DUNLAP, Tenn. – With plenty of firepower, the Sequatchie County High School softball team is red hot.
With the ace presence of MacKenzie Turner and a stout lineup, the Lady Indians won their 16th straight game with a dominant showing in Thursday’s 6-1 victory at home against District 7-AA archrival Marion County.
After escaping a bases-loaded jam in the first inning and shaking off a one-run deficit after Sara Muir’s line-drive shot over the fence in right-center field in the top of the third, Turner went on to retire the last 13 batters in a row. She struck out 12 in the game.
“We work together as a team, and I knew my girls had my back,” Turner said. “Last year we lost four times to Marion County before we beat them twice in the district championship game. I don’t want to lose to them at all this year. Even though they took an early lead, I had confidence to keep going after them.”
Five players drove in runs for Sequatchie County (18-1, 5-0) with the freshman-sophomore duo of Ella and Addy Edgmon accounting for the last three. Both have committed to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.