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Lady Rangers…PERFECT…. 2022 District Champs

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Star Photo/C.Y. Peters Cloudland head coach Matt Birchfield looks in to one of his batter's.

Star Photo/C.Y. Peters Unaka Lady Ranger pitcher Sadie Shoun prepares to deliver a pitch toward the plate.

Star Photo/C.Y. Peters Cloudland pitcher Karah Fields fires a pitch to home plate.

Star Photo/C.Y. Peters A Lady Ranger crosses the plate safely behind Cloudland catcher Taylor Hicks.

Star Photo/C.Y. Peters Mattie Salyer slides safely into home plate for a Unaka run.

Star Photo/C.Y. Peters A Unaka baserunner slides head first into second base.

Star Photo/C.Y. Peters Cloudland's Izabella Christman races down the line trying to beat the throw to first base.

Star Photo/C.Y. Peters Cloudland outfielder Saharra McKinney and shortstop Ryan Turbyfill almost collide going for a fly ball.

Star Photo/C.Y. Peters Unaka senior Alana Parsons and family.

Star Photo/C.Y. Peters Unaka senior Kendall Bare and family.

Star Photo/C.Y. Peters Unaka senior Sadie Shoun and family.

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The Lady Rangers left no doubt why they should be the number one

team in the state with an 8-0 win over Cloudland to clinch the number

one seed in the upcoming tournament.

In a game that lasted just over an hour, Unaka slowly put up runs ending

the game by winning 8-0.

Coach Matt Birchfield said, “We’ve got to hit the ball better and not leave so

many runners on base.”

The Landers left bases loaded in the first and the final inning, and a close

play at home was called out ending the game.

Karah Fields was clocked at throwing pitches at 60mph, but the

Ranger’s offense was belting the ball all over the field.

The Rangers would have added more runs but great defensive plays, one

by left-fielder Carolina Shell, who robbed an Unaka batter of a home run,

and another by Ella Benfield making a great catch to hold up Unaka runners.

Unaka’s Sadie Shoun put the Rangers on the scoreboard in the first

with a single and then scored on a hit by Kendell Bare.

In the second, Taylor Grindstaff walked, Lyndie Ramsey doubled, and then

Shoun hit her second single to add two more runs for the Rangers.

Unaka would score three runs in the fifth and two in the sixth. Shoun and

Bare went 3-for-4 for the Lady Rangers, who collected nine hits.

Cloudland had five hits by five different girls.

“We made some big plays,” said Coach Kenneth Chambers. “I thought it was

an all-around team effort.”

Cloudland will play North Greene on Thursday, while Unaka will play the

winner of the Hampton-University High game on Saturday.

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