The DeKalb Middle School Lady Saints softball team continued their winning ways last week as they dominated on the diamond, with their only scare being a close game with Smith County. DMS pitcher Kora Kilgore even recorded another no-hitter during a game.
On Monday, April 19, the Lady Saints were on the road, taking on Gladeville. DMS jumped out to a big lead in the first inning thanks to some big hitting. Singles by Zayleigh Washer, Annabella Dakas, and Avery Agee, a triple by Kora Kilgore, and Laurie Rigsby reaching on a dropped third strike, helped drive seven runs home.
Gladeville would score two points at their first at bat, but the Lady Saints added three more at the top of the second inning. Bryna Pelham tripled on a pop fly to center field, sending Agee home, while Adreana Cuevas and Pelham would steal their way home. By the end of two, DMS was up 9-2.
The Lady Saints added two more in the third, and Gladeville would manage to gain three runs in the inning, but their surge was too late. DMS claimed the 12-5 victory.
Kilgore led the Lady Saints in the circle, surrendering five runs on one hit over three innings, striking out seven. Agee, Kilgore, Dakas, and Washer each managed multiple hits for DMS, with Kilgore and Agee each with three.
The following day the Lady Saints would be on their home field, this time taking on rival Smith County. It would be a much closer game.
Smith County got on the board first with one run in the first inning, but the Lady Saints would match it with a run of their own. Kilgore singled on a grounder to centerfield, sending Washer across the plate.
DMS would take the lead at the bottom of the second, when Rigsby singled on a pop fly to right field, allowing Hannah Brown to score, but Smith would tie the game again at their next at bats, 2-2.
The Lady Saints put the pressure at the bottom of the third inning, when Pelham tripled on a fly to left field, allowing Agee to come home, then Brown grounded out to second, as Pelham touched home plate. DeKalb was up 4-2.
Smith County would not lay down, and the Lady Owls managed to steal their way home twice to once again tie the game.
The game came down to the bottom of the fifth inning, when Pelham doubled on a pop fly to center, sending Cuevas home. The Lady Saints took the 5-4 victory.
Once again Kilgore led her team to victory. The lefthander surrendered three runs on three hits over three and a third innings, striking out seven. The Lady Saints had nine hits in the game, with Kilgore and Pelham each racking up multiple hits. Kilgore went 3-for-3 at the plate to lead DMS.
The next evening the Lady Saints were again at home, this time facing Prescott Middle. Kilgore would dominate on the mound, throwing a no-hitter.
Saints fired up the offense in the first inning, when Kilgore singled on a 2-0 count, allowing Washer and Dakas to score. Agee then doubled, sending Cuevas across the plate. Later, Brooklyn Fuson tripled on a ground ball to right field, as Pelham and Brown scored, then Fuson would steal her way across the plate. DMS was up, 6-0.
Washer and Agee would each get a run in the second inning, then the Lady Saints put up six runs in the third inning. Dakas, Kilgore, Agee, and Pelham each drove in runs during the inning.
Kilgore took the win going four innings, allowing zero runs on zero hits and striking out ten. Agee, Kilgore, and Dakas each collected multiple hits for DMS, with Agee going 3-for-3 at the plate. Saints didn't commit a single error in the field. Pelham had ten chances in the field, the most on the team.
