Evans game ignites Wolfpack softball team

Greenbrier's softball team had little trouble disposing of Evans in its first game against the Lady Knights since returning to Class AAAA.

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The Wolfpack, who had struggled early in the season while adjusting to a new core of players, pounded the Lady Knights 10-2 last Tuesday.

Morgan Tickerhoof pitched a complete-game five-hitter to pick up the victory. Liz Kelligan had two hits, including a double, and drove in two runs.

"We finally played with some enthusiasm. We actually looked like the Greenbrier of old," said coach Garrett Black , whose team is unranked for the first time in nine years.

Greenbrier came into the game having lost two in a row and four of the previous seven.

Evans, which has lost one of the state's best players in Jenny Shepherd, is off to a sluggish 4-5 start to begin the season.

A LITTLE RESPECT: It took a couple of weeks of perfection for voters in the GACA/PrepCountry.com Softball Coaches Poll to move Screven County near the top of the ranking, but the Lady Gamecocks are now at No. 2 in Class AA after getting off to a 12-0 start.

Thomson, which started the season 9-1, cracked the top 10 in Class AAA, coming in at No. 7.

A SOLID SHOWING: South Aiken finished sixth in a field of 15 schools at the Palmetto Preview girls golf tournament at Mid-Carolina Country Club on Tuesday. Taylor Dodson was the low scorer for the Lady Thoroughbreds, carding 74.

OFF AND RUNNING: The Aiken boys and girls cross country teams started the season with wins over North Augusta on Wednesday.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

Lakeside at Aiken, volleyball, today: Playoff teams from a season ago meet in an interstate matchup. Aiken is unbeaten in seven games (6-0-1), but Lakeside has struggled to start the season.

Fox Creek at Williston-Elko, girls tennis, Thursday: Both reached the Class A state playoffs last season and will do battle in their first region contest of the year.

Thomson at Harlem, softball, Thursday: Two of the top teams in Region 3B-AAA meet in an important early-season regional tilt.