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Lady Hurricanes edge Ooltewah 3-2 for tourney title
East Hamilton softball coach Norma Nelson can consider her idea to have hosted a tournament on the final weekend of the TSSAA Divison I regular season a good one. That’s because Saturday her Lady Hurricanes won it.
East Hamilton beat neighboring District 5-AAA rival Ooltewah 3-2 in the Choo Choo Classic’s Gold championship game, which was stopped after six innings because of a time limit.
The Lady ‘Canes entered Friday’s pool play at the Summit of Softball complex with an 8-13 record and proceeded to climb to .500 after being unbeaten over the two days.
“Right now is when you want to be playing well,” Nelson said. “Hopefully we can keep up playing good ball.”
Ooltewah’s Mackenzie Patterson pitched a one-hitter in the final, and Syvanna Rogers’ double for East Hamilton did not factor into the scoring. But all three Lady Owls errors did.