Coming into this year, Meigs County never had won a regular-season high school softball tournament. Now the Lady Tigers have two such titles.
Behind the one-hit pitching of junior right-hander Ashley Rogers, Meigs defeated Baylor 3-0 at Warner Park in a matchup of last year’s Class A and Division II-AA state champions in the Gold final of Soddy-Daisy’s 28th Lady Trojan Invitational.
Rogers, who has committed to Tennessee, faced the minimum through five innings. The only walk she allowed was to the second batter she faced, and a double play erased that.
“We enjoyed watching her last year at the state tournament,” Baylor coach Kelli Smith said. “That was the first time she was on our radar. She’s a really, really good pitcher. What does she throw, 66 miles an hour with a changeup?
“She’s consistent with her pitches. She stayed ahead of the hitters. You throw 66 and mix in that rise pitch and a changeup, you’re going to win a lot of high school softball games.”