Central shortstop Brook Womack is safe at third ahead of a throw from left field to Karns third baseman Amanda Adkins during their silver championship game in the Lady Trojan Invitational Saturday in Soddy-Daisy.In a roundabout way, Central’s Lady Purple Pounders can claim they were third-best over the weekend among the 16 teams in Soddy-Daisy’s 23rd Lady Trojan Classic high school softball tournament at Soddy Lake Kids’ Park.
Central defeated Karns 7-1 on Saturday in the championship game of the Silver bracket, which was for the eight teams not finishing in the upper halves of their pool.
However, the Lady Pounders’ losses in Friday’s pool play were to Seymour and Union County, the teams that met in the Gold-bracket final. Seymour beat Union County 8-2, avenging a 3-2 loss in their pool-play opener.
Central (9-4) defeated Grace Academy 9-2 and beat Powell 6-1 in elimination play on the way to the Silver title game. Central coach LeeAnne Shurette said her team’s level of play Saturday was closer to standard.
“They just did their job,” Shurette said. “We went and caught the ball and made the plays. And we hit when we had runners in scoring position.”