Lady Indians Road to Title Starts Today

The Stephens County Lady Indians will meet Northside of Columbus today at 5 P.M. in Columbus in the Elite Eight of the AAAA Softball State Playoffs.


The Lady Indians will lean on the arm of Junior Emma Whitfield. Whitfield is coming off an outstanding game in the deciding game at Chapel Hill where she allowed only three hits and hit a home run in the 1-0 shutout.


Whitfield will have to have a strong outing and get the good defense from her teammates to slow down the nationally ranked Northside Lady Patriots.


The Lady Patriots have breezed through the playoffs so far defeating Mary Person 7-0, and 7-3, and combining for 30 hits in a sweep of Woodward Academy 12-0, and 13-1.


The Elite Eight is a double-elimination tournament. If the Lady Indians win their Elite Eight opener today they will face the winner of Eastside and Northwest Whitfield at 9 P.M. tonight. If the Indians lose, they will face the loser of that game at 12 Noon tomorrow.


The other side of the bracket pits Marist against Perry, and Madison County against West Laurens. All of the games involving the AAAA teams are scheduled for 5 P.M. today.


Join WNEG for live coverage of the Lady Indians games in Columbus. Airtime today is scheduled for 4:45 P.M. with first pitch at 5 on 93.1 FM & AM-630 WNEG, and on the world wide web at wnegradio.com.