Softball Game Preview: Yazoo County Panthers vs. Morton Panthers

Yazoo County hasn't had much luck against Morton recently, but that could start to change on Friday. We've got a battle between Panthers coming up. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Yazoo County sitting on nine straight wins and Morton on four.

If Yazoo County beats Morton with ten runs on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Yazoo County didn't even let Humphreys County on the board on Thursday, marking Yazoo County's second-straight 10-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won seven games by ten runs or more so far this season.

Lilly Andrews

Batters Struck Out

03/27/25 vs Humphreys County	12
03/25/25 vs Winona	7
03/22/25 @ Brookhaven	10
03/18/25 vs Edwards	10
03/03/25 vs Ridgeland	8
+ 2 more games

Lilly Andrews made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. She has been consistent : she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in seven consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2. She also put up a home run, which was her first of the season.

In other batting news, Madison Collins and Minely Crozier did most of the damage at the plate: Collins scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while Crozier scored three runs while going 1-for-2. The dominant performance also gave Collins a new career-high in RBI (two). Madison Gardner was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Morton). They were the clear victors by a 15-8 margin over Pelahatchie on Thursday. Considering the Panthers have won five matches by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Yazoo County's victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-3. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.1 runs on average over those games. As for Morton, their record is now 5-8.

Yazoo County might still be hurting after the 15-2 loss they got from Morton in their previous matchup back in April of 2019. Can Yazoo County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.