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  • Athens freshman pitcher Hannah Windham, right, slings a pitch to the plate during the Lady Hornets’ 17-1 win over Kemp Friday. Windham struggled with her control but still only gave up one run on four hits with nine strikeouts. Jayson Larson/Athens Review

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March 12, 2010

Lady Hornets lay the wood on Kemp, 17-1

Jayson Larson The Athens Review

ATHENS — The Athens Lady Hornets will head into District 20-3A play next week with plenty of momentum.

The Lady Hornets (6-6-2) had a pair of six-run innings and scored five more runs in the bottom of the fifth to capture a run-rule 17-1 win over the Kemp Lady ’Jackets (3-14) Friday at Peg Cain Field.

Freshman pitcher Hannah Windham got the win for the Lady Hornets, throwing a complete-game four hitter. She struggled at times with her control, walking three, but she also struck out nine.

Windham twice worked out of jams, getting a strikeout on a nasty changeup with two outs and runners on first and second in the third. She got into another jam in the fourth, when Kemp loaded the bases and brought one run across on a single by Brittany Henderson. But she struck out another batter to end the inning and end the threat.

“One of the things I’ve noticed is, this team for some reason has a comfort zone and a confidence, a little swagger about them when Hannah is in the circle,” Qualls said. “With her in the circle, we’re going to be good.”

The Lady Hornets pounded out 16 hits, including three each from Halei Gabbert, Catherine Grymonprez and Haley Maxfield and two each from Taylor Watson and Megan May.

Maxfield, Grymonprez, May and Delaney Herrington also had two runs batted in for the Lady Hornets. Watson, Johnson and Windham drove in one run each.

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