The Huntland High School Lady Hornets beat the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs 12-2 at home on April 16 for their sixth win of the season.

The Lady Hornets scored at least one run in four of the district game’s five innings as they secured their fourth straight victory overall and moved their record for the year back up to .500.

Huntland head softball coach Michael Tipps said that his team did a good job of adjusting to Cornersville’s pitchers as the game went on.

“This is a little bit of a different speed than what we’ve been seeing. We hit a couple balls into the ground in the first inning,” he said. “We kept adjusting, and then we finally started hitting some line drives. You’ve got to make an adjustment as the game goes on as to how the pitching is going to be thrown because it’s not going to be the same every game.”

The Lady Hornets scored three runs in the bottom of the first without recording a hit as Lily Jackson drew a bases-loaded walk, Emily Stewart scored off of an error on a ball hit by Analyn Riddle and Natalynn Bolin got hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to make it a 3-0 game.

The teams scored one run each in the second inning with an RBI single from Kinah Mason in the bottom of the second putting the overall tally at 4-1.

The Lady Bulldogs scored a run off of a throwing error in the top of the third to cut Huntland’s lead down to 4-2.

However, the Lady Hornets then scored four runs in the bottom of the third as Millie Walker and Catara Johnson hit consecutive RBI singles and Stewart followed with a two-run double to push the deficit up to 8-2.

The Lady Hornets ended the game with a four-run fifth inning as Stewart hit an RBI single, Mason followed with a two-run single and Jackson contributed an RBI double to trigger the mercy rule and clinch a 10-run victory.

Mason pitched a complete game for the Lady Hornets with nine strikeouts, four hits, one walk and two runs allowed for the day.

With the win, the Lady Hornets improved to 6-6 on the season and 4-1 in district play.

Lady Hornets 7, Grundy County 1

The Lady Hornets beat the Grundy County Lady Jackets 7-1 on the road on April 14 for their fifth win of the season.

The Lady Hornets scored most of their runs for the day in the first two innings and maintained a steady advantage for the rest of the contest to secure their third straight win.

The Lady Hornets pulled ahead early with a three-run frame in the top of the first as Stewart hit an RBI double, Mason followed with an RBI single, and Bolin drew a bases-loaded walk for an RBI.

The Lady Hornets scored three more runs in the top of the second to double their lead as Johnson scored off of an error on a ball hit by Mason and Jackson recorded a two-run single to boost the early deficit up to 6-0.

The Lady Jackets took advantage of a few Huntland errors in the bottom of the second to score a run in the frame and make it a 6-1 game.

The Lady Hornets scored their final run of the contest in the top of the sixth as Johnson hit a single, advanced to second on a passed ball and scored off of an error on a ball hit by Stewart to give Huntland a 7-1 advantage.

The Lady Jackets were retired in order in the sixth and seventh innings as the Lady Hornets won by six.

Mason pitched a complete game for the Lady Hornets with nine strikeouts, two hits, one walk and one unearned run allowed for the day.

With the win, the Lady Hornets improved to 5-6 on the season.

Lady Hornets 16, Moore County 2

The Lady Hornets beat the Moore County Raiderettes 16-2 at home on April 13 for their fourth win of the season.

The Lady Hornets jumped out to a big early lead in the district contest and cruised from there to secure a blowout victory.

The Lady Hornets scored nine runs in the first inning alone as Stewart hit a two-run double before also recording an RBI single later in the frame; Aliza Hill, pinch-running for Mason, scored off of an error on a ball hit by Peyton Counts; Jackson scored off of an error after Bolin put the ball in play; Lynsey Jakubowski, Johnson and Mason each contributed RBI singles; and Johnson scored on a passed ball to make it a 9-0 game.

The Lady Hornets expanded the deficit to 14-0 in the bottom of the second as Walker drew a bases-loaded walk, Johnson hit an RBI single, Jakubowski scored off of an error on a ball hit by Stewart, and Mason hit a two-run single in the frame.

The Raiderettes got on the board in the top of the fourth as they scored two runs in the frame to cut the lead down to 14-2.

However, the Lady Hornets got those runs back in the bottom half of the fourth as Stewart hit a two-run home run to left field to boost their lead up to 16-2.

The Raiderettes were held scoreless in the top of the fifth, and the contest then came to an early end via the mercy rule as the Lady Hornets won by 14.

Mason pitched a complete game for the Lady Hornets with nine strikeouts, three hits, one walk and two unearned runs allowed for the day.

With the win, the Lady Hornets improved to 4-6 on the season and 3-1 in district play.

They next played Monday at home against Fayetteville City High School in a game which came after the Herald Chronicle’s press deadline.