Norwood Lady Pirates win Family Pharmacy Tournament

The Norwood Lady Pirates’ softball team won the Norwood Family Pharmacy Tournament championship this past weekend after picking up three victories.
They won the title after defeating rival Hartville, 9-6, a team that beat them by 12 runs just eight days earlier.
The Lady Eagles did score two runs in their final at-bat, but Norwood held on for the win.
Jaycee Hall had two RBIs and two runs scored while both Addison Smith and Jamison Williams had two RBIs.
Megann Bradshaw tossed seven innings and gave up five earned runs on 11 hits with one strikeout.
Hartville’s offense was led by Maddie Brown’s two RBIs sand two runs scored. McKenzi Stigall added one RBI and scored three times.
Saige Petty tossed seven innings and gave up three earned runs on 12 hits with three strikeouts.
In a 1-0 win over Naylor, Bradshaw tossed seven shutout innings and gave up three hits with four strikeouts and one walk.
Norwood scored their lone run on an error in the fifth inning.
They Lady Pirates also had an 8-5 win over Weaubleau with the help of a four-run fourth inning.
Kendall Drake hit a solo home run in the win. Meanwhile, Jordanna Atkins had three RBIs and scored one run; Hall had two RBIs and scored twice; Smith had two RBIs; and Isabella Garner scored three times.
Before the tournament, the Lady Pirates did have an 18-1 win at Laquey with the help of an 11-run first inning.
Autumn Parsons and Layla Jarrett had two RBIs and one run scored while Drake, Smith, Williams, Atkins and Hall each had one RBI and scored twice.
Bradshaw tossed three scoreless innings and gave up two hits with three strikeouts and two walks.
Norwood also had a 3-2 loss to East Carter as Smith and Hall had the team’s lone RBIs.
Bradshaw tossed six innings and gave up three earned runs on 10 hits with three strikeouts and one walk. (Information for the 16-4 loss to Hartville appears in the Lady Eagles’ article.)