Saturday sports: Busy baseball, softball, and more weekend

March 4, 2023 Bob Bakken

Photo: A Germantown (Madison) runner is tagged out at the plate during the first game of a doubleheader at Lewisburg on Saturday, March 4. (Bob Bakken/desotocountynews.com)

Late Friday, March 3

Prep baseball

Lewisburg 8, Saraland, Ala. 5
DeSoto Central 5, Cartersville, Ga. 1
Archbishop McCarthy, Fla. 10, DeSoto Central 0

Saturday, March 4

Prep baseball

Hernando 12, Cleveland Central 2
Hernando 7, Madison Ridgeland Academy 2
Center Hill 11, Nettleton 3
- Center Hill: Taylor – 4 hits, Green – 3 RBIs, struck out 6, Rodgers – 3 runs scored
Center Hill 11, Ripley 6
Oxford, Ala. 3, Lewisburg 0
Hartselle, Ala. 5, Lewisburg 3
- Lewisburg: Fesmire – 2 hits, triple; Morris – 3 hits; Sowell – 5 strikeouts,
DeSoto Central 8, West Forsyth, Ga. 6
- DeSoto Central: Jaguars score five in the seventh to win. Luke Sides, 2 hits, double, struck out 4 in five innings.
Lake Cormorant 13, Olive Branch 6
- Lake Cormorant: Brandon Mahfouz: 3-4, 3 RBIs, 5 IP, 2 ER, 7 K. Brayden Moberly 4 RBIs
Southaven 11, Independence 4

Prep softball

Puckett 6, Hernando 5
- Olivia Higgenbotham – 4 hits
Hernando 7, Clinton 2
- Hernando: Callie Desmond, double, triple, 2 RBIs. Kate Johnson – 6 strikeouts
DeSoto Central 4, New Hope 0
- DeSoto Central – Jorja Wheeler throws 1 hitter.
DeSoto Central 2, Saltillo 1
Lewisburg 10, Germantown (Madison) 7
- Lewisburg: Casey Raggett – 7 strikeouts
Lewisburg 8, Germantown (Madison) 7
- Walk Off single by Alyssa Harville won it in the seventh. Aubrey Williams – 3 RBIs. Emma Abrams – 8 strikeouts
South Panola 10, Center Hill 0
Mantachie 5, Center Hill 0