Lady Owls turn outcome around, top Central 6-1

Ooltewah flipped the script Monday at Central.

The Lady Owls and Lady Purple Pounders played for the second time this high school softball season, with the same pitching matchup, but a different team went home happy this time. A five-run second inning helped back the pitching of junior right-hander Kayla Boseman, and Ooltewah defeated Central 6-1.

The Lady Pounders won 2-0 on March 27 at Ooltewah. Senior right-hander Brooke Parrott threw a one-hitter at the Lady Owls that day in a game that was halted in the sixth inning because of lightning.

Ooltewah coach Jon Massey said payback wasn’t necessarily on his players’ minds. They simply played with more focus the second time around.

“Our motivation is taking every day and trying to win every game that day,” Massey said. “We have not played well overall. We might look good a couple innings here, a couple innings there, but then we’ll have a lull for three innings.”