NORTH OCONEE broke a 2-2 tie with two runs in the third inning Tuesday and added three insurance scores in a the fifth inning in a 7-4 win over the Panthers (8-3, 4-1). This snapped Jackson County’s seven-game winning and dropped the Panthers from the ranks of the subregion unbeaten.
Power-hitting catcher Madison Whitmire provided a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth — cutting the deficit to 7-3 — as the Panthers tried to rally. Andrea Ledford’s RBI single that same inning trimmed the lead to 7-4 but Jackson County couldn’t complete the comeback.
The Panthers’ other two scores came back in the second inning off RBIs from Ledford and Victoria Woods.
Shinall’s one-hitter leads Panthers over East Jackson
East Jackson struck first, but Jackson County responded with seven unanswered runs for their seventh straight win with a 7-1 victory over the Eagles Thursday at Panther Field.
Jackson County senior Haley Shinall turned in another solid performance in the circle, throwing a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts. Shinall also stepped up offensively, going 2-3 with a run and an RBI. Other leading hitters were Victoria Fontana (3-for-3, one run, two RBIs), Jessica Baker (1-for-2, one run, two RBIs), Mason Garland (3-for-4, two runs).
