Strong Start for HCMS Lady Brave Softball
(Franklin, GA) — The Heard County Middle School softball team won two more games this week to push their season record to 5-1 and small school league record to a perfect 5-0.
The most exciting win of the season came in comeback fashion on Tuesday as the Lady Braves downed rival Bowdon 8-4 after trailing for most of the game.
Bowdon led 4-1 before the homestanding Lady Braves exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to take the win.
Aubree Ussery, Chloe Scarbrough, and Braleigh Watkins led the offense in the win while it was starting pitcher LilyRae Fulford betting the win on the mound.
Fulford tossed six innings allowing just one earned run and striking out six. Scarbrough and Watkins each had a hit, a run scored and two RBI’s while Ussery had two hits including a double. and drove home one.

HCMS Lady Brave pitcher LilyRae Fulford (L) and catcher Makenlie Lasseter (R)