Softball Game Preview: Edgewood Academy Wildcats vs. Coosa Valley Academy Rebels

The Edgewood Academy Wildcats will hit the road for the first time this season to face off against the Coosa Valley Academy Rebels at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Edgewood Academy will be strutting in after a win while Coosa Valley Academy will be coming in after a loss.

Coosa Valley Academy will be up against a hot Edgewood Academy team: the squad just extended their winning streak to nine. Edgewood Academy never let Fort Dale Academy get on the board and left with a 7-0 victory last Saturday.

Meanwhile, Coosa Valley Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They lost 19-5 to Lowndes Academy.

Khloe Carmack and Teren Plyer did some serious damage despite the final result: Carmack scored two runs while going 2-for-2, while Plyer went 1-for-2 with four RBI. The dominant performance gave Plyer a new career-high in RBI. Corlee Johnson was another key player, going a perfect 1-for-1 with one stolen base and one double.

Even though they lost, Coosa Valley Academy hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most four strikeouts in four consecutive matchups.

Edgewood Academy's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Coosa Valley Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 2-10.