Thursday, Feb. 23 looked to be a wash out, but the Lady Dogs were able to finish their game between showers. Suwannee took on district opponent Bradford. It was a slow-going game according to coach Jan Schenck, but the Lady Dogs won 3-1.

Neither team had many hits. Suwannee had four hits and Bradford had three. Al Cash hit a single, hit into a fielder’s choice, was walked, stole two bases and scored two of the three runs for Suwannee.

Sophomore Catcher Chelsea Davis reached first base on two hits on the infield, she scored the third run for Suwannee, and senior pitcher Lea Schenck hit a single and had one RBI for the night.

For such a wet night, both defenses did a quite well. Bradford had two errors and Suwannee had errors but none of the errors incurred were due to the conditions of our field.

Suwannee’s pitcher, Lea Schenck struck out 14 batters, but Bradford’s pitcher struck out 12 of Suwannee’s batters.

Next up on Suwannee’s schedule was Lafayette, at Mayo, on Friday Feb. 24. The bats came alive for Suwannee. The final score was 9-5. The Lady Dogs came away with 10 hits for the night. Al Cash hit 2 for 3, walked twice, scored four times, stole twice and even stole home. Chelsea Davis hit 2 for 5, had one RBI, and scored twice. Brooklyn Ross hit 3 for 4, scored twice and had three RBI’s. Lea Schenck hit 2 for 4, had three RBI’s, and Mary Badgerow hit 1 for 4. Kalie Baldwin scored one run off an error earning Suwannee nine runs for the night. Mayo came away with four hits and five runs, but Suwannee’s errors allowed Mayo’s batters to get on base and score. Schenck had 13 strike outs for the night in seven innings.