Lady Owls win two in Class AAA; Walker Valley stays alive
District 5 members Ooltewah and Walker Valley kept their high school softball seasons alive Wednesday in the Class AAA state softball tournament.

District 5 members Ooltewah and Walker Valley kept their high school softball seasons alive Wednesday in the Class AAA state softball tournament.

Nothing can subtract the lone digit on the end of Ashley Rogers' pitching record this softball season.

As much joy as Silverdale Baptist Academy's softball team would liked to have expressed after winning an elimination game Wednesday in the TSSAA Division II-A state tournament, relief may have been the more prevailing emotion.

Sale Creek needed only five innings to dispose of Houston County, 12-2, in its TSSAA Class A state-tournament opener Tuesday at McKnight No. 3.

Tipton-Rosemark's seven-run third inning proved to be costly for Silverdale Baptist Academy as the Lady Rebels went on to defeat the Lady Seahawks 9-2 in a Division II-A softball state semifinal Tuesday on Starplex No. 3.

Meigs County rode another strong pitching performance from Ashley Rogers and defeated White House Heritage 2-0 in the Class AA state softball tournament Tuesday at the Starplex complex.

The Chattanooga area's reputation for having high-level girls' fastpitch softball is as old as the TSSAA state tournament itself. And in 2018, the reputation is only being strengthened.

Meigs County has the opportunity to win a third consecutive state softball title this week in Murfreesboro. The Lady Tigers rode the pitching of Ashley Rogers and the power in their lineup as they defeated Sequatchie County 7-0 in a TSSAA state sectional Sunday afternoon at Meigs County.

Sale Creek's Macie Stanfield pitched a no-hitter, Whitwell's Anna Yell pitched a one-hitter and their teams were victorious in their TSSAA Class A softball state sectionals Saturday evening.

Judging by Saturday's celebration - or lack thereof - just getting to the TSSAA Class AAA softball state tournament isn't the goal this year for Ooltewah.
