The Salem 10u Rushing Lady Wildcats hosted the Salem Tournament this weekend at the Little League Complex. Salem went 3-0 on Saturday with wins over Mt Zion 9-8, Fayette County Freedom 9-6 and the El Dorado Eagles 15-5 to get the #1 seed heading into Sunday.
Salem opened elimination play with an 18-4 win over the Fayette County Freedom. Khaeler Williams doubled and drove in a run with RBI from Gwen Goostree, Abbi Haines, Skylar Gaston and Harlow Tellefson. Goostree also scored 3 runs. Julianna Rushing was the winning pitcher going 3 innings allowing 1 earned run with Gaston getting the last 3 outs.
Salem then knocked off the Chaos Taylor in the title game 5-3. Williams, Kaylee Carroll and Shaylee Vest all had RBI for the Lady Cats. Josey Gibson scored twice. Carroll was the winning pitcher going all 5 innings allowing 3 hits and 2 earned runs with 12 strikeouts.
