Softball Game Preview: Walnut Wildcats vs. Smithville Seminoles

The Walnut Wildcats will face off against the Smithville Seminoles at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.

Walnut's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Hickory Flat 10-0. The victory continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Rebels: they've now won seven in a row.

Brittan Dawkins

Stolen Base

03/07/25 vs Hickory Flat	1
03/06/25 vs Hamilton	1
02/27/25 vs Pine Grove	1

Brittan Dawkins made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits over five innings pitched. Dawkins was also big at the plate, going a perfect 2-for-2 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one run. She is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games she's played.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brailee Quinn, who scored three runs and stole Three bases. while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Allie Jackson, who scored a run and stole Four bases. while going 1-for-1.

Walnut always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .560. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hickory Flat only posted an OBP of .125.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Smithville). Everything went their way against West Lowndes on Thursday as Smithville made off with a 15-0 win.

The victory got Walnut back to even at 3-3. As for Smithville, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.