This past Tuesday, the Lady Rebels softball team traveled to Gordon Central to take on the Warriors. The Rebels were looking to redeem themselves from their one point loss the weekend before.

The Rebels started off hot on offense when Maleah Stepp stepped up to bat and hit an out of the park homerun. Stepp has been an asset to the team on offense so far in the season by leading the team in hits and runs batted in. Right after Stepp touched home, Kayleigh Russell stepped up to the plate for Fannin and hit another out of the park homerun. Russell has been right behind Stepp on the leaders board for hits and runs batted in the last few games. Each of them had three hits for the night where Stepp had four runs batted in and Russell had three.

After the second inning, the Rebels had an 8-2 lead over the Warriors. Fannin got too confident in their early lead and started to slip up on defense. Although the Rebels out hit the Warriors 14 to 10, they had 12 errors on defense while Gordon had 5. The Warriors came back after the fifth inning where they pulled ahead 11-9.

Fannin found their fire again and started to make a comeback in the sixth inning where they scored three runs. The Rebels managed to tie the game 12-12 going into the seventh inning. Gordon was able to hold Fannin on defense at the top of the seventh inning, not allowing any runs to score. When Fannin hit the field, they hoped to have three consecutive outs in hopes of putting the game into an extra inning where they could make a comeback. With a runner on base, Gordon Central hits a ball deep center field, sending the runner home. After putting up a good fight, the Rebels endured a heartbreaking 13-12 loss to the Gordon Central Warriors.