Morristown-Hamblen East waltzed into their matchup on Sunday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came out on top against the Jefferson County Patriots by a score of 6-2. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 9-1 two weeks ago.
Ella Wampler
| 04/13/25 vs Jefferson County | 9 |
| 04/12/25 vs Union County | 5 |
| 04/12/25 vs Chuckey-Doak | 3 |
| 04/09/25 @ Cosby | 6 |
| 04/03/25 vs Sevier County | 7 |
| + 5 more games |
Ella Wampler made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in March. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one home run and two RBI.
In other batting news, Ava Combs and Hudson Cloninger did most of the damage at the plate: Combs scored a run while going 2-for-2, while Cloninger scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Cloninger has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played.
Morristown-Hamblen East was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .391 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Morristown-Hamblen East's record now sits at 10-6-1. As for Jefferson County, their loss dropped their record down to 9-12-1.
Morristown-Hamblen East didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 7-3 defeat against Daniel Boone on the 13th. As for Jefferson County, they will challenge Maryville at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The Red Rebels' pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so the Patriots' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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