EVENSVILLE, Tenn. – It was almost as though Rhea County’s two-run fifth inning Monday against Cookeville did more harm by getting the Lady Cavaliers’ attention than it did breaking a tie and giving the Lady Eagles a lead.
Cookeville responded by striking for four runs in the top of the sixth, then tacking on three in the seventh on the way to an 8-3 victory at Rhea County in a District 6-AAA high school softball game.
Cookeville (19-9, 6-0) remains the only unbeaten team in the district.
Lady Cavaliers coach Jordan Webb saw his team fall behind 1-0 in the first when Hailey Galvan singled to left-center, scoring Kelsey Sherrill. Sherrill was on third because her single had been misplayed in the outfield.
That was one of two errors by Cookeville – the other a meaningless throwing error in the seventh. Meanwhile, the Lady Eagles made three of their four errors when the Lady Cavs rallied for the seven late runs.