Calhoun 3rd baseman Jana Johns makes a throw to 1st during a softball game.COLUMBUS, Ga. – The road to the GHSA Class AAA softball championship was a stroll on easy street for Calhoun until Morgan County decided to put a detour in the Lady Yellow Jackets’ way.
After rolling through its first three games, Calhoun wasn’t sharp in a 5-2 loss to Morgan in Saturday’s championship round. However, senior Kinsey Lisco pitched a two-hitter and junior Jana Johns supplied the offense with a third-inning homer as the Lady Jackets (36-4) rebounded for a 1-0 win and their third consecutive championship.
“We just had to focus and relax,” Calhoun coach Diane Smith said. “Thank goodness for that one run by Jana, and Kinsey was great out there when we needed it the most. The third title was really hard to come by, but we earned it.”
Morgan County made sure of that. After Calhoun took a 2-0 lead in the first game, the Lady Bulldogs tied it in the bottom half on two hits and an error and took a 4-2 lead in the fourth again with two hits and a defensive miscue.
“At the beginning of the game we felt we were going to win from the start and we didn’t come to play,” Johns said. “In the second game we were very focused and not going to lose.”