GULF SHORES, Ala. — The New Hope softball team was shut out 3-0 in five innings by Walker Valley on Saturday in their final game at the Pleasure Island Showdown in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
The Trojans were held to just four hits, of which Lailah Henderson had two.
Reagan Cook pitched all four innings for New Hope (7-2), striking out two batters.
New Hope blew out New Site earlier Saturday in Gulf Shores, earning an 11-1 win in four innings.
The Trojans scored eight runs in the third inning to rout the Royals.
Zoe Goodman and Kendal Kostick each drove in three runs for New Hope, and Jeoreia Henry drove in two.
Charly Clanton led the team with three hits, while Goodman and Emma O’Bryant had two.
Kensley Woolbright pitched all four innings for New Hope.
New Hope closed Friday with a 5-2 loss to Gulf Shores (Alabama), the Trojans’ first loss of the season.
The Dolphins scored two runs in the third inning and two in the fourth to outstrip New Hope in the four-inning game.
Clanton and Gabbi Manning drove in runs for New Hope, and Cook pitched 3.2 innings for the Trojans.
New Hope’s first game of the two-day tournament was its best, as the Trojans obliterated Hunters Lane (Tennessee) 31-0 in just two innings.
New Hope scored an astounding 20 runs in the first inning and added 11 more in the second to put the game to bed quickly.
Henry drove in five runs in the game to lead the Trojans. Goodman was the only player with multiple hits, as her two-hit day paced a balanced New Hope offense.
Pickens Academy (Ala.) goes 4-0 at Clarkdale Tournament in Meridian
Pickens Academy (Alabama) improved to 8-0 with a 4-0 weekend at the Clarkdale Tournament in Meridian.
Auburn signee Shelby Lowe picked up wins in all four games, improving her record to 8-0 as well.
Against Hancock in Pickens’ final game of the weekend, Lowe struck out 15 hitters and gave up five hits as the Pirates won 4-2.
Lily Lowery went 2 for 2 with a single and a double, driving in a run, and Courtney Dudley had an RBI.
Lowe shut out Vancleave over six innings, striking out 13, in a 2-0 Pickens win in the Pirates’ first game Saturday.
Carleigh Cameron went 3 for 3 with an RBI in the win.
In Friday’s second game, Lowe had 16 strikeouts in a 1-0 shutout of Germantown. She and Cameron each went 1 for 3 with a single, and Audrey Fondren had a single in her only at-bat.
Pickens romped to a 14-1 victory over Northeast Lauderdale in the Pirates’ first game of the tournament Friday by scoring 10 runs in the first inning en route to a five-inning win.
Lowe, who struck out eight in three innings pitched, went 2 for 2 at the plate. Dudley had a single and two RBIs, and Baylee Jaynes had a double and drove in two runs.
Cameron went 1 for 3 with an RBI, and Sawyer Robertson and Caroline Lewis also drove in a run apiece for Pickens.
Theo DeRosa reports on Mississippi State sports for The Dispatch. Follow him on Twitter at @Theo_DeRosa.
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