Softball Wins Again

The Lady Trojans picked up their 15th win of the season as they downed Knightdale 5-2 at Trojan Field on Tuesday night. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the third when the Lady Trojans finally busted through as Meghan Strickland singled and advanced all the way to third before being replaced on the bases by Morgan Daeke as she scored on an error, which also allowed Mary-Scott Powell to reach. The other Garner in the inning came when Christie Wright singled to plate Anna Burton


Knightdale roared back in the 5th after a hit by Paige Peterson . The next batter walks setting up an advance on a fielders choice. A wild pitch scores a run and then a Garner error allows another runner to score.


In the bottom of the 5th inning 4 hits in a row resulted in 2 runners scoring. As the Lady Trojans went on to win 5-2 to improved to 15-2 on the season as they travel to Fuquay on Wednesday night.

Winning Pitcher: Christie Wright
Losing Pitcher: Johnson

KNI 2 6 1
GAR 5 10 3

Leading Hitters: KNI: Short 1-4, Brock 2-4, Johnson 1-4, Peterson 2-4; GAR: Powell 1-4, Wright 2-3, Carroll 1-3 (2B), Warner 1-3, Smith 1-3, Strickland 3-3, Burton 1-1.

JV Lady Trojans Also Get Win

The JV team began the sweep of Knightdale with their 15-4 win earlier in the day at Trojan Field. The Lady Trojans opened up the game with 11 runs in the first frame and 4 more in the second.

Garner wouldn't score again as they cruised to an easy 15-4 win over Knightdale. The JV Softball team is also in action today at Fuquay-Varina at 4:30.

KNI 4 4 4
GAR 15 8 4

Winning Pitcher - Mary Royal

Losing Pitcher - T. Burt

Leading Hitters: KNI: L. Haig 1-2, T. Cnossen 1-2, T. Burt 1-3 (3B); GAR - Amber Robb 2-3 (2B); Jordan Foster 1-2 (2B); Lauren Badey 1-2.