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Demopolis JV softball notches first win, finishes tourney runner-up

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Abby Grace Cameron rounds third during Saturday’s second game. The Demopolis High JV finished as runner-up in the draw.

SWEET WATER – The Demopolis Lady Tiger junior varsity softball team (1-3) took home runner-up honors Saturday in a tournament hosted by Sweet Water High School – an effort that was bookended by losses to eventual tourney champs Hale County.

The Lady Tigers struggled to string together hits in the tournament’s first game against the Wildcats, with only four players reaching base.

April Schroeder rounds second against Hale County.

The team’s lone run in the 13-1 effort came courtesy of the seventh grade.

Leadoff batter Abby Grace Cameron (1-for-3) roped a triple to left and scored when the next batter, Lizzie Cannon (1-for-2), dropped a blooper in front of the right fielder.

Wessie Jacobs (1-for-2, single) and April Schroeder (1-for-2, triple) were the other Tigers to reach base in the game.

Cannon took the loss in the circle, tossing all 5 innings and one strikeout.

In their next game, Demopolis rode much improved offensive and defensive efforts to a 13-7 win over Sweet Water, which sent the tournament host packing.

Each of the Lady Tigers’ starting nine reached base in the win, the team’s first of the season.

Cameron finished 2-for-2 with three runs scored, one walk and was hit by a pitch. Cannon followed, going 1-for-2 with a double, two runs scored and drawing two walks. Samia Jackson went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and was twice hit by a pitch. Marianna Pearson went 2-for-3 and was also hit by a pitch.

Sydney Lindsey and Demopolis assistant coach Caitlyn White

Catie Lawrence finished 0-for-2, logging a walk and one run scored. April Schroeder went 1-for-3 with one run scored and Sydney Lindsey was 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored. Tayler Pipkins was 1-for-1 with a triple and two runs scored. Aerial Irby was 1-for-2 with a single.

Pipkins got the win in the circle, going 4 innings and tossing one strikeout.

The win over the Lady Bulldogs put the Tigers into the championship game where they again faced Hale County.

While the Lady Tigers fared better in the rematch, the Lady Wildcats ultimately took home the 7-3 win.

Cameron and Cannon both went 2-for-3 in the game, with a run scored each. Jackson went 3-for-3 and a run scored. Schroeder was 1-for-2. Zanadia Wright was 2-for-2 with a pair of singles and Irby went 1-for-2.

Pipkins took the loss for Demopolis, going three innings and throwing one strikeout. Cannon came in for one three-up-and-three-down inning of relief work.