Boyd Buchanan softball team clobbers Knox Grace for region title
Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Boyd Buchanan (24) Malloree Harr connects with a pitch during their game against Grace Christian Academy at Silverdale Baptist on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Boyd Buchanan (24) Malloree Harr connects with a pitch during their game against Grace Christian Academy at Silverdale Baptist on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
Boyd Buchanan senior Sydney Baker was mobbed just beyond the first base bag soon after she covered all four bases out of the box for a “Little League home run” to close a memorable 15-5 Division II-A East Region 2 championship victory in five innings over Knox Grace late Tuesday night at Silverdale Baptist Academy.
The Lady Buccaneers pounded out 16 hits, with eighth-grade phenom Malloree Harr accounting for three of her team’s seven extra-base hits, which included her 10th home run of the season to dead center in the decisive six-run bottom of the fifth.
Meanwhile, junior pitcher Peyton Schwieter improved to 10-0 from the circle as her screwball drew weak contact through 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief to quiet a dangerous Lady Rams lineup.
Boyd Buchanan improved to 30-4 overall, as Sarah Warren Bowles’ team is considered the favorite to win the Division II-A state crown heading into next week’s state quarterfinals best-of-three series that will begin Wednesday at home.
Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Boyd Buchanan (1) Berkley Roddy throws to first for an out during their game against Grace Christian Academy at Silverdale Baptist on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Boyd Buchanan (1) Berkley Roddy prepares to throw to first during their game against Grace Christian Academy at Silverdale Baptist on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Boyd Buchanan players meet on the pitcher’s mound during their game against Grace Christian Academy at Silverdale Baptist on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Boyd Buchanan (3) Cailyn Butler talks with head coach Sarah Warren Bowles during their game against Grace Christian Academy at Silverdale Baptist on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Boyd Buchanan (2) Ella Meade throws the ball to first for an out during their game against Grace Christian Academy at Silverdale Baptist on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Boyd Buchanan (24) Malloree Harr fires a pitch during their game against Grace Christian Academy at Silverdale Baptist on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Boyd Buchanan (24) Malloree Harr fires a pitch during their game against Grace Christian Academy at Silverdale Baptist on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Boyd Buchanan (11) Peyton Schwieter fires a pitch during their game against Grace Christian Academy at Silverdale Baptist on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Boyd Buchanan (24) Malloree Harr connects with a pitch during their game against Grace Christian Academy at Silverdale Baptist on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
Bowles, who is in her second season as head coach, was a part of three TSSAA state championship runner-up finishes for the Lady Buccaneers in the early 2000s. Her players hope to help reverse those fortunes later this month at the Spring Fling in Murfreesboro.
