. Maddie Cantrell started the game for Warren County pitching 6 innings, with 3 runs, 5 hits, 1 strikeout, and 0 walks.
Tackett went 3-for-4 at the plate, Mikkola had 3 hits, 1 RBI, Whiles 2 hits, 3 RBIs, Wood, Youngblood (2 RBIs) and Madison Mason each had 1 hit.
The Lady Pioneers traveled to White County Thursday to play the Lady Warriors. Results were not available at press time. Their next game will be in Tullahoma as they take on the Lady Wildcats on Saturday, April 15. Game time is 2:30 p.m.
WCHS baseball, softball compete in weekend tournaments
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Matt Tyson
Published: Apr 2, 2025, 10:16 PM

One day after a close home win over Cumberland County Thursday night, the Warren County baseball team was back on the road for a weekend tournament slate. Taking part in the Viking Classic, the Pioneers went 2-2 across Friday and Saturday’s contests.

Kicking things off against Huntland at Tullahoma High School Friday evening, Warren County notched its third straight victory with a 4-3 decision over the Hornets.

Sam Robinson had three of the team’s eight hits. Ryder Gilispie followed with two. Tyler Adams, Jerren Harris and Keaton Rowe each added one hit.

Gilispie and Harris were both credited with one RBI each.

Adams, Robinson, Gilispie and Adrian Harris each scored one run.

On the mound, Miguel Garcia pitched four innings, finishing with four strikeouts, two hits, three runs and four walks. Keagan Thompson followed for two innings, striking out two.

In the nightcap, the Pioneers were held scoreless in an 8-0 shutout against the host Wildcats. Robinson had Warren County’s lone hit of the game.

Hayven Jones pitched 1.1 innings, recording one strikeout, four hits, seven runs and two walks. Jerren Harris came on for 2.2 innings, finishing with two hits, one run and four walks.

Back in action for day two of the tournament at Cascade High School, the Pioneers bounced back with a 9-8 win over the host Champions Saturday morning.

The team finished with nine hits, led by Adams and Robinson with two each. Gilispie, Jerren Harris, Adrian Harris, Woogs Bryan and Corban Felton all added one.

Bryan led the team in RBI with four of its eight. Gilispie, Felton, Jerren Harris and Brady Norris each brought in one.

Jaytton Baker went 3.1 innings on the bump, striking out five and coming off with eight hits and five runs. Lealon Arnold followed for 1.2 innings, striking out one and adding two hits and three runs. Gilispie pitched for one inning and recorded two strikeouts and one hit.

Closing out the weekend against Alabama’s Heritage Christian, Warren County came out on the losing end of a 14-6 contest. At the plate, Jerren Harris led the way with two of the team’s eight hits. Adams, Gilispie, Bryan, Felton, Adrian Harris and Evan Snapp all followed with one each.

The Pioneers posted four RBI, with two each for Adams and Snapp.

Snapp had two of the team’s six runs, with one each for Adams, Gilispie, Felton and Jones.

Braden Whinnery pitched 2.2 innings, striking out four and surrendering seven hits, five runs and one walk. Rowe followed for 0.2 innings, adding four hits and five runs. Up next was Keagan Thompson, who went one inning and came off with five hits and four runs. Daylen Holguin wrapped up the day, striking out one and allowing one hit over 0.2 innings.

WCHS softball goes 1-3 through weekend

The Lady Pioneers got their Southern Warrior Classic schedule started with a game against Summertown Friday evening, a matchup in which they fell 10-1.

Warren County finished with six hits, with two each for Ky Damon, Lola Wells and Kaydence Wiser.

Wiser had a home run in the top of the fourth inning for the team’s lone run.

In the circle, Ceilee Gudat pitched 3.1 innings and finished with one strikeout, nine hits, 10 runs and two walks. Kyaira Sharpe followed for the game’s remainder, closing out the last 0.2 innings.

The Lady Pioneers were again bested in their second Friday night game, falling 10-2 to Moline (Ill.).

Wells led the Warren County hitting effort with two of the team’s six. Damon, Callie Roberts, Cortlyn Porter and Ali Young each added one.

Wells and Lily Rains had one run each.

Ruby Denning had one strikeout and gave up eight hits, 10 runs and three walks across all four innings.

The Lady Pioneers had better luck in their Saturday morning opener, flying ahead with an 11-run fifth inning to take down Illinois’s Oswego East 15-9.

Warren County racked up 12 hits over the course of the game, with two each for Rains, Wells, Sharpe, Porter and Addison Smith. This included home runs for both Wells and Smith. Damon and Young both added one hit each.

Smith led the Lady Pioneers in RBI with four of their 15, followed by Sharpe with three. Rains and Wells both had two RBI. Damon, Wiser, Porter and Young all tacked on one.

Sharpe pitched the first four innings and came out with 13 hits, nine runs and two walks. Denning added one hit across one inning.

Warren County was unable to duplicate this in their final game of the weekend later that afternoon, falling 3-2 to Stewarts Creek.

The team notched six hits, with two each for Rains and Porter. Damon and Wiser both added one hit.

Rains had the Lady Pioneers’ lone RBI.

On the rubber, Gudat pitched all five innings, striking out three and finishing the day with five hits, three runs and one walk.