Central second baseman Shai Markum throws to first against East Ridge Tuesday at East Ridge High School.Central might be the only high softball team in District 6-AA with an overall winning record, but the Lady Purple Pounders still have work to do to win the league’s regular-season championship and earn the top seeding for the district tournament.
They took a step closer to their goal Tuesday.
Central did enough both early and late to withstand a sixth-inning rally by host East Ridge and win 9-3.
Central (10-6) improves to 3-0 in a district in which the six teams play each other one time. Red Bank (4-8) also is 3-0 and hosts Central on April 10 at 4:30 p.m.
“It’s kind of like do-or-die for you in the district standings,” Central coach LeeAnne Shurette said. “All we do is take that one and go on to the next one. We’ve got Brainerd and Red Bank next week, so we should know where we stand after that.”