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In the first round of the Mountain Valley Conference Tournament,
the Lady Huskies' softball team fell, 2-0, to
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the Starmount Rams.
Both of the runs by Starmount were unearned runs, according
to Ashe County Head Coach Bill Key. He said the Lady Huskies'
pitcher, Kendra Yearick, did an excellent job for the team and
didn't give up any runs.
Starmount saw their opportunity to get around the bases on two
passed balls, an Ashe County error and an-other dropped ball
in the third inning and again in the fifth. The run in the fifth
was the last one of the game, boosting the Rams to the next
level of the conference tournament.
Offensively for Ashe, Chandler Christenson went 2 for 3 with
Annie Hegar going 1 for 3 and Tasha Faw was 1 for 2.
Starmount finished the season on top of the MVC, tied with Forbush
Ashe County standout, Kendra Yearick, led the team offensively
and defensively. She has been the pitcher and ended the season
with an ERA under 1.0. Yearick plans to continue her softball
career at Peace College in Raleigh. She signed earlier this
month with the college which is in the USA South Athletic Conference.
Yearick has been a four year all-conference softball player
for Ashe County. She has played softball, volleyball and basketball
for four years at Ashe County.
The Lady Huskies' catcher, Annie Hegar, has signed to play at
Francis Marion. She signed a letter of intent in November of
2008. The college is in the Peach Belt Conference. Hegar also
played on the varsity volleyball team at Ashe County.
In addition to Yearick and Hegar, other seniors who played their
last softball game with Ashe County was Tasha Faw, Sara Bumgarner,
Ariel Farmer and Kim McNeil.
Ashe County concluded their season, coming up with 6 wins and
13 losses. Coach Bill Key said the girls did a good job this
season, but they just had a hard time scoring runs. He commented
that Yearick had performed well all season.
~Allison Canter
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