Tough Week For Lady Indians

It was a tough week for the Vidalia High School Lady Indians softball teams as they dropped three of their four games. The Indians kicked off the week with a loss to Emanuel County Institute on Tuesday, added a Region win over Swainsboro on Thursday, and then lost two close games on Saturday to Harlem and Elbert County. vs. ECI

The Lady Indians' week began on a tough note with an 11-3 defeat on Tuesday. VHS fell behind early as ECI scored 5 runs in the top of the first inning and then added three more in the second to take an early 7-0 lead.

VHS got on the board in the bottom of the third inning with a pair of runs to close the lead to 7-2. ECI added a run in the sixth inning with the Indians answering with a run in the bottom of the frame. ECI added three more runs in the top of the seventh inning on the way to the 11-3 victory. vs. Swainsboro

The Lady Indians bounced back with a dominant 8-0 victory over Swainsboro in a region game on Thursday. The offense was explosive, with Vidalia scoring four runs in the third inning after hits from Deidra Boston, Anastyn Blewett, and Aubrey Jones. VHS finished with 13 hits in total.

VHS plated two more runs in the top of the fourth inning and then added a final two runs in the sixth inning to take the game, 8-0.

On the pitching side, Tori Polke was in stellar form, earning the win after giving up only one hit and no runs over six innings, while striking out seven batters. The team's hitting was spread out, with Tori Polke and Sadie Berry each collecting three hits, while Aubrey Jones, Anastyn Blewett, and Sadie Berry each drove in two runs. Deidra Boston also had two hits in the game. vs. Harlem

Saturday was a day of close games and narrow losses for the Lady Indians. The first game was a 5-4 defeat against Harlem.

Harlem got on the board first with a run in the bottom of the first inning. The Indians took the lead in the top of the third inning with RBI’s from Elizabeth Sowell and Tori Polke to lead, 2-1. But Harlem came back in the fourth inning with three more runs to jump out to a 4-2 lead.

After falling behind 4-2, the Lady Indians fought back to tie the game at four in the sixth inning thanks to two singles, including a key hit by Paisley Ledford. However, Harlem scored on the final play of the game to seal the victory, 5-4. vs. Elbert County

In the second game of the doubleheader, Vidalia fell 6-5 to Elbert County. Despite out-hitting their opponents nine to four, the Indians couldn't secure the win. Tori Polke, CK Hamilton, and Deidra Boston each had two hits for Vidalia.

CK Hamilton singled in the second inning to get the Indians on the board, 1-0. Elbert came back with two runs in the bottom of the third inning to jump into the lead, 2-1.

Later, in the fourth inning, Hamilton had another key single to help tie the game at 2-2. Elbert County took the lead for good, though, in the bottom of the fourth inning, scoring on a single and another play to make it 5-2. VHS plated two runs in the top of the fifth inning to close the lead to 5-4, but Elbert added a run in the bottom of the frame to lead, 6- 4.

VHS kept fighting as they picked up another run in the top of the sixth inning, but that was all they could get as they dropped the game, 6-5, to Elbert County.

The Indians are now 8-9 over all on the season, but they are 3-0 in Region play. This week the Indians had a big matchup on Tuesday at home against rival Toombs County after presstime. They will have the rest of the week off and will get back to action next week on Monday against West Laurens on the road at 5:00 p.m.