Lady Crusaders Drop 2 Games

The Robert Toombs Christian Academy Lady Crusaders softball team played three games last week, falling in two of those. On Monday they hosted Twiggs Academy, getting their only win of the week. They then lost to Citizens Christian Academy on Tuesday and Brentwood on Thursday.

RTCA is now 11-6 on the season, and they are 7-1 in Region play. They are second place in the Region behind CCA. vs. Twiggs

Annabelle Coe had a big game for RTCA with two home runs and five RBIs in the game. She kicked things off with a two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning to put the first runs on the board. Kinsley Kennedy also singled in a run in the first inning for RTCA.

Twiggs managed to get a run in the top of the second inning and then tied the game in the top of the third with two more runs, 3-3. But Amelia Mercer drove in a run in the bottom of the frame to give RTCA the lead back, 4-3. Coe added another two-run bomb for a 6-3 lead for the Lady Crusaders.

RTCA broke the game wide open in the bottom of the fourth inning with seven more runs on the way to the run rule win. Elin Haygood singled in a run, Mercer added an RBI single as did Coe to make it, 9-3. Mary Francis Stanley drove in a run, and then Kennedy pushed the lead to 11-3 with an RBI. The scoring was rounded out by RBI singles from Mattie Grace Palma and Briley Haire for the 13-3 win. vs. CCA

It was a tough loss for RTCA at home against the Lady Patriots of CCA. CCA plated four runs in the top of the third inning to get the scoring started. They added three more in the fourth inning and two in the fifth as they built up a 1-0 lead.

RTCA scored their only run in the bottom of the fifth inning on a solo home run by Chesney Burch. CCA took the win, 10-1 vs. Brentwood

RTCA kept fighting hard, but were outmatched by Brentwood’s Lady Eagles. Brentwood picked up a run in the top of the first inning and another in the second to take a 2-0 lead. RTCA jumped into the lead in the bottom of the second inning on an RBI double by Chesney Burch that scored two runs, and an EBI from Elin Haygood. That put RTCA on top, 3-2.

That lead didn’t last long as Brentwood plated seven runs in the top of the third inning to take a 9-3 lead. They added three more in the fourth inning to extend the lead to 12-3. RTCA picked up one more run in the fifth inning, but that was all they could muster in the 12-4 loss.

This week RTCA was at Brentwood on Monday, and hosted Thomas Jefferson on Tuesday, both after presstime. They will be back in action on Thursday as they travel to DEA at 4:00 p.m. With just a couple of weeks left in the season the Crusaders still have a chance at taking the #1 spot in the Region.