Area teams went 3-2 on the first day of the GHSA softball state tournament in Columbus, with the early session proving more successful than the late one.
Trion in Class A, Gordon Lee in AA and Sonoraville in AAA all won in early games, while Heritage and Ridgeland lost leads while falling in Class AAAA in early evening contests at the South Commons Softball Complex.
› Gordon Lee 10, Mount Zion-Carroll 2: Senior Laney Wilson pitched a two-hitter and hit a pair of home runs to pace the 12-time state champion Lady Trojans (29-4).
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Gordon Lee led 2-0 after two innings before erupting for five runs in the third inning on Wilson’s leadoff homer and RBIs from Kayden Narmore, Marley Stone and Paisley Johnson. Narmore, who went 3-for-3, added a two-run homer in the fourth inning to back Wilson, who struck out seven.