Softball Recap: Malone Drops Season-High Score on Jefferson County

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Malone). Everything went their way against Jefferson County on Friday as Malone made off with a 29-7 victory. Malone hasn't had any issues with Jefferson County recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.

Arielle Dickens made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and five unearned) runs off two hits. Those two earned runs gave her a new career-low. She was even better at the plate, getting on base in all five of her plate appearances with one triple, two RBI, and one run. That triple marked the first that she hit this season.

In other batting news, Jordin Josey was a standout: she scored three runs and stole seven bases while getting on base in five of her six plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of C Garrett, who scored four runs and stole eight bases while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.

Tigers

On Base Percentage

03/28/25 @ Jefferson County	77.1%
03/27/25 @ Vernon	55.2%
03/25/25 vs Chipley	30.8%
03/15/25 @ Bay	50%
03/11/25 @ Bethlehem	47.4%
+ 12 more games

Malone always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .771. The last time their OBP was this high was back in April of 2024.

Malone's victory bumped their record up to 2-7. As for Jefferson County, they dropped their record down to 1-7 with the loss, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.

Looking ahead, Malone will take on Cottonwood at 5:15 p.m. on Monday. Cottonwood has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 10.69 runs per game on average), something Malone will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Jefferson County, they will face off against Wakulla Christian School at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Jefferson County's pitchers better be ready for this one: Wakulla Christian School has averaged an impressive 16.2 runs per game this season.