JH Tigers Triumph Easily Over Pattonsburg

The Worth County Junior High Tigers won handily over Pattonsburg 8-1 Thursday before the varsity game. Brooklyn Richardson pitched and got the win. She walked none and struck out eight, while allowing only two hits. There were only two errors in the field behind her.

Worth County scored one in the second. Pattonsburg tied it with one in the third, but the floodgates opened in the fourth as the Tigers scored seven in the inning for the win. The Tigers jumpstarted the inning when Lanie Cousatte and Zee Anna Gladstone pulled off a successful double steal of second and home.

Kara Staton had two hits to lead the Tigers. Brooklyn Richardson and Zee Anna Gladstone had one. Becca Smith came home on a wild pitch.

The Tigers were able to steal at will on the Panthers. Zee Anna Gladstone had three steals for the Tigers. Lanie Cousatte had two, and Brooklyn Richardson, Autumn Cousatte, Kynah Steele, and Becca Smith all had one. Kynah Steele reached first base on a dropped third strike.