By JOE
BYRD
Sports Writer
Chuckey-Doak
stormed into the second round of the District 1-AA Softball Tournament with a 10-0 win over West
Greene on Friday.
The Lady Knights, hosting their opening round game by
virtue of finishing in the top half of the conference, got a three-hit, six-strikeout pitching
performance from Tiffany Bowman and a huge day at the plate by Kala Kyker to pace the
victory.
Kyker went three-for-four with a double, triple, four RBIs and
two runs scored.
It was a blast by Kyker that got things started for the
Lady Knights.
After Chuckey-Doak got out of the top of the first with two
West Greene runners in scoring position, Kyker put the first two runs on the board with a two-run
triple to center. Miranda Lane drove in a run to put the Lady Knights up
3-0.
Trouble hit West Greene in the bottom of the second when three
errors opened the door for Chuckey-Doak to score two more runs. Jordan Bowers drove one in with a
double to left, and Kyker added another RBI.
The Lady Knights upped their
lead to 6-0 in the bottom of the third when Kelley Weems reached on a double off the fence that was
probably the hardest hit ball of the afternoon and scored on an RBI single from Amber
Stills.
West Greene's biggest threat came in the top of the fourth.
Brittany Duffield led off with a base hit, and then with one away, Becka Gregory reached on a single
and Shauna Lamb drew a walk to load the bases. Chuckey-Doak shortstop Kaitlyn Frye recorded a
putout, and Bowman closed the inning with a strikeout to leave the bases loaded for the Lady
Buffs.
The Lady Knights tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the
fourth. Kyker had the big hit of the inning with her double. Lane, Tiffany Crum and Stills each
drove in a run.
Fittingly, it was Kyker that ended the game with a RBI in
the bottom of the fifth. Frye led off the inning with a double, and Kyker ripped a hard run-scoring
base hit right up the middle to make it 10-0 and close the book on West Greene's
season.
West Greene closes out the season with a 10-13
record.
Chuckey-Doak improves to 20-12 and will take on Elizabethton on
Monday at 6:30 when the remainder of the tournament moves to
Elizabethton.
The Lady Cyclones defeated Sullivan North 12-0 on
Friday.
WG AB R H C-D AB R H
B'tista,
rf 3 0 0 Frye, ss 4 2 2
C'vnagh, ss 1 0 0 Bowman,
p 3 2 0
Brown, p 3 0 1 Kyker,
lf 4 2 3
D'field, c 2 0 1 Lane,
c 3 0 0
Landry, 1b 2 0 0 Crum,
2b 3 1 0
Gregory, lf 2 0 1 Weems,
cf 3 1 2
Lamb, dp 1 0 0 Ward,
3b 2 1 0
D'that, 3b 0 0 0 Stills,
1b 3 0 2
Kinser, cf 2 0 0 Bowers,
rf 3 1 1
M'lock,
2b 2 0 0
TOTALS 18 0 3 TOTALS 28 10 10
2b
hits: CD - Frye, Kyker, Weems, Bowers. 3b hits: CD - Kyker. LP: Brown. WP:
Bowman.
Score by innings:
West
Greene 000 00 -- 0 3
Chuckey-Doak 321 31 -- 10 10