Trojans Defeat Rebels

Last Thursday, the Lady Trojans softball team traveled from North Hall to take on the Lady Rebels at home. Fannin just had a region win against another Hall County school, Cherokee Bluff, and looked to continue the streak. North Hall had just come from a loss the game prior to the matchup at Fannin and were anxious for a win.

The Trojans got an early lead in the first two innings that Fannin was unable to overcome. In the first inning, the Trojans put four runs on the board while the Rebels were struggling to score one. North Hall extended their lead in the second with two more runs as they continued to hold Fannin on defense.

Fannin finally started to find holes in North Hall’s defense and put the ball into action. The Lady Rebels put their first run on the board in the bottom of the third inning after successfully holding the Trojans on defense. Fannin continued advancing their score little by little for two more innings while North Hall did the same.

The Lady Rebels had faith that they could make a come back until the Lady Trojans laid the hammer down at the top of the sixth inning and scored five more runs. Fannin started off slow, picked up their intensity towards the middle, and then let it fall again towards the end.

Senior, Amelia Sneed, pitched 5.1 innings for the Rebels where sixteen of her first pitches were strikes. Junior, Kayleigh Russell, came in as a relief for Sneed for 0.2 innings where she struck out one batter over a short period of time.

Fannin let their defensive errors get the best of them in their matchup against North Hall. The teams were almost even in the amount of hits throughout the night where the Trojans had six and Fannin had five. Although the amount of hits were close, the number of defensive errors were not. While the Rebels allowed ten errors over six innings, North Hall allowed only four.

North Hall closed out the game with a 13-4 victory over Fannin. The Rebels loss put their overall record at 4-5 and their region record at 2-2. Fannin will get their shot at redemption on September 18 at 5:55 when they travel to Gainesville to take on North Hall.