The Symmes Valley Lady Vikings and Portsmouth East Lady Tartans met for the second straight day, and the Lady Vikings got a win again.

Thursday, April 20, 2000

The Symmes Valley Lady Vikings and Portsmouth East Lady Tartans met for the second straight day, and the Lady Vikings got a win again.

Symmes Valley beat East 2-1 Tuesday as Candace Sharp struck out 17. Wednesday, Sharp fanned only six but pitched a three-hitter in a 3-1 Southern Ohio Conference win.

"It was another tough game," Vikings coach Jeff "Odie" Estep said. "East put the ball in play today, but it’s hard to play back-to-back. We hit the ball hard, but right at someone.

"Sharp didn’t have as many strikeouts today, but she pitched well."

Symmes Valley got a run in the first when Tommie Holbrook reached on a one-out error, moved up on a wild pitch, and Sharp doubled off the top of the left field fence.

The Lady Vikings added a run with one out in the third.

Sharp singled, stole second, and Keren Bell had a two-out, RBI single.

Sharp generated an insurance run in the fifth. First she doubled, then stole third, and came home on a wild pitch.

An error allowed East to score in the seventh.

Symmes Valley, 6-4 and 5-0 in the SOC, hosts its invitational Saturday. The Lady Vikings play South Webster at 10 a.m. and Huntington Ross at 2 p.m.

Sym. Valley 101 010 0 – 3 4 1

Ports. East 000 000 1 – 1 3 1

Candace Sharp and Tommie Holbrook. Wilkshire and Flannery. W-Sharp (6-K, 3-2). L-Wilkshire (3-K, 3-W). 2B-SV: Candace Sharp 2; PE: Wilkshire. Hitting-SV: Candace Sharp 3-4 (2-R, RBI), Keren Bell 1-3 (RBI); PE: Wilkshire 1-3, Walsh 1-3, Flannery 1-3.