VRD 12u Girls Take 2nd At Lyons
Lyons', Vidalia's, and Wheeler County's 12u girls All-Star teams both took part in the 61st Annual Lyons Youth Tournament last week. Vidalia had the best run of the local teams in the tournament as they second place.
Vidalia and Wheeler got things started for the local teams as they faced off in each of their first games. Vidalia was out to a 6-0 lead in the first inning and increaed that to 11-0 in the second. Vidalia took the win over Wheeler by the score of 16-7 to move on in the winners' bracket.
Lyons faced off with Reidsville in their first game and rolled to an easy win. Lyons pulled out to a 10-1 lead by the third inning and went on to win the game, 14-1.
Wheeler lost their next game in the losers' bracket to Soperton, 6-3, to end their tournament.
Vidalia dropped their next game to Emanuel County as they fell into the losers' bracket. VRD lost the game 6-1. Lyons won their next game, 8-5, to move into the semifinals of the winners' bracket.
Vidalia fought their way back through the losers' bracket as they won over Long County, 17-0, and then defeated Soperton, 7-5. That put VRD in the semifinals of the losers' bracket against Lyons.
In the semifinals, VRD jumped out to a 7-2 lead by the end of the third inning. They pushed their lead to 9-2 in the fourth and went on to take the win, 9-3. That ended the run for Lyons and moved Vidalia into the Championship Game.
In the Championship, Vidalia had a rematch with Emanuel, but they could not come out on top. Emanuel took a 1-0 lead in the first inning. VRD came back to take a 3-1 lead in the top of the third inning, but in the bottom of the frame, Emanuel score four runs to go back on top, 5-3.
VRD closed it to 5-4 in the top of the fourth inning, but three more from Emanuel in the bottom half gave them an 8-4 lead. Vidalia tied the game at 8-8 in the top of the fifth inning, but Emanuel answered with five more runs to lead the game 13-8 at the end of the fifth inning.
In the final inning, VRD gave it all they had as they plated two more runs, but that was all they could get as they lost the game 13-10, with Emanuel taking the Championship.
