Softball Recap: Morristown-Hamblen East Snaps Four-Game Streak of Losses at Home

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Morristown-Hamblen East). They blew past the Cosby Eagles 12-0 on Friday.

Ella Wampler

Batters Struck Out

03/21/25 vs Cosby	9
03/14/25 vs David Crockett	4
03/13/25 @ Sevier County	9
03/11/25 vs Knoxville Central	1
03/10/25 @ Volunteer	5

Ella Wampler made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over four innings pitched. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 5.6 strikeouts per game. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.

In other batting news, Harmony Sullivan was incredible, going a perfect 4-for-4 with two triples, three runs, and one double. That double marked the first that she hit this season. Another player making a difference was Hudson Cloninger, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.

Morristown-Hamblen East always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .581. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cosby only posted an OBP of .077.

Morristown-Hamblen East's win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-4. As for Cosby, they are on an eight-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7.

Morristown-Hamblen East will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Jefferson County at 5:30 p.m. on April 1. As for Cosby, they will take on Monterey at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Monterey's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Cosby's hitters will have their work cut out for them.