By Richard Harris
The Schley County High Lady Wildcats jumped out to an early lead and held off a late comeback attempt to defeat fellow Top 10 team Marion County on the road, 9-6, last Thursday in Buena Vista.
Zoe Molina singled in a pair of runs in the first inning to give the Lady Wildcats an early lead. They added runs in the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 7th innings to take a commanding 9-2 lead into the bottom half of the final inning. Marion rallied for 4 runs to tighten the score to 9-6, but Makena Wurtz coaxed an infield pop-up to get out of the jam and secure the win.
Wurtz went the distance in the pitcher's circle to earn the win (7 innings, 5 earned runs, 1 strikeout, 0 walks)....