The White County High School softball team had to wait an extra 48 hours to find out if its season would continue. On Tuesday, the Warriorettes took a 1-0 lead over Cumberland County in a win-or-go-home District Tournament matchup before weather forced the game to be suspended after two-and-a-half innings. When the teams finally returned to the field Thursday afternoon, White County wasted little time taking control, erupting for eight runs in the third inning on the way to a 12-0 rout of the Lady Jets.

The Warriorettes threatened in the opening inning when Kylie Norvell ripped a one-out double to center field and moved to third on a groundout by Anna McCulley, but Cumberland County escaped the jam to keep the game scoreless.

White County finally broke through in the second. Addison Howell opened the inning with a double to left before Annie Burrier followed with a single. After a passed ball moved both runners into scoring position, AK Wallace lifted a sacrifice fly to left field that plated Howell for the game’s first run and the same 1-0 advantage the Warriorettes carried into Tuesday’s weather delay.

Once play resumed Thursday, White County’s offense exploded.

After Addison Norvell was retired to begin the third, Kylie Norvell jump-started the inning with a triple to right field. McCulley followed with an RBI single to make it 2-0 before Callie Phillips reached on a single that also allowed McCulley to score following a Cumberland County error.

The Warriorettes kept piling on from there.

Addison Howell singled and Burrier was hit by a pitch to load the bases before Wallace drove in another run with a liner back to the pitcher. Miah Jo Swindell then delivered one of the biggest swings of the afternoon, lining a single to right that brought home two more runs for a 6-0 lead.

Abbi Hutson followed with a single and Addison Norvell worked a bases-loaded walk to force in another run. Kylie Norvell later capped the inning with an RBI single to left before Phillips was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to bring home the ninth White County run of the afternoon.

While the offense grabbed the spotlight, Burrier continued to dominate in the circle. The freshman retired the first nine batters she faced and carried a no-hitter into the fourth inning before Cumberland County finally managed an infield single from Skylynn Houser. The Lady Jets never advanced a runner past first base.

White County added the finishing touches in the fourth. Burrier helped her own cause with a leadoff single before courtesy runner Jada Wright moved to third on a double from Wallace. Swindell struck again with a two-run single to right, and Kylie Norvell later drove in another run with a line-drive single to right field as the Warriorettes stretched the lead to 12-0.

Burrier went the distance in the circle for the Warriorettes, allowing just one hit over four shutout innings. The freshman did not issue a walk and struck out seven while facing only 13 batters. Burrier threw 29 strikes against just 14 balls in the dominant one-hitter.

The win kept the Warriorettes in the tournament, pitting them against the Upperman Lady Bees later the same evening in yet another win-or-go-home match up.

WHITE COUNTY BOX SCORE 

HITS: Kylie Norvell 4, Addison Howell 2, Annie Burrier 2, AK Wallace 2, Miah Jo Swindell 2, Addison Norvell 1, Anna McCulley 1, Callie Phillips 1, Abbi Hutson 1 
RUNS: Addison Norvell 2, AK Wallace 2, Miah Jo Swindell 2, Addison Norvell 1, Kylie Norvell 1, Anna McCulley 1, Callie Phillips 1 
RBI: Miah Jo Swindell 4, Kylie Norvell 2, AK Wallace 2, Addison Norvell 1, Anna McCulley 1 
2B: Addison Howell, AK Wallace, Kylie Norvell 
3B: Kylie Norvell 
TB: Kylie Norvell 7, Addison Howell 3, AK Wallace 3, Annie Burrier 2, Miah Jo Swindell 2, Abbi Hutson 1, Addison Norvell 1, Anna McCulley 1, Callie Phillips 1 
HBP: Annie Burrier, Callie Phillips 
SF: AK Wallace 

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