CHESNEE, SC - The Chesnee softball team used the energy from senior night to come away with a 7-5 victory over their fellow district school, Boiling Springs, on Tuesday night.
"It felt good to get the win on senior night," said senior Hannah Henderson. "Everyone just stepped up and did their jobs tonight." Fellow senior Kyleigh Thompson echoed Henderson's comments about the total team effort to pick up the win over the Bulldogs. "It felt great to see the effort by our teammates to help us gets this win," said Thompson. Boiling Springs got the first runs of the game when Bri Stanley singled home AD Raines, who had reached base on the previous at-bat, to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Chesnee starting pitcher Maddie Handy was able to retire the next two Boiling Springs batters to end the inning and start a string of eight straight Bulldog batters retired. The Eagles quickly rebounded as Aubrey Aparis was hit by a pitch to lead off the game before later working herself to third base and scoring on a Maddie Handy RBI sacrifice fly. Kyleigh Thompson followed with a RBI double to give the Eagles a 2-1 lead at the end of the first inning. Chesnee continued to build on their lead with a five run second inning as Jada Sellars, Emma Fogle, and Harley Grady all started the second inning with three consecutive singles. Aubrey Aparis, Hannah Henderson, and Mattie Handy followed those three with with three consecutive RBI singles of their own before Emily Pruett followed with a two RBI single to cap off the inning with the Eagles ahead 7-2 over the Bulldogs. "It felt good to be able to come through for our team when they needed us to in important situations," said Henderson about the big second inning for the Eagles. In the top of the fifth inning, Bri Stanley came through again come for the Bulldogs after she drove in a run on a single to the outfield following back-to-back singles from AD Raines and Kate Philbeck to make the Eagles lead 7-2 over Boiling Springs. The Bulldogs started a rally in the top of the seventh inning when Grace Geddes and Morgan Hammett each reached base to lead off the inning before both scored on a Bri Stanley RBI double to cut the Chesnee lead to 7-4 over the Bulldogs. Stanley later scored on a RBI single by Jacie Ross to cut the lead to 7-5 but that was as close as the Bulldogs rally would get as the Eagles came away with the 7-5 victory. In a pregame ceremony, the Eagles honored four seniors in Hannah Henderson, Emma Fogle, Kyleigh Thompson, and Brie Smith for they're contributions to Chesnee softball over the last few years. "Those four are four young ladies who each bring something to the table that makes this team special," said Chesnee coach Tripp Fogle. "I told them before the game how amazing this group has been and how they've made Chesnee proud." Kyleigh Thompson said she's thankful for her time with the Eagles program and will look forward to coming back and seeing her team in future years. "This program means everything to me," said Thompson. "It has been my home for the past six years and I have loved seeing the program grow. I'm sad that I have to leave the program, but excited for when I'm going to come watch them in the future." The Eagles defense gave a solid performance behind their pitcher Maddie Handy on Tuesday night, including an excellent play in the second inning to help Handy send the Bulldogs down in order. "We have full confidence in Maddie Handy," said senior Emma Fogle. "Our goal as a defense is for her to have confidence in us." The win gives the Eagles their second consecutive win of the final week of the regular season, as the Eagles look to finish strong and build momentum for the playoffs which was Coach Fogle's message to his team before the game. "At the beginning of the game Coach Fogle told us to finish this week strong and build momentum for a brand-new season next week," said Emma Fogle. Chesnee will be back in action on Wednesday when they travel to Chapman to play a double header against the Panthers with a 5:30 PM start time for game one. Boiling Springs will play their last game of the regular season on Friday at Clover in a pivotal matchup for their playoff chances. -Andrew Eison 4/27/2022 05:47:43 am
Would just like to shine a little beam of that light on my own! I was really proud to see Jada Sellars hustling to make not 1 but 2 hard catches down the fowl line. One in front of her, other behind her. She put up the stops and kicked up the dust to get those outs to finish off the 7th. inning . She was so excited that she was a part of her team that pulled in the win! Comments are closed.
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