The Midway Middle lady Raiders got a lead on the season with a 9-1 stomping of Union Wednesday.

“The girls played really good defensively. Union got better as the game went on; so, I think they will be harder to beat later in the season,” head coach Sam Kitchen commented.

Midway’s Sabra Knowles pitched a two-hitter, struck out 12 and hit a triple; Cassidy Strickland slammed a home run and double.

Union coaches did not report their middle school scores or student leaders.

Baseball earns

10-7 win

Midway Middle’s baseball team recorded a three-run non-conference win over Union Wednesday.

Ahead by four runs by the end of the first inning, Midway defensively held Union from scoring a run until the top of the third. The Raiders, however, lassoed two more runs by the bottom to keep them up 6-1.

The Spartans scored a total of five runs in the fourth and fifth inning, but Midway’s extra three runs kept them ahead. The Raiders scored two runs in the fourth, one run in the fifth and one in the sixth for the 10-7 win.

Leading hitters for Midway were Taylor Calcutt 2-3, 2 runs scored; Kyle Hawley 3-5, 2 runs scored; Austin Hardison 2-2; Matt Barefoot 4-4; and Cody Aman 2-2.

Luke Clark pitched four innings, striking out six; Tyler Pope pitched two innings, striking out four; and Calcutt closed, striking out two.

The Raiders will travel to Hobbton on Thursday, March 18.

Calls to Union’s head coach Byron Bass were not returned for leading players.

Jessica Wagner can be contacted at (910) 592-8137 ext.122 or reached by e-mail at siphoto@intrstar.net