PREP ROUNDUP: Westwood softball, baseball earn Wednesday wins

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The Westwood softball team got back on track in impressive fashion Wednesday evening.

Hosting Liberty, the Lady Rockets took off for six runs in the bottom of the fourth inning on the way to a 14-4, five-inning victory.

Westwood picked up seven hits over the course of the game, led by McKenna Kehely with three. Paisley Prater followed with two hits. Elly Wild and Izzy Sartain both had one hit each.

Sartain was credited with three of the team’s 10 RBI. Wild and Kehely each had two RBI. Maleah Chavis, McClayne Finch and Harper Hiles had one RBI each.

Kehely pitched a complete game, striking out 12 and holding Liberty to two hits, four runs and three walks.

The win put Westwood at 6-9 on the season.

Stewarts Creek 13, Coffee County 2

The Lady Raiders were held to a pair of runs on the way to a four-and-a-half inning road loss Wednesday.

Addie Haley posted three of Coffee County’s seven hits. Liberty Hill, Amaya Campbell, Siri Cruz, and Aubrey Brown had one hit each.

Haley also had both of the team’s two RBI.

Brown was the team’s starting pitcher, coming out in the bottom of the third inning with six hits, nine runs and two walks. Haley took her place in the circle, adding one strikeout, three hits, four runs and three walks over the game’s remainder.

Coffee County (10-5) returns home to host Tullahoma at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Middle School Baseball

Westwood 7, Cascade 5

The Rockets came out on top in a close road matchup Wednesday.

Jackson Vernon connected on two of Westwood’s eight hits. Luke Christian, CJ Chavis Jr., Brock Christian, Griffyn Woods, Max Stewart and Will Levengood each had one hit.

Vernon brought in two of the team’s four RBI, with one each for Woods and Stewart.

Chavis Jr. got it started on the mound, coming off in the bottom of the fourth inning with five strikeouts, two hits, four runs and five walks. Aidyn Jones followed until the bottom of the sixth inning, adding five strikeouts, one hit, one run and five walks. Levengood took Jones’s place to close it out, finishing the game with one strikeout and two walks.

Westwood (12-8) remains on the road to take on Forrest Saturday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.