Stone no-hits Valley in 7-1 win; Lady Tide loses to Winfield 5-2



SETH - The Sherman Lady Tide split a pair of games last week, defeating the Valley Lady Greyhounds on Monday, 7-1 behind the pitching of India Stone and on Tuesday, the error-plagued Tide lost to Winfield 5-2. Both contests were played at home.

Sherman 7 Valley 1

Sherman’s India Stone fired a no-hitter and recorded 19 strikeouts (a new school record) en route to a 7-1 win over the visiting Valley Lady Greyhounds.

The lone Greyhound run was scored in the top of the seventh inning with two out on a dropped third strike and an eventual error by the Tide infield.

Sherman plated one run in the first inning and six in the second.

Seniors Brittany Trail and Angela Santonia each finished the contest with two hits. Trail’s was a double and she scored a run. Santonia had an RBI.

Sophomore Mandi Workman added a double, an RBI, and a run scored; freshman Madison Bowman had a double and an RBI and seniors Tanya Holmes and Brittany Summers scored a run as did Stone and freshman Jessica Hudson.

Sherman 2 Winfield 5

The Sherman girls committed nine errors and the Lady Generals took advantage of those errors in a 5-2 win.

Winfield led 3-0 after the first inning, however, in the second inning, Lady Tide catcher Santonia hit a solo home run (the first of her career) to cut the General lead to 3-1.

The Lady Generals added additional runs in the third and in the fourth and the Boone girls added a run in the bottom of the fourth to set the margin of victory.

Winfield pitcher, junior Kristin Workman allowed only two hits. The Generals committed one error.

Stone took the loss on the mound. She gave up only four hits, but errors helped seal the win for the Putman County girls. She also struck out six.

Santonia’s homerun, RBI, and run scored led Sherman offensively. Summers added a hit and Hudson scored a run.

With the loss, the Lady Tide record goes to 4-3.

This week finds the Maroon and Gold playing at home against Independence on Monday; at Clay on Tuesday in a double header vs. Clay and Hoover, and at the Best of the Best at Buffalo on Wednesday and Saturday.