The Lady Spartans softball squad is in St. George this weekend for a two day tournament. In two very competitive games to start the weekend the Spartans have earned one win over Faith Lutheran and a rare tie against South Summit.
The Lady Spartans are sitting on an 4-1-1 record after the early games. The also will face Morgan on Friday evening.
Below is a recap of the first two games of the day:
Faith Lutheran – Win – 10-9
The first game of the day was against the Faith Lutheran Crusaders, a team out of Las Vegas. Going back to the 2019 season the Crusaders finished 13-17-1 in the 4A Mountain League in Nevada.
Emery struck first in the top of the second when Cambrie Jensen scored on a Tylee Norton single to left. Then later in the inning Norton would score on a steal of home plate and then Brynlei Luke would score on an Arilyn Allred single making it 3-0 headed to the bottom half of the inning.
The Crusaders would come roaring back registering three home runs and scoring eight in the second to take the lead.
The Spartans would hold them to just one run the rest of the contest while scoring runs in all of the remaining innings but two to claim the 10-9 victory.
Emery would use two pitchers in the game. Mikayla Farley would get the start going 1 2/3 innings, giving up eight runs (five earned), on eight hits striking out two. Madison Childs earned the win going five innings giving up one earned run and striking out six.
South Summit – Tie- 10-10
The Emery Spartans registered a rare tie in the second game of tournament play, going toe-to-toe with South Summit.
The game was a slugfest from the beginning with each team trading runs going back and forth through the first three innings.
In the fifth inning the Spartans tied it up at five on a Kaejha Johnson single which scored Brynlei Luke.
Both teams remained scoreless in the sixth and seventh innings as they headed in to the eight South Summit scored one which was then countered by Emery when Janessa Weston scored on a Madison Childs double to center.
In the tenth South Summit would score four runs on a single and then a three run home run. Emery answered back with a three run home run from Bralin Wilde and a single shot by Taeleigh Price.
Wilde led the Spartans in the game with five RBIs on two hits both home runs. Four other players registered one RBI apiece.
On the mound it was Kaejha Johnson getting the start giving up five earned runs on eight hits. Cambrie Jensen would go five, giving up three earned on seven hits and striking out six.
Check back through the weekend as we follow the Lady Spartans in St. George.