Maynard, Devilettes douse Blaze 5-1

Meghan Maynard kept Blackman's hitters in check Thursday as Lebanon doused the visiting Blaze 5-1 at Baird Park.
The Tennessee Tech-signee allowed four hits and no walks while striking out 12 as Lebanon improved to 15-8 for the season and 5-2 in District 7-AAA. Blackman's sixth-inning run was unearned.
Missy Roberts led Lebanon's eight-hit parade with a 3-for-3 evening, including a pair of RBI doubles. Lacey Doak went 2-for-2 while Kelsey Blackburn, Lauren Carr and Kenzie Fish each finished with a single.
Lebanon took a 1-0 lead in the first inning and tripled the score in the third when a dropped strike three was thrown down the right-field line, allowing two Devilettes to score.
LHS will travel to Knoxville today for the Gibbs Tournament, which will run through Saturday.

Hendersonville edges Central 1-0 as Serbins square off
GLADEVILLE — Softball season is even-stephen in the Serbin household after Jeff's Hendersonville team beat wife Ashley's Wilson Central squad 1-0 in a battle of District 9-AAA contenders Thursday night.
Jeff Serbin, a former Mt. Juliet coach, is an assistant with the Lady Commandos, who lost to Central 2-0 last month at Drakes Creek Park.
Hendersonville's Kacey Meek held Central to three singles and no walks while striking out four as the Lady Commandos climbed to 27-6 for the season and 7-1 in the district.
The Lady Wildcats' Leevie Greenwood gave up the game's only run in the sixth inning. She walked one and struck out six as Central slipped to 12-8, 5-2.
Jenny Bain singled with one out in the Hendersonville sixth and scored on Ashley Smith's triple.
Courtney Billington, Sara Williams and Savana Bell singled for the Lady Wildcats, whose biggest threat came when they put runners on first and second with one out in the fourth inning.
The Lady Wildcats will step out of the district today when they travel to Ravenwood for a 4:30 p.m. game.

Reeder pitches Tigerettes past Trousdale
WATERTOWN — Playing probably one of their best all-around games of the season, Watertown defeated Trousdale County 6-1 at Three Forks Park on Thursday.
Sarah Reeder allowed five hits and no walks while striking out 12. Her defense committed no errors as the Tigerettes improved to 9-12 for the season and 3-3 in District 8-A.
Watertown scored twice in the bottom of the first inning, with one of the runs coming on Sara Patchen's RBI single.
Laura Clark and Katie Drown delivered fifth-inning RBI singles as Watertown scored three times.
Ashley Clark clubbed a leadoff double in the fifth and pinch-hitter Taylor Bradley did likewise an inning later. Reeder, Olivia Hall and Sara Page rounded out the Tigerettes' eight-hit parade with a single apiece.
Watertown will travel to South Carthage today for a 4:30 p.m. non-district game against Smith County at Crump Paris Park.

Powell lights fire in Lady Commanders, who sweep Gordonsville 4-0, 14-2
After a 4-0 win over visiting Gordonsville in the first game of a District 8-A double header Thursday, Friendship Christian trailed 2-1 going into the second inning when first-year coach Erica Powell lit into her Lady Commanders.
Chastised, Friendship took it out on the Tigerettes with eight runs in the inning en route to a 14-2 thumping.
"I yelled at them," Powell said after her Lady Commanders climbed to 16-5 for the season and 5-0 in the district. "It was the first time I felt like when I said something to them about their attitude, they took it to heart."
Leadoff batter Camille Cross drove in six runs in the nightcap. She put Friendship in front with a two-run homer and swatted a two-run single later in the inning. She sent another two-run blast over the scoreboard in a five-run fifth.
No. 9 batter Rachel Tyler led off the second with a double and had an RBI single later in the inning. She added another single in the fifth.
Lindsey Farmer had a pair of doubles, one of which drove in two runs in the second. Brooke Klinefelter connected for an RBI single in the second and a squeeze bunt in the fifth. Jessi Couch and winning pitcher Kenzie Dye had RBI singles in the fifth. Hailey Rutledge racked up singles in each big inning.
Dye allowed two hits and two walks while striking out six in five innings.
Rutledge fired a five-inning no-hitter in the opener with two walks and six strikeouts as the Lady Commanders did all their scoring in the first inning.
Couch drew a bases-loaded walk, Dye an RBI groundout and Shelby McDonald a squeeze bunt. Rutledge racked up two of Friendship's three hits with Cross collecting the other.
Powell held out pitcher Carrie Fry, who was injured.
Friendship will travel to Crossville today for the Plateau Invitational. The Lady Commanders will play against a team to be named at 4 p.m. before taking on Greenbrier at 6 p.m. and White County at 8.

Lady Saints shut out at Westmoreland
WESTMORELAND — Mt. Juliet returned to action after an extended break, but got no breaks from Westmoreland, which wore out the Lady Saints 10-0 in five innings.
Paige Hudson gave up 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings as Westmoreland run-ruled Mt. Juliet Christian with two runs in the bottom of the fifth as the Lady Saints slipped to 4-11 for the season and 2-4 in District 8-A.
Hannah Staggs and Leanna Sanders singled for the Lady Saints' hits.
Mt. Juliet Christian will travel to South Carthage's Crump Paris Park on Tuesday for a 4:30 p.m. district duel with Gordonsville.