Sports

Arabia Mountain Claims Victory in Softball Classic

The DeKalb County Senior All-Star Softball Classic took place at Lakeside.

By Mark Brock

Arabia Mountain’s Shaisa Whyte drove in five runs on three hits to lead the Red Senior All-Stars to a 15-3 victory over the Blue in four innings of the DeKalb County Senior All-Star Softball Classic at Lakeside on Monday.

Whyte got started early as she batted third for the Red team and delivered a two-run double in her first at bat of the game. Jordyn Saxton of Stephenson also had a double two batters later to score Whyte and came around to score following an error and wild pitch to give the Red a 4-1 lead.

Red pitcher Alexis Smoot of Arabia Mountain would allow just one hit in the game, a first inning triple by Nyla Roberts of Southwest DeKalb, and just three runs. She worked out of jams in the second and third innings.

Miller Grove’s Ayanna Gordon hit a two-run single in the third to expand the lead to 6-1.

The Blue cut the lead to 6-3 in top of the fourth against Smoot as they loaded the bases with one out on three consecutive walks. Columbia’s Alexis Crawford pushed across the second run of the game for the Blue with a bases-loaded walk and Jada Byrd’s fielder’s choice pushed across a second run.

Whyte and the Red team closed out the game in the fourth inning striking for nine runs taking advantage of seven walks, a hit batsmen and an error.

Whyte singled in one run with no outs and on her second at bat of the inning drove in two more with another single to end the game. Jordyn Saxton and Bria Scott of Stephenson both drove in runs with bases-loaded walks and Clarkston’s LaCaya Earle was hit-by-a-pitch with the bases loaded to drive in another run.

The All-Star Classic had two new records set this year with Whyte and Decatur’s Harper Reed putting their names at the top of the record lists. Whyte broke the RBI record of 4 set by Trenece Nash of Southwest DeKalb in the 2012 game with her 5 RBIs in the game.

Reed walked four consecutive times in the game to break the record of two in a game set by several players in the Classic.

Ayanna Gordon was the only other player in the game to have multiple hits besides Whyte as she went a perfect 2-2 on the game.

Whyte was named the Red MVP for her performance and Nyla Roberts was named the Blue team MVP as she went 1-2 at the plate with a triple and run scored.

The Red-Blue format is in its first season and the Red now holds a 1-0 lead in the series. The North and South format was tied 4-4 in the first 8 Classics played.


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