Lady Vikings open up season with pair of wins

PT. PLEASANT, W.Va. — The Symmes Valley Lady Vikings weren’t in midseason form, but it sure seemed like it.

The Lady Vikings pitchers combined to give up just two unearned runs and three hits as they opened the season with a 5-0 win over the Spring Valley Lady Timberwolves and 7-2 over the Pt. Pleasant Lady Knights.

“I thought we played well for the amount of time we’ve been able to work on the field,” said Lady Viking’ coach Jeff “Odie” Estep.

Addy Hawk beat Spring Valley as she went the distance allowing two hits, striking out 11 and walking 3. Brenna Tibbs gave up only one hit as she threw a complete game. Tibbs struck out 11 and walked seven as the Lady Vikings beat Pt. Pleasant.

“The pitching was good. The two runs we gave up were on walks and errors. We only gave up three total hits. I was pleased for the first time out.”

The Lady Vikings had 10 hits against Spring Valley with Tibbs going 2-3 with a double, triple and an RBI. Marley Ferguson was 2-3, Alyssa Waugh 2-3 with an RBI, Macie Bland 1-3 with 2 RBI, Kaycee Thompson 1-3 while Lydia Saunders and Hawk were 1-2.

Against Pt. Pleasant, the Lady Vikings had 12 hits led by Thompson who was 2-4 with a double and 3 RBI, Ferguson was 2-3 with a double, Tibbs 2-5 with a double, Bland 2-5 with 2 RBI, Natalie Simpson 2-3 with a double, while Waugh and Hawk were 1-3.

“We hit some shots. We could have had more hits but we hit a lot of balls right at them,” said Estep.

The Lady Vikings scored all their runs against Spring Valley in the first two innings.

Tibbs led off the first inning with a triple and Bland singled her home.

Marley Ferguson had a single and Waugh doubled in Bland. Simpson followed with a sacrifice fly.

In the second, Saunders had a one-out single, courtesy runner Emily Jackson moved up on a wild pitch and Tibbs doubled her home.

Tibbs then scored on a missed strike out throw to first base.

In the second game, the Lady Vikings again took a 3-0 lead in the first inning.

Bland singled, Ferguson was safe on an error, Thompson doubled for a run, Waugh walked and Simpson was safe on an error for a run.

The lead went to 7-0 in the fourth.

Simpson singled, Hawk walked and Tibbs had an RBI single. Bland singled for a run, Ferguson walked and Simpson singled for two runs.

First Game

Spring Valley 000 000 0 = 0 2 0

Sym. Valley 320 000 x = 5 10 1

Brooklyn Ellis and Payton Dishman. Addy Hawk and Kaycee Thompson. W-Hawk (IP-7.0, H-2, R-0, K-11, BB-3). L-Ellis (IP-6.0, H-10, R-5, ER-5, K-8, W-0). Hitting–Spring Valley: Layla Marshall 2-3; Symmes Valley: Brenna Tibbs 2-3 RBI 2B 3B, Macie Bland 1-3 2-RBI, Marley Ferguson 2-3, Kaycee Thompson 1-3, Alyssa Waugh 2-3 RBI, Addy Hawk 1-2, Lydia Saunders 1-2.

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Second Game

Sym. Valley 300 400 0 = 7 12 2

Pt. Pleasant 000 020 0 = 2 1 2

Brenna Tibbs and Kaycee Thompson. Mazey Thomas and Bralee Roush. W-Tibbs (IP-7.0, H-1, R-2, ER-0, K-11, BB-7). L-Thomas (IP-7.0, H-12, R-7, ER-4, K-5, BB-4). Hitting-SV: Brenna Tibbs 2-5 2B, Maci Bland 2-5 2-RBI, Marley Ferguson 2-3 2B, Kaycee Thompson 2-4 2B 3-RBI, Alyssa Waugh 1-3, Natalie Simpson 2-3 2B, Addy Hawk 1-3; PP: Ava Miller 1-3.