
Cougars
03/07/25 vs Starkville Christian | 20 |
03/07/25 @ Choctaw County | 20 |
03/24/25 vs Vardaman | 17 |
03/24/25 vs Vardaman | 15 |
02/17/25 vs Bruce | 15 |
South Pontotoc made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Ethel, but they still couldn't quite topple them. South Pontotoc blew past Ethel 14-6 on Thursday. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matchups by six runs or more this season.
Sammy Terry spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned (and three unearned) runs on seven hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, South Pontotoc got a massive performance out of Jacee Mcclellan, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all six of her plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave Mcclellan a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Preslee Austin, who scored two runs while getting on base in all six of her plate appearances.
South Pontotoc is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. This is the second loss in a row for Ethel and nudges their season record down to 5-9.
Coming up, South Pontotoc will head out to take on Bruce at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Ethel, they will welcome Kosciusko at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
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