By Ryan Davenport, WSON Sports Correspondent 

The Henderson County Lady Colonels faced off against the Webster County Lady Trojans in a 6th District Rivalry Game in Dixon.

The Lady Colonels would score on the fourth pitch of the game with a leadoff home run by junior left fielder Alyse Rollings to give the Lady Colonels a 1-0 lead very early in the game. The Lady Colonels would hit 2 more home runs in the top of the 1st inning, one from senior shortstop JaMaya Byrum and one from junior center fielder Taylor Troutman as well as 4 singles, 1 double, and a total of 10 RBI’s in the inning to give the Lady Colonels a 10-0 lead heading into the bottom of the 1st inning. 

Lady Colonel freshman pitcher Mackenzie Burczyk recorded 2 strikeouts in the bottom of the 1st. 

The Lady Colonels would get a 3 run home run in the top of the 2nd inning from junior outfielder Alyse Rollings for her 2nd home run of the game. Lady Colonels would score 5 runs in the inning to give them a 15-0 lead headed to the bottom of the 2nd inning. 

In the top of the 3rd inning, the Lady Colonels would hit a lead off home run from junior catcher Hallie McCracken and then later in the inning senior second baseman Anna Willett hit a 3 run home run to give the Lady Colonels a 19-0 lead headed into the bottom of the 3rd inning. 

In the bottom of the 3rd inning, the Lady Trojans would get a lead off home run from freshman right fielder Mylee Whitledge as the Lady Trojans would still trail 19-1. The Lady Colonels would finish the inning and come away with a 19-1 victory over their 6th District rivals in the Webster County Lady Trojans. The Lady Colonels improve their record to (15-4) on the season while the Lady Trojans fall to (12-3).

Lady Colonel’s player with some notable stats was junior left fielder Alyse Rollings who was 2 for 3 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI’s on the night. Junior catcher Hallie McCracken was 3 for 3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI’s while 8th grade 3rd baseman Maggie Grogan was 2 for 3. Junior center fielder Taylor Troutman was 2 for 4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI’s while senior second baseman Anna Willett was 2 for 3 with 1 home run and 5 RBI’s on the night. 

 

Lady Colonels freshman pitcher Mackenzie Burczyk in 3 innings allowed 6 hits and 1 run while recording 2 strikeouts on the night. 

 

As a team, the Lady Colonels scored 19 runs and recorded 14 hits, 18 RBI’s, 2 doubles, and 6 home runs on the night.

The Lady Trojans sophomore pitcher Chloe Papineau was 2 for 2 on the night. As a team, the Lady Trojans recorded 6 hits, 1 RBI, and 1 home run on the night.

 

Player of the game for the Lady Colonels was junior left fielder Alyse Rollings. I asked Alyse how she felt like she performed in the game and she responded with this, “I felt like tonight was a super good game. We just came off of playing two games and this game we just came in with the mentality of like we’re going to go out and leave all we have left on the field tonight and that was just everybody’s mindset going in. That’s what I went in with was just leaving the rest out on the field today for our last game this week.”

 

Henderson County Lady Colonels head coach Shannon Troutman talked about his team’s performance, “We played good. We did what we were supposed to do. We wanted to come here and make an impressive performance and I’m glad they did, I’m glad my kids showed up. That’s three games in a row, three days in a row and it’s not always easy playing three days in a row but they showed up today and I’m proud of them.” Coach Troutman also discussed how well his team is hitting the home run this season, “We don’t preach the home run ball, we preach good clean contact, solid contact and the girls just hit the ball hard and good things will happen, you keep hitting it hard the ball will go out of the park.” 

 

Webster County Lady Trojans head coach Jason Scott talked about his observations on the game, “We just left them in it too long. When you leave a good hitting team in it that long they’re going to hit’em out of the park on you and make you pay for it. We had a lot of plays early we should’ve made. We should’ve been out of the first 2 innings, it should’ve been a 4-0 ballgame and we didn’t make the routine plays, left them in it and they took advantage and put it on us. That’s how it goes.”

 

The Lady Colonels next 6th District game will be at home on Tuesday night, May 2nd, at 6:00 P.M.