Northview softball punches ticket to state title game

 

Jason Peevyhouse

Editor, JP Productions Sports

For the second time in three seasons, the Northview Middle School softball team will play for a TMSAA Class A State Championship as the Choctaws defeated the Robertson Innovation Middle School Sentinels 4-3 on Tuesday afternoon at Frost Stadium in Chattanooga.

After holding the Sentinels scoreless in the top of the first inning, Northview got on the board in the bottom of the frame. Braelyn Fowler drew a one-out walk then Landri Stewart tripled in a run to put Northview on top 1-0 after an inning.

Robertson tied the game in the top of the second, 1-1, after an inning and a half.

Northview reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the third inning. With two outs, Harper Peery doubled in a run to put the Choctaws out in front again. Anna Reid Yates followed with an RBI single which led to another run scoring on an error on the play to extend the Northview lead to 3-1 after three innings.

The Sentinels got one of those runs back in the top of fourth to trim Northview’s lead to 3-2.

The Choctaws answered right back in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI double by Lyla Beth Woody to take a 4-2 lead after four innings.

Robertson was able to put another run on the board in the top of the fifth and trailed 4-3 after four and a half innings.

From there, Northview allowed only a one-out walk in each of the following frames on the way to securing the win and the Choctaws’ spot in Wednesday afternoon’s state championship game.

Peery picked up the win in the circle, allowing three runs on six hits with six strikeouts over seven innings.

Berkley Childress led the way at the plate for the Choctaws with a pair of singles in the win.

Northview will take on Wartburg Central Middle School in the TMSAA Class A State Championship Game at 1 p.m. Eastern (Noon, Central) at Frost Stadium in Chattanooga.

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