By Wade Holland
Winners of two in a row, and five of their last six, the Lynn Camp Lady Cats are headed to the beach for spring break with a lot of momentum and confidence on their side.
Lynn Camp, which swept a double-header from Wayne County on Friday, boarded a bus on Sunday morning with the Cal Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, as the destination. The Lady Cats are scheduled to play four games during the road trip, beginning Monday, April 1, at 9 a.m.
Lynn Camp currently sits near the top of the 13th Region standings with an overall record of 6-2. Only Clay County is higher with an undefeated 6-0 mark.
The Lady Cats are also 2-1 against 13th Region opponents and perfect at 2-0 versus 51st District rivals.
Lynn Camp, which was the first team in the 13th Region to reach 100 runs scored, currently leads the region with 105 (13 per game). Clay Co. is next with 74 (12 per game), while Middlesboro comes in with 70 (11 per game).
Lynn Camp 15, Pineville 0
In first-round action of the 13th Region All A Classic, Lynn Camp showed no mercy on its district opponent and put the Lady Lions away in three innings.
Madyson Roberts was superb on the mound with a complete-game no-hitter. She needed just 31 pitches to get through the game and finished with five strike outs.
Lynn Camp pounded out 15 hits in the contest. Halle Mills led the way with four. Katie Miller and Gabby Carollo both came up with three apiece, followed by Roberts with two, and Makenzie Grant, Julie Shepherd, and Erin Holland one each.
Mills drove in four runs for Lynn Camp, with Miller adding three, and Holland and Carollo two each.
Lynn Camp was a perfect 9-for-9 on steal attempts. Holland swiped three, Mills and Grant two each, and Miller and Carollo one apiece.
Middlesboro 19, Lynn Camp 9
Rolling along with a 9-1 advantage after three innings, Lynn Camp could do little to stop the bleeding as Middlesboro scored 18 unanswered runs in the come-from-behind win in semifinal action of the All A.
Seven different players had one hit each for the Lady Cats. Miller had two RBI on her hit, while Holland and Carollo drove in one each on their hits.
Mills scored two runs to lead the Lady Cats. Mills, Holland and Grant all had stolen bases.
Roberts and Mills both spent time on the hill for the Lady Cats. Roberts struck out six in 3.1 innings. Mills sent two to the bench on a third strike in 1.1 innings of work.
Lynn Camp 11, Thomas Walker (Va.) 6
In game one of the double-header, Lynn Camp turned 11 hits into 11 runs with some nifty base running that included seven stolen bases in seven attempts.
Mills went 3 for 4 with three runs and two stolen bases. Kaley Hendrickson collected two hits in three at bats while stealing a base and scoring a pair of runs. Shepherd had two hits and knocked in one run.
Holland had just one hit, but walked two times and took advantage of two stolen bases while scoring three runs. Miller also finished with one hit in two at bats with a stolen base and a pair of RBI.
Grant had one hit, a double that was the team’s only extra base hit of the game, while knocking in one run and scoring another. She also had a stolen base. Carollo had one hit and one RBI. Olivia Dozier drove in a run.
Roberts allowed just eight hits and struck out eight in the complete game victory.
Lynn Camp 9, Thomas Walker (Va.) 2
In the nightcap, Lynn Camp’s bats stayed hot with 15 hits that resulted in nine runs. Of the 15 hits, one was a home run, one was a triple, and three were doubles.
Continuing to make a name for herself far and wide, Mills once again delivered an all-star performance that included three hits in three at bats that resulted in three RBI. She also scored a pair of runs.
Only a freshman, Mills was also excellent on the mound with a no-hit performance that included four strike outs in three innings.
Grant was right there with Mills offensively, collecting a pair of doubles and a triple to go with two stolen bases.
Carollo and Holland had two hits apiece. Carollo drove in two runs and was credited with the home run, the first of the season for the Lady Cats, while Holland stole a base and scored a run.
Roberts, Hendrickson, Dozier, Miller, and Shepherd all added one hit apiece to the Lady Cats’ total. Shepherd drove in two runs. Miller’s hit was a double.
Lynn Camp 21, Pineville 0
Pineville was once again the victim as Lynn Camp scored early and often on the way to the dominating three-inning victory.
Roberts led the way for the winners both at the plate and on the rubber. She went 2 for 3 with a run scored and three RBI with the bat, while keeping the Lady Lions off balance all night in a one-hit shutout that included seven strike outs against just one walk.
Grant, Mills and Shepherd all added two hits apiece for the winners. Grant and Mills scored three runs each. Mills also had three RBI, while Shepherd added one.
Carollo, Holland, and Hendrickson all added one hit apiece to the Lady Cats’ offensive attack. Hendrickson and Miller drove in two runs each, while Dozier and Carollo crossed the place one time apiece.
Lynn Camp had three stolen bases in the game, one each from Grant, Mills and Makayla Wright.
After the Pineville game, Lynn Camp played three more games, one against Richmond Model and two against Wayne Co. Those three games will be covered in a future release. Please keep an eye on www.knoxky.com for more coverage of the Lady Cats.
(Note: Stats and box score information contained in this story were obtained from the KHSAA and may not always match the official stats kept by the team. If there is an error in our reporting, kindly inform us and a correction will be made.)
