McKenzie Middle School Soccer Team Wins Fourth Game in Initial Season

The Lady Rebels had a successful week after winning four of their five games at the Covington Tournament over the weekend. They defeated Martin Westview on Monday, defeated Riverside in a double header on Tuesday and then won a 3-2 decision over Camden on Thursday.

In tournament action, the Lady Rebels faced Union City in their first game and won the game 9-0, improving to 13-4 overall. Summer Poff improved her record to 6-2 with the victory. Angie Birdwell led the Lady Rebels in hits with three singles while Becky Toombs and Leah Wallace also had singles. Poff struck out six in the win.

The second game was against Halls and the Lady Rebels picked up a 6-1 victory as they improved to 14-4 overall. Brittany Carpenter improved to 8-1 for the season as she struck out five batters. McKenzie took a 4-0 lead in the first inning as Birdwell, Kristin Wiggins, Whitney Townes and Wallace all singled. Wiggins and Townes led hitting with two each. Wiggins and Amanda Rogers each had a double.

In the Lady Rebels third victory, they played Humboldt and won a 7-2 decision with Poff improving to 7-3 for the season. Birdwell led in hits with a pair of singles while Carpenter, Wiggins, Toombs and Wallace each had singles. Poff struck out nine batters in the victory.

Their fourth win came over Jackson Central-Merry when Carpenter struck out two batters in the 3-2 victory. The Lady Rebels scored two runs in the first inning as both Toombs and Poff singled. JCM tied the game in the third inning on a trio of hits and the game remained tied until the sixth inning when Wiggins led off with a triple and then was scored on a single from Toombs. The Lady Rebels were now 16-4 overall.

The loss came against Munford. Poff picked up her fourth loss for the season in what was a tight ball game until the fifth inning when Munford scored five runs on six hits. Carpenter and Wallace each had singles and Wiggins a triple in the loss.

Regular season action returned against Westview as the Lady Rebels hit the ball extremely well and won 14-8. Carpenter, Birdwell and Poff each had three singles. Rogers hit the only double for the day. Carpenter was credited with the win, improving to 10-1 for the season while Rachael Clark came in to relieve.

The Lady Rebels traveled to Riverside on Tuesday and picked up a pair of victories. In the first game, Riverside took a 2-0 lead in the first inning, but the Lady Rebels came back in the third inning to tie the game and then scored five runs in the fourth to ultimately win 7-3. Poff improved to 8-4 with the victory. Carpenter led in hits with a pair of singles while Rogers had a double and Toombs had a homerun. The Lady Rebels improved to18-5 overall.

In the second game, the Lady Rebels picked up a 13-5 victory with Carpenter striking out three Lady Panthers to pick up her eleventh win of the season. Carpenter also led in hits with three singles while Birdwell had a pair of singles and Wiggins had a single and a double. The Lady Rebels took a 7-0 lead in the second inning and led throughout the game.

Thursday afternoon, the Lady Rebels had a close encounter with the Lady Lions of Camden and sought to overcome an earlier season loss. Carpenter walked to lead off the bottom of the first inning and ultimately scored as Wiggins got the only hit of the inning. McKenzie led 1-0 after one. Camden had two doubles and two singles in the top of the third to score two runs and lead 2-1. Carpenter, who picked up her twelfth win of the season, gave up only one more hit in the game however and no more runs as the Lady Rebels played good defense. Carpenter led off the fifth inning with a double and then scored to tie the game and Rogers led off with a walk in the sixth inning and scored. The Lady Rebels had three up and three down in the top of the seventh inning and struck out the final batter (Carpenter's fifth for the day) for the 3-2 decision.
 

On Tuesday, April 16, the Rebels hosted a strong Huntingdon team. The girls had three victories with Michelle Chandel (8-1) winning her singles match and the doubles teams of Chandel and Winkler and Allen and Johnson winning 8-5 and 8-6 respectively.

David King and Daniel Duncan won their singles matches at 8-0 and 8-3 respectively as the boys picked up a pair of wins.

The Rebels will have three matches next week beginning with Milan on the road, Gibson County at home on Tuesday and then traveling to Lexington on Thursday.