By Ryan Davenport, WSON Sports Correspondent 

The Webster County Lady Trojans faced off against the Union County Bravettes in a 6th District Rivalry Game in Morganfield.

 

The Lady Trojans started the game in the 1st inning with sophomore pitcher Chloe Papineau hitting a double and scoring on an error to give the Lady Trojans a 1-0 lead. The Lady Trojans would get 3 hits in a row that would end up scoring 2 runs to give the Lady Trojans a early 3-0 lead. 

 

The Bravettes in the bottom of the 2nd inning would get 3 hits but no runs scored for the Bravettes heading into the 3rd inning. As then in the top of the 3rd senior center fielder for the Lady Trojans would be hit by a pitch that would then lead to an RBI double by Papineau in which Papineau would advance to 3rd base on an error by the catcher to give the Lady Trojans a 4-0 lead. Then also in the top of the 3rd, junior first baseman Jenna Shelley would get an RBI single to put the Lady Trojans up 5-0.

  

In the bottom of the 3rd, Papineau would strike out the side as the Lady Trojans would score 2 more runs in the top of the 4th to give them a 8-0 lead going to the bottom of the 4th.

 

The Lady Trojans would score 1 run in the top of the 5th to give them a 9-0 lead. In the bottom of the 5th the Bravettes would get a hit but nothing else. In the top of the 6th inning, the Bravettes would walk Katelyn Cates and then Chloe Papineau would hit an inside the park home run on a fly ball to center field that hit the bottom of the center field fence to give the Lady Trojans a 11-0 lead. The Lady Trojans would score another run in the inning as heading into the bottom of the 6th inning the Bravettes would get one more hit but no runs and as of the result the Lady Trojans would come away with the 12-0 shutout win over the Bravettes in 6 innings. The Lady Trojans improve to (4-0) on the season while the Bravettes fall to (2-4).

 

Lady Trojans players with some notable stats was 1st baseman Jenna Shelley who was 4 for 4 with a double and 3 RBI’s while Chloe Papineau was 3 for 3 with an inside the park home run, 2 doubles and 3 RBI’s. Junior catcher Mallory Leath was 3 for 4 with 1 RBI while 8th grade 3rd baseman Jadeyn Jackson was 2 for 4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI’s on the night. Sophomore pitcher Chloe Papineau gave up 5 hits and 1 walk while recording 10 strikeouts in the shutout. 

 

As a team, the Lady Trojans scored 12 runs and recorded 15 hits, 9 RBI’s, 6 doubles, and 4 stolen bases on the night.

 

Bravettes sophomore Bryleigh Walsh was 2 for 2 on the night. As a team, the Bravettes recorded 5 hits and 1 stolen base on the night. 

The player of the game was Lady Trojans sophomore pitcher Chloe Papineau with a shutout game for her on the mound as Papineau hasn’t allowed a run so far this season. Papineau talked about her performance on the night as well as how her team performed against the Bravettes, “I feel like we played really well as a team tonight. I did the best I could, it was cold but I pushed through it.”She also talked about how she has improved as a hitter not just as a pitcher and she said this,” Just having the full confidence in myself has helped a lot and just looking for the most positive outcome.” 

Webster County Lady Trojans head coach Jason Scott talked about his team’s performance on the night, “I thought we played a real solid game. Chloe (Papineau) threw a heck of a game (with) 10 K’s and only gave up 5 hits. Really 5 of those hits I put about 3 of them on me for wrong pitch calling. We hit the ball all through the lineup. We ain’t hitting the long ball but we’re hitting some shots, hitting some hard line drives and just real aggressive base running. Union County had some defensive miscues and we took advantage of them by aggressive base running and put the pressure on them even more. My girls are looking good, they’re looking real focused before every game and we’re clicking on all cylinders playing some good ball right now. I’m excited for this week and for the future.” 

Union County Bravettes head coach Taner Fowler talked about her observations on the night, “We didn’t do a lot of the small things right. We kind of played passive. We didn’t go out ready to dominate and win.” 

 

Lady Trojans will face the Bravettes again on Monday April 24th in Dixon at 6:00 P.M.