Offensive explosion leads Pearl River to victory

DOTHAN, Ala. — Pearl River’s softball team swung the bats well on Sunday to claim a split on the final day of the Chipola Tournament.

The Wildcats forced extra innings in the day’s opener before falling to Gulf Coast State 11-9 in nine innings.

Despite a quick turnaround for Game 2 on Sunday, Pearl River exploded for six runs in the fifth to rally past Georgia Military College 13-9.

With the split, Pearl River finished the weekend 2-2 under new head coach Christie Meeks.

“First of all, we played a really good team. Gulf Coast State and Georgia Military College are really great teams. I think that first game the girls learned how to fight together as a team. We always want to grow and learn as we’re going through our non-conference schedule and today we learned how to fight together,” Meeks said. “In the second game, we came out flat but again we learned how to pick it up. We learned a lot about our emotions and how we can play together as a whole.”

GAME 1: Gulf Coast State 11, Pearl River 9 (9 inn.) The Wildcats had to rally from behind in Game 1 on Sunday.</