After the second inning in Wednesday’s Region 3-AAA high school softball championship game at the Soddy Lake Kids’ Park, it was almost as though Kelsey Nunley’s Soddy-Daisy teammates were saying, “There’s you a lead. Now go make it stand up.”
That’s exactly what the sophomore right-hander did and the Lady Trojans defeated Coffee County 3-0.
Soddy-Daisy (47-2) is scheduled to host Lincoln County (34-10) on Friday in a state sectional. Coffee County (30-7) is set to play at Riverdale (53-6-1), which beat Lincoln County 1-0 in the Region 4 title game.
The Lady Trojans’ runs came on one swing of Taylor Wilson’s bat. Her double to right-center came after Brandi Lasley was hit by a pitch with one out and Mariam Wood and Andie Johnson followed with singles.
The Lady Raiders got a runner to scoring position in the top of the inning when Taylor Gullett singled and stole second. Coach Terry Floyd said he thought it would’ve been a lift for his team had it scored first.