Softball

Kaitlyn Johnson, Mackenzie (Big Mac) Toler, Kimberly Perkins and Hayden Bartlett all drove in runs as the Whitewater Lady Wildcats improved to 5-0 in region play and 8-2 overall.

They might be a young team but they are getting a taste of what it takes to win and that gives head coach Lisa Pearce some hope.

McIntosh’s varsity softball team is off to a great start. The Lady Chiefs are 5-3 and took second place at last weekend’s Up the Creek tournament.

The Peachtree City Rebels travelled to Douglasville on Saturday June 19 and took home the championship in the GSA “It’s Getting Hot” tournament.

The USSSA Road to Orlando tournament was held at the South Commons Olympic Softball Complex in Columbus, Georgia, on May 22. The 12U Blue Georgia Academy Power team won the tournament championship, scoring 61 runs and giving up only three runs against other 12U teams from Georgia and Alabama.

The first girls Little League Softball team from Fayette County won three straight and heads to Clayton, Ga. this weekend to take on Georgia and North Carolina teams in a Little League Softball shoot out.

On Friday, March 5, elite fastpitch softball players from Fayette County and from all over the state of Georgia and Alabama, gathered at Peachtree City Meade Fields for the first annual Spring Training of the Georgia Academy Power softball organization.

Former Alabama All-American catcher Ashley Holcombe of Fayetteville, was named to the 2010 Team USA softball roster as announced by the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America. Holcombe, a graduate of Fayette County High School, was one of 17 athletes that were offered a USA Softball Athlete Agreement for the 2010 season.

The 2009 Little League World Series Softball Champions from Warner Robins, Ga, will be introduced and congratulated during the Little League State Leadership Conference, Saturday, Jan. 9, at Glendalough Manor in Tyrone.  The team will be available from 12:30 – 2 p.m.  The public is invited to share in the congratulations of the team.

The Peachtree City 6U Ponies defeated the Tyrone Chili Peppers with a last inning unassisted triple play.  Lauren Flanders, pitcher for the Ponies caught a fly ball in the infield and preceded to tag second base and the first base runner for all three outs.  The entire team hit hard and played strong defense. The Ponies won the season ending tournament by a score of 16 - 11 and finished second for the fall 2009 season.