Bearettes pitcher Paige Goggans (7) warms up between innings of a game against Palestine Tuesday, March 30. Loyd Cook Photo Good pitching, consistent defense and solid hitting were the themes for Bearettes softball last week, as Brownsboro went 2-0 in district to run their 20-3A record to 4-2 on the year.

Brownsboro defeated Crockett 13-0 in five innings on the road on Friday. That came after a 16-2, five-inning win over the Palestine Lady Cats at Brownsboro Tuesday, March 30.

Friday, April 2

Brownsboro 13, Crockett 0

A 10-run second inning broke open the Bearettes’ road game and Paige Goggans went four strong innings to keep the Crockett Lady Bulldogs in check as Brownsboro posted its second district win of the week.

“”Paige had a perfect game going through four (innings) ... with seven (strikeouts),” said Bearettes head coach James Croley. “She gave up a single to start the fifth inning.”

By then, Brownsboro had scored all of its 13 runs in the game. With the perfect game, and no-hitter, gone, Croley sat Goggans down and put Taylor McIntyre on the mound.

McIntyre induced a popup to shortstop, then struck out the last two batters to end the inning and the game, stranding the only Crockett baserunner of the night.

Goggans went four innings and gave up no walks while striking out seven. The hit leading off the fifth inning was the only one Goggans gave up in the game.

The 10-run second inning for the Bearettes reads like a grocery list: “Lindsey Wood singles ... Ashleigh Alford RBI double ... Marranda Good singles ... Chelsea Holcomb walks ... Lacey Pettit two- RBI single ... Allison Palmer RBI single ... Carley Smith RBI double ... Taylor Barnes two-RBI single ... Morgan Barnes single ... Alford RBI double ... Goode two-RBI double.”

A lengthy grocery list, but one that filled the scoreboard’s cupboards for the Bearettes.

Morgan Barnes, Alford and Pettit a RBI apiece in the bottom of the fourth for the rest of the Brownsboro runs.

Pettit was 3 for 4 with a run scored and 3 RBI, Palmer was 1 for 3 with a run scored and a RBI. Carley Smith was 1 for 4 with a run scored, a double and a RBI.

Taylor Barnes was 2 for 4 with two RBI. Lindsey Wood was 3 for 3 with three runs scored and a double. Morgan Barnes was 1 for 2 with a sacrifice fly and a RBI. Alford was 3 for 3 with three runs scored, two doubles and three RBI.

Goode was 2 for 3 with a run scored, a double and two RBI. Holcomb had a run scored and a walk. Logan Gaughan and Holly Hargrave each scored a run.

Tuesday, March 30

Brownsboro 16, Palestine 2

Brownsboro wasted no time in jumping on top by a count of 14-2 after only two innings of play in a game held in Brownsboro.

And Paige Goggans went the distance, scattering six hits and giving up three walks over five innings on the mound. She struck out six Palestine batters while giving up only two runs in the game.

The Bearettes scored four runs in the first inning, 10 in the second, and two in the fourth, on their way to a 16-2, run-rule win at home.

Lacey Pettit went 2 for 2 with a walk and three runs scored. Allison Palmer went 1 for 3 with a walk and two runs scored. Carley Smith went 3 for 3 with two doubles, a triple, a walk and four runs scored. Taylor Barnes went 3 for 3 with a double, a sacrifice fly and run scored. Lindsey Wood 2 for 3, a double and two runs scored. Morgan Barnes went 1 for 3 with a double.

Ashleigh Alford went 2 for 2 with a run scored. Maranda Goode went 1 for 2 with a walk and a run scored. Chelsea Holcomb went 1 for 3 with a triple and a run scored.