The Warren County Middle School Lady Pioneers have been making a statement as of late and after a short drive to Cannon County on Wednesday afternoon, the Lady Pioneers have added another mark in the win column. WCMS defeated Cannon County, 13-0.
The Lady Pioneer defense is keeping teams smothered and as of Friday had not allowed any runs in the last three games, outscoring their opponents 44-0 in that span.
Lady Pioneer Ashton Whiles went to work inside the circle for WCMS. Whiles allowed no runs and two hits. Whiles had five strikeouts and two walks in her time inside the pitching circle.
The Lady Pioneer defense put Cannon County on lockdown. Through four innings, Cannon County struggled to get base runners and it was not until the third inning they got one.
Hailey Wood led WCMS off with a triple and Whiles was right behind her when she reached on an error at third base. Emily Mikkola singled for an RBI and the first run of the game for WCMS. It was the beginning of a long inning for Cannon County. Bri Young added a single and two more RBIs to go up 3-0. Marah Wanamaker doubled and Maddie Cantrell singled to keep the runners on the move. When the inning was all said and done, WCMS had jumped out to a 5-0 lead.
Cannon County fell in order in the bottom of the second inning and Whiles picked up two more K’s.
Not all of the lineup scored in the first inning but they made up for it in the top of the second. After WCMS picked up two quick outs, MaKenna Mason singled and Wanamaker doubled to put Lady Pioneers on second and third base. Cantrell singled and scored both runners to go up 7-0. Grace Rains hammered a triple and she was scored by a single by Samantha Jennings for a 9-0 WCMS lead.
In the bottom of the second inning, Cannon County walked a runner and another was hit by a pitch to put two on for Cannon County. Out three left the runners stranded at second and third base.
The top of the third inning was the only inning WCMS did not score, although they did put two on base before they picked up the their final out to keep the score 8-0.
Cannon County picked up two walks in the bottom of the third inning but again it was all WCMS defense and any hopes of scoring were quickly dashed by the Lady Pioneers.
WCMS started the top of the fourth inning with Cantrell who led off with a walk.
Cantrell as well as Jennings, Wood, and Whiles would finish the scoring for WCMS. When the final out came and the dust settled, the Lady Pioneers were clearly in control at 13-0 with Cannon County up to bat for one last chance.
A single and a double once again put runners on base for Cannon County, but once again WCMS defense smothered out any chances for Cannon County to put runs on the board. The Lady Pioneers defeated Cannon County by a final score of 13-0.