Lady Dragons edge rival, stun Gibbs
Clinton High School’s softball team picked up a key District 4-AAA victory Monday afternoon, edging crosstown rival Anderson County 4-3 in an in-school game at ACHS.
Mandy Chambers hit a solo home run, while Sara Bishop, who has been swinging a hot bat for the Lady Dragons, went 1-for-4 with a double.
Maddisyn Reynolds and Bryana Holt each singled and scored, and Norah Elliott added a single and an RBI.
Clinton, which was outhit 8-6, also had a busy week and notched perhaps the biggest win in program history Thursday, slipping past state power Gibbs in Corryton.
Bishop clubbed a solo home run and Holt singled and drove in two runs.
Chambers singled and scored, while Elliott went 1-for-2 with a double, an RBI and a run scored. Reynolds added two hits.
“That was a big win for us, and I’ve always told them that we were better than Gibbs,” Clinton Coach Leonard Sams said.
“I’m very, very pleased with the way that we’ve been playing.”
The Lady Dragons, who swept a doubleheader against Scott County on Tuesday, April 7, also competed in the Gibbs Invitational over the weekend.
Clinton opened tournament play with a 7-0 win over Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett.
“That was a big win for us, too,” Sams said.
Elliott and Bishop led the offense.
Bishop, Clinton’s leadoff hitter, went 2-for-3 with a double, a stolen base, an RBI and two runs scored.
Holt finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs, and Ellie Kiely doubled and scored.
In the circle, Chambers and Addison George combined for a one-hit shutout.
In a 1-1 tie against Christian Academy of Knoxville, Bishop had two hits, including a double, and scored a run. Holt singled and drove in the Lady Dragons’ lone run.
Clinton dropped its final two games of the tournament, falling to Walker Valley 9-0 and McEwen 3-0.
