Lady Choctaws sweep Westview in doubleheader



Jason Peevyhouse

Editor, JP Productions Sports

With two wins this week heading into the final action of the Lady Choctaws’ spring break schedule, the Dyer County softball team doubled their win total for the week in one day, sweeping a doubleheader from visiting Westview on Thursday evening in Newbern.

Dyer County gutted out a 3-2 win in the opener then dominated the nightcap with a trio of homers – two from sophomore Katie Beth Caldwell – for a 17-3 win over the Lady Chargers.

Dyer County 3, Westview 2, Game 1

Lady Choctaw Rylee Key outdueled Tennessee commit McCall Sims in the opening game of the doubleheader of five-inning games.

The Lady Choctaws got on the board in the bottom of the second to break the scoreless tie but in an unconventional way. Emma Wray led off the frame with a walk then moved to second two batters later. After advancing to third on a passed ball later in Rylee White’s walk, Wray scored on a dropped third strike which allowed Kennedy Hill to also advance to first and give the Lady Choctaws 1-0 lead after two innings.


Kierstyn Ray singled to lead off the bottom of the third but Sims struck out the next two batters and looked to get out of the inning with Westview still trailing by one. Wray struck again, this time doubling in a run. Fellow junior then tripled her in to put Dyer County on top 3-0 after three frames.

Sims helped get her team on the board in the top of the fourth, getting a single then advancing all the way to third on an error on the same play. Another error led to the first Westview run as the Lady Chargers plated two in the frame to cut the Dyer County lead to 3-2 after three and a half innings.

Dyer County was unable to threaten in the bottom of the fourth but Westview looked to get on the board in the top of the fifth. Laken Rogers singled with one out. After a pop out to right, Byars singled then looked to advance on a throw to third only to be throw out at second to end the game and secure the Lady Choctaw win.

Key picked up the win in the circle, allowing two runs on five hits with six strikeouts.

Key also had one of the two extra base hits for the Lady Choctaws, an RBI triple.

Wray added an RBI double in the win for Dyer County as well as two runs scored.

Dyer County 17, Westview 3

With home and away swapped as this was part of a make-up from last Thursday’s postponement, Westview took a 2-1 lead after one inning before a 10-run Lady Choctaw frame set the tone for the next four innings as Dyer County took the 14-run win to complete the sweep.

The Lady Choctaws struck with a big fly in the top of the first as Katie Beth Caldwell sent a pitch over the centerfield wall to give Dyer County a 1-0 lead after a half inning.

Westview answered in the bottom of the frame as Sims sent a 1-1 pitch over the left field fence to tie the game. Later in the inning, Maddie Gray doubled in a run to put Westview on top 2-1 after an inning.


Dyer County’s big inning game in the top of the second. Key and Molly Kate Woody led off the frame with singles then advanced on a perfect sacrifice bunt from Natalie Armstrong.  Kennedy Hill followed with a two-run double to plate both then scored on an Addie Gibbons double. Two batters later, Evie Rogers doubled in a run then Caldwell homered for the second straight inning – this time a three-run shot to put the Lady Choctaws up six.

The hits kept coming as Wray tripled and Key walked before freshman Woody homered to left to put Dyer County on top 11-2 after an inning and a half.

Woody and the Dyer County defense sat the Lady Chargers down in order in the second then the Lady Choctaws went back to work at the plate. Rogers singled in a run then scored on a Caldwell single to extend the Dyer County lead to 13-2.

Westview got back on the board in the bottom of the third on a flyout by Gray to score a run and cut the Lady Choctaw lead to 13-3 after three innings.

Armstrong and Hill led off the top of the fourth by reaching on errors before Gibbons singled in a run. Ray followed with a two-run double. Two batters later, Caldwell drove in another run, this time on a flyout to put Dyer County on top 17-3 heading into the bottom of the fourth.

From there, sophomore Ava Hart came in and retired all six batters she faced to help seal the win for the Lady Choctaws.

After the early scoring by the Lady Chargers, Woody allowed only three runs on three hits with six strikeouts in three innings of work. Hart pitched the final two innings, holding Westview hitless while striking out four.

Caldwell led the way at the plate for the Lady Choctaws with two homers and a single with six RBI in the win. Woody had a single and a homer while driving in three. Rogers and Gibbons each had a double and a single in the win which saw Dyer County total 14 hits.

Dyer County returns to action on Monday when the Lady Choctaws travel to Arlington at 6:15 p.m.

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