Outcasts Win June Tournaments

The 16 and under travel team participated in the Randy Smith Memorial Fast Pitch Softball Tournament and faced tough competition. The St. Louis Marauders were picked the early favorites to win. However, the Outcasts managed to defeat the Marauders three times during tournament action and added the Tullahoma Aces, Lady Blaze and the Indy Tradition from Indianapolis, Indiana to their list of victories. Forrest was named MVP of this tournament and Brandi Belcher, Best Offensive Player. Stafford had a good weekend as she pitched three of the six games and allowed only one run for the weekend. Forrest hit three in the park homeruns. McGowan's bat drove in some of the winning runs which added to the team's success. The games and scores were as follows: Pool Play: 4-0 win over Marauders (Stafford, winner); 10-0 win over the Tullahoma Aces, 3-2 victory over Lady Blaze; Tournament Games: 6-0 win over Indy Tradition (Stafford, winner), 3-0 win over Marauders and in the championship game, Stafford gained a 4-2 victory over the Marauders.

In the College Grove 6th Annual Summer Classic, the Outcasts were undefeated for the tournament, winning all five games. They defeated the Milan Lady Stars in the championship game with a final score of 6-1. Other teams defeated included the Tullahoma Aces and Tuff-E-Nuff. Individual awards were presented to Forrest as Best Defensive Player and Samantha Bridges as Tournament MVP. Stafford picked up a 12-0 victory over the Aces and a 4-2 win over the Lady Stars.

The Lady Stars have five local girls participating on their team. They are Rachel Arnold and Ashley Townsend (named Best Offensive Player in latter tournament) of McLemoresville, Anna Moore of Trezevant and Jessica Carlton and Meagan Rush of Huntingdon.
 

Carroll County Aquatic Team Claims Wins

Samantha Verdell paced the 9-10 year old girls, taking second place in the 100-meter freestyle and 100-meter individual medley as well as in the freestyle, backstroke and butterfly 25-meter races. Crystal Doub placed third in the Girls 9-10 medley, the backstroke and breaststroke, while Alexa Cooper added two fourth place finishes (backstroke and butterfly) and Megan Ellis finished fourth in the freestyle and in the medley. Hannah Scruton swam to three second-lace finishes in the Girls 11-12, while Sarah Sutherby placed fourth in the backstroke. Desiree Petering was first in the butterfly and second in four other races for Girls 13-14 while Shante Hacker had a first place finish in the Girls 15 and over butterfly.

In the Boys 7-8 Division, Austin Petering won 25-meter races in the freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly, as well as the 100-meter individual medley. Conor Scruton finished first in the 25-meter backstroke and butterfly events for the 9-10 Boys with Patrick Harris picking up six third place ribbon and Cody Prince swimming to fourth place in five races. Josh Rich led the Boys 11-12 swimmers, winning 50-meter races in the freestyle, the breaststroke and the butterfly as well as the 100-meter individual medley. Shane McFadden swam to second place in both the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyles and Aaron Hoskins added second place finishes in the 50-meter backstroke and breaststroke. Chase Mitchell won the Boys 13-14 50-meter breaststroke and placed second in four other races, while Nathan Hacker placed second in the 50-meter backstroke and third in five other events. Traven Parkhill was fourth in the backstroke and the butterfly.