Lady Gators Win Over Branchville
The Lake View Lady Wild Gators returned home on Wednesday, May 10, after handing Branchville a 11-1 loss in 6 innings in Branchville in varsity softball to advance to the class A lower state title game on Friday against East Clarendon.
Grace Floyd picked up the win for Lake View. She pitched the entire 6 innings, allowed 3 hits, a run, walked 3, and struck out 7.
Branchville committed 2 errors in the game while Lake View did not commit any.
Branchville scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the first inning to take a 1-0 lead.
However, Lake View quickly knotted the score at 1 in the top of the second inning. Lake View added 4 runs in the top of the fourth inning, 2 runs in the top of the fifth, and 4 runs in the top of the sixth while holding Branchville scoreless in those innings.
Lake View connected for 14 hits in the game.
Lake View’s Payton Bell was perfect at the plate with 3 hits in 3 at-bats while Madison Greene connected for 3 hits in 4 at-bats. Jasmine Ford and Kaylee Herlong each garnered 2 hits in 3 at-bats.
Lake View is 18-4 for the season.
Lake View traveled to East Clarendon on Friday, May 12, to face the task of defeating East Clarendon twice to capture the class A lower state title.